While clattering around in the kitchen listening to Harry Styles sing from the speaker settled on the counter is my ideal way to make and have a meal, I will not be getting rid of my meal plan. This would be more of an incentive for off-campus students, and even commuter students, to buy a meal plan in the first place. Rutgers should lower the cost for smaller meal plans - even just $200 could bring the cost down to the same cost as a meal from a local New Brunswick restaurant chain. In my schedule, I find them necessary, and I bet that I am not the only one who thinks this way. But meal swipes when living off-campus are opportune. If the purpose is convenience, I understand we must pay for that. Off-campus students who want a meal plan should not have to pay almost double what retail swipes are worth per swipe just to have one. You could grab a Chipotle bowl or even a stir-fry from Honeygrow for less than that.
That comes out to $18.98 per swipe, which is way more than what they are worth as a retail swipe. Off-campus students are not required to have a meal plan currently, but the lowest plan of 50 meal plans a semester is $949. The main concern surrounding meal plans is the cost: They are certainly not cheap.
With a meal plan, you can have access to readily available services on campus for students. But sometimes that is not doable, and my only option is to buy food. and taking a good stare at the fridge to see what to eat. Not to mention that I need to take a bus to almost all of my classes. Sometimes a sit-down meal at the dining hall is not reasonable and neither is walking the 6-minute trek from my off-campus housing to its nearest bus stop. Having easy access to places to eat on campus is such an important part of being a student. It is classic lunch food, burgers, sandwiches, salads, wraps - pretty much anything under the sun for just one meal swipe. Woody's Cafe on Busch campus is another hidden gem. It is decent diner food for a great deal. With Henry’s Diner open at the beginning of this semester, students can use a meal swipe which gets you anything for $12 or less with a complimentary drink. There are places to get food regularly, too. A retail swipe from your meal plan can get you chicken tenders and fries, a snack bag of your choice and a fountain drink of your choice, or you can switch out the chicken for a soft pretzel. As many of you know, stadium food and drinks are not cheap. Everyone’s least favorite part about gameday is the slow hunger that builds as we stand in the sun adorned in scarlet red. Students can also use their meal swipes at certain vendors at sporting events. The truck moves to different campuses on different days, and the crew on it keep us updated via Twitter. Here, students can use a retail meal swipe, which is worth up to $10, and get a Starbucks drink and/or snack. The Starbucks truck is back on 3 out of our 5 campuses this semester.
Even if you do not want to go to Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus - I certainly do not choose to - for any meal, there are still many opportunities for students with meal plans to take advantage of. Not even a month into the semester and I have found my meal plan to be extremely advantageous. I was concerned about having to pay for both a meal plan and weekly groceries. I got one of the lower options, simply for convenience, or if my friends and I wanted to get dinner together as many of them still dorm. I was surprised when my parents kept nudging me to get a meal plan this year as I knew I would be living off-campus. I had the required 210 meal plan for first-year students last year, and I found myself with a lot left over at the end of both semesters. I longed to have a form of eggs that were not powdered or hard-boiled, making the late semester trips to Livingston campus for Henry’s Diner very worthwhile. And, the best part is that you end up with something yummy as a result.ĭuring my first year at Rutgers, I found myself grabbing a banana or a granola bar for breakfast instead of going to the dining hall. When I am stressed, chopping and flipping really help me be distracted. As a sophomore and still under 20 years old, I never thought I would be living in a home cooking for myself two or three times a day. Living off campus, I have the luxury of a kitchen - and a room of my own, of course.
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