As the end of the semester approaches, your meal plan seriously starts to deplete. All of those late night snack runs and mid afternoon meals start to catch up to you. Pretty soon you are swiping your card only to have it returned to you with the sad shake of a head. You are completely out of meal swipes and you still have a few days of school left. You have to organize a battle plan.

1. Panic.

Eating is the only joyful part of your day during the miserable time that is finals week. So, now that that has been taken away from you, how will you possibly survive? Surely they can’t expect you to starve, right?

2. Try sneaking into the Cafeteria.

Slipping by is the hard part. Hopefully the workers take pity on your poor soul and silently let you sneak in without a problem. Then, you can stock up on any portable food to keep in your dorm to help sustain you for the coming days. Better bring a big bag.

3. Steal one of your friends’ meal cards.

This is best done in the early morning or in the dark of night. Let them drift off into a blissful sleep and swipe their card without their knowledge. Go grab some well-earned sustenance them quietly return their card. They will never know. Note: Make sure that you are using someone’s card that has a lot of swipes left. You do not want them in the same position as you.

4. Eat off campus.

If worse comes to worse you may have to resort to using your own money to eat in the final days of the semester. But, at least the food is ten times better than anything you could find in the cafeteria. It may hurt your wallet but it sure does taste good.

You may have run out of meal swipes, but you have not run out of hope. There are only a few more days until the end of the semester and you get to return home to home-cooked meals. Furthermore, I am sure your friends would not mind swiping you in and providing you with some food. But, if you do starve at least you will be exempt from your finals!