I now understand why college students eat ramen.

1. IT'S SO CHEAP! Only 18 cents for a whole meal!

2. It only takes three minutes to make. IT'S FAST.

3. You can do it in your own dorm room. No need to traipse all the way down to campus to spend $4-$6 on food.

4. It's filling. One packet is an awful lot of noodles.

5. Point five is very similar to point one. It's cheap; and saving money on THIS food permits you to spend money on OTHER food! Tastier food.

Drawback: IT'S MAKES YOU SO THIRSTY. I went to the lobby to refill my water bottle and shared this revelation with a friend out there. He said that it has a lot of salt, and to be healthier (and make it taste better) you can chop up onions and carrots to add to it, and use a bouillon cube instead of the flavor packet. You can even add tuna. I told him that I will consider his solution when I am rich.