<p>I personally thought eating in dining halls wasn’t worth the money for me, and since my dorm didn’t have a mandatory plan I was happy that I didn’t have to go through with it.</p>
<p>An average meal with House Dining for me costs $4 or $4.50, and I would probably only eat there 4 days a week, so 13x4 = 52. That’s almost an extra $6 when you take in the $300 lump fee, so meals would come out to be $10-11 in reality for me, which is unnecessary.</p>
<p>Despite all the griping that has been going on amidst internal MIT lists about dining, I personally think Dining Halls are great for students that 1) regularly work in their dorm and wants to be able to run downstairs to get quick food, 2) burn a lot of calories and need convenient, nutritious food (athletes), 3) live in dorms without a kitchen.</p>
<p>I qualify for neither of the three categories, so living without a dining plan hasn’t been too bad.</p>