[Comparison] Did someone say meal plans?

Dining Plans Compared

Last year I posted about the meal plans at UB (see sidebar) and helped you crunch the numbers. This is the updated comparison for this year, and surprise surprise campus dining is ripping everyone off again. New for this year, a rundown of how much money you lose in a typical day using four common daily meal patterns (eg how much you lose if you eat certain meal patterns).

Once again, you basically lose money on every swipe. The only situation where you don't, is lunch/dinner/brunch on the Any 19. The new section I added though, shows you that even if you maximize your lunch and dinner swipes, using a breakfast or late night swipe will bring you back into the negative. Therefore, unless you ONLY eat lunch/dinner/brunch on the Any 19, you're better off getting Dining Dollars.

PIC - Dining Plan Comparisons 2018

Excel Sheet - Editable I'm also including the Excel File. In future years, all someone would need to do is modify the chart on the right with that years prices/meals/dining dollars and the chart will auto populate. I'm graduating soon so I thought I'd share the file.

Good luck this semester! Cheers, u/henryharp