Meal Plan for Students

Photos and Essay by Mika Konishi

How is your dietary life? A healthier food is one of the most significant factors for your health. Well-balanced meals offer you a lot of advantages. However, people’s dietary life is worse because of the popularization of instant foods or frozen foods. Especially, it is more difficult for busy students to have a balanced healthy diet. Therefore, I would like to introduce Texas A&M’s meal plan for those students.


First of all, the meal plan is a dining plan on campus, and it provides all students various foods and highly nutritious diets for their health. For instance, there are diverse countries’ foods, such as American, Mexican, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese food. If you register for this meal plan, you can purchase a meal with your ID card like a credit card. The meal plan has multiple plans, and you can choose a plan that matches you. Moreover, you can also receive a 10% discount in almost all venues if you purchase the dining plan. This plan is greatly useful and simple, and it can economize students’ time and money.


It is quite easy to register for the meal plan. You access the Howdy page and click the “Student Life” tab. You can buy meal plans in the Dining section in this page. You should deliberate your life style and determine on your plan because you cannot make this plan smaller. Then I recommend that you choose a bit smaller plan for yourself. You can add a plan or change to a larger plan later if you exhaust the money. After deciding on a plan, you can purchase the plan with your credit card.


After obtaining the plan, you can purchase any meal on campus with your ID card. In addition, your dining dollars can purchase not only meals but also beverages and some daily goods, which are writing materials, first-aid supplies, detergents, and so on. Then your receipt contains information on your current balance, and it can also be checked on the Howdy page. If you want, you can always add money to your plan. The only thing you have to caution for is that you cannot lend your ID card to friends.


Finally, you can enjoy food with your friends on campus. Students do not have to go off campus to have lunch, and they can also accept balanced food at the lowest price near their department. In fact, there are about 30 places to eat on campus. Time and money saved will make your student life more useful and comfortable. The meal plan supplies all students with great advantages.