Meal plan

By the Numbers: What your meal plan offerings cost

March 3, 2025

All freshmen and sophomores at Northwestern are placed on the Open Access meal plan, but after their first two years, other meal plan options become available. As students consider what meal plan will...

Eng: Two-year live-in requirement will worsen effects of terrible NU meal plan

March 28, 2017

Toward the end of Winter Quarter, I swiped into Sargent Dining Hall for lunch. After seeing the scraps of leftover cold pizza from the main rush, I headed to Foster-Walker Complex in hopes of better options....

Gates: Equivalency meal policies detrimental to students

October 9, 2014

Late last Saturday afternoon, I realized that I had forgotten to complete a weekly ritual. Joining a small army of Northwestern students, I rushed to a C-store in order to use my equivalency meals before...

Vines: Northwestern’s meal plans need a new recipe

May 5, 2014

At first glance, the meal plans at Northwestern seem great. There are a lot of choices for meals, the staff is very accommodating of food allergies and preferences and the buffet-style dining allows us...

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