VA Tech, we checked out the campus on a random day when my wife was looking at grad schools. Excellent even then.
Penn State I thought was good, and you have access to Creamery ice cream! I went to Fordham, which was horrible, but the off campus food options (Little Italy) were excellent. |
If your kid is an athlete, it matters a lot. Imagine paying for room and board, and then having to subsidize with more money so they can fill the tank. Quality and volume impact both athletic performance and academic learning. My older kids were not athletes but Mr. 14 is. Just started high school and our grocery bills have almost doubled. He is a combustion engine. The question is valid, even if the answers are of no significance to you. I’ll be asking the same question three years from now. |
Princeton |
Seriously, don't come on here with your opinions from 20 years ago. I just posted that W&M apparently improved its dining from two years ago! GWU has done very nice renovations in its dorms and dining halls. It's got a great rec center, lots of new spaces. NEW EXPERIENCES ONLY, please, or else mention how long ago your experience was. |
Vassar is so run-down these days. It's unfortunate. |
Penn has made lots of upgrades. DC'26 lives in Gutman house where they have the new Quaker Kitchen with amazing menus. In addition the food offerings under Houston Hall(the nation's oldest student union) got a makeover, and of course Pret a Manger right on campus and on campus dollars is a hit. It has gotten better and better each year! |
Gettysburg College had good food when we visited.
My niece said High Point was good as well. Many schools with a hospitality program like UMass or Cornell tend to have good food. Want an awesome dining experience? Go to the CIA (Culinary Institute of America). Deeeeelish! |
I would be happy to at there anytime! |
Yale is generally considered the best in the Ivy League, if not the T100. |
Everyone raves about Bryn Mawr dining |
Vassar is beautiful. And has a 1.3 billion dollar emdowment? Poor? Rundown? |
Pro tip: Find out where the athletes (football, basketball) get to eat on campus (which meal plan cafeteria). The peons may get better food because of it. Worked at my campus. |
Kenyon was worse than my kids hs cafeteria. Dickinson also is pretty dismal |
Who raves about it? We visited and it was our top reason for taking the school off the list. Cafeteria is dark and dank with brutalist architecture (who thought that cement walls would enhance the dining experience?). Pasta had watery sauce. All the kids sat and ate by themselves. Sad. |
When I was in school there, I remember seeing these crates on the loading dock of the cafeteria that had "fit for human consumption" printed on the side. |