Adjusting to a college meal plan is never easy. You leave behind your mom’s cooking, your favorite takeout place, or, if you’re an international student, perhaps your culture’s entire cuisine. If you have dietary restrictions, however, that adjustment becomes all the more complicated. 

Boston College Dining is considering switching to an all-you-can-eat, swipe-in meal plan system, Student Senator Addie Weiss shared at the UGBC Senate meeting Tuesday night.

As a first-semester freshman, I found myself with an empty dining account by November. The service’s issues become obvious the moment you can only afford chicken and two sides.

The price of Boston College Dining’s meals relative to the multitude of nutritional needs of over 9,400 undergraduates force many students to ration their meal plan money and can make it difficult for them to meet their basic health needs.