What I did first year was eat 2 meals a day, one brunch one dinner. You don't always have to get the most expensive thing (breakfast is usually nice and cheap). (I didn;t have a kitchen or else I would've cooked) I got the regular sized one and by mid-year I realized I had too much money left over, so I got the good dinners every day. Friends came over and I paid for all their meals and then finally I bought boxes of chcoloate and gum (which they charged you as if you were buying 26 individual chocolate bars from them, no discount).
What you can do is estimate how much you can spend per day. like 2000/how many school months you have/days per month you'll be in residence - how many days you plan to cook.
Originally Posted by Rakka
Are you talking about the actual cafeterias at your university? You're lucky if you are...the meal halls here only run until 7:00 or 8:00.
Or, at least they would open then if they were running at all yet. I'm wandering a bit off-topic though, I guess.
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The cafe dinner ran from 6-9ish, just certain places would close after a bit. You could get "real" food till 11 then all that's left are junk food snacks, drinks and prepackaged stuff. So i guess its better than your meal hall, but they did have to have that long of a time because this one cafeteria served 6 residences. But yeah, you could grab grub before dinner time if you wanted (like from the sandwich place or the fried food placE) but like the chinese place, the "chef's table" and custom pasta only opened during dinner and lunch hours.
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