As a college student, it’s dawned on me that as much as I knew about finance before coming to school, there were so much about managing finances in school that I learned along the way. This column is devised to help college students like myself get an edge on the financial challenges of school.
Another one of the biggest costs in college life is food. The other side of the coin is that this is also one of the easiest ways that you can cut back on expenses.
If You Go for a Meal Plan, Go for the Block
Different colleges offer different sorts of meal plans. More and more schools are giving students the option to purchase a block (lump sum) of meals, a certain amount of meals per a week, or an unlimited amount of meals (either for a week or a semester). Unless you plan on eating 95% of your caloric energy from dining halls, I highly recommend picking up a block plan. It gives you the restraints of a finite number of meals, while also giving you the flexibility you need to make meals work around you. Both restraints and flexibility are important, especially when it comes to…
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