UCSD meal plan: [censored] you

JaBlue · #1 08-06-2006, 05:17 AM

is there any way around this extremely stupid policy?

We must buy these cards that give no benefit or break for food. Might as well be paying by credit card or cash, but the school has guaranteed that you must spend X dollars (forgot what it is, but its significant) at their cafeterias.

SO GODDAMNED STUPID

Dudd · #2 08-06-2006, 11:02 AM

You're new to college, aren't you? At my school, the minimum meal plan is 14 meals a week, and on average, my dorm used ~7 meals per person a week. No option to reduce this, and when it was brought up in the student government, the food service said they couldn't afford to allow a smaller meal plan because they couldn't pay for the food if everyone actually used close to what they paid for. It's all a scam.

JaBlue · #3 08-06-2006, 11:11 AM

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You're new to college, aren't you? At my school, the minimum meal plan is 14 meals a week, and on average, my dorm used ~7 meals per person a week. No option to reduce this, and when it was brought up in the student government, the food service said they couldn't afford to allow a smaller meal plan because they couldn't pay for the food if everyone actually used close to what they paid for. It's all a scam.

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ours is like 4 Gs I think. And thats the min.

Hey_Porter · #4 08-06-2006, 11:52 AM

There was an issue with this at my school, but I graduated before it was resolved. I can't remember the exact details, but it boiled down to a use it or lose it policy with the meal plans, except there was apparently something in some bylaws somewhere about how the money from the mealplans was to be kept in a trust for a certain period of time, and there was a process students could go through to get their excess back. The rub being no student was ever told of this process, and was just told they couldn't get it back. I'm sure it worked out adverse to justice, and they eliminated those bylaws.

claimsguy · #5 08-06-2006, 02:26 PM

Should have moved off campus if you are not a freshman.

0evg0 · #6 08-06-2006, 02:40 PM

As freshman, we have one plan. It includes 3 meals/day, 7 days/week.

Green Kool Aid · #7 08-06-2006, 08:09 PM

my college has all freshman on the "unlimited plan." basically, whenever you ever eat off campus, you are paying for two meals. such a joke.

XXXNoahXXX · #8 08-06-2006, 11:12 PM

At my college you can go and lower your meal plan and get the cash difference. 1 meal equals $6 or so of food, but when refunded you get $9 for each meal.

Free $3.

vqchuang · #9 08-06-2006, 11:25 PM

Im a UCSD third year living off campus.

I think u get 1800 bucks for the whole year (unless they just changed it)
Learn to ration ur meal points (unless u plan on buying more) otherwise you will end up like i did in the first year. I ran out of meal points by the end of second quarter and ate PBandJ for the last 3 weeks of school.

The best food overall is at OVT.
ERC has good sushi.
Muir has good sandwiches.
Revelle sucks for pretty much everything (sorry if u go there)
Warren has good sandwiches
6th is in the boonies

mrTEA · #10 08-07-2006, 05:01 AM

In addition to the meal plan being dumb, my cousin told me that when he was there (7 years ago), if you don't use up all your meal points theres only 1 place you can use them at the end of the quarter to buy overpriced random stuff like lava lamps.

Is this still true vq? and do you know anything about food at Marshall?

Oh one more thing...do they allow George Foreman grills in the dorms? I assume they would but my Dad said they might not for some reason. I'm planning on getting the one from Amazon that El D mentioned in another thread if that matters.