Finals are here and that means pulling all-nighters at Bird Library, regretting skipping that last recitation and stress eating. According to an article by The Huffington Post, students at Syracuse University stress eat, a lot.

GrubHub, an online ordering service, recently analyzed their data to find which colleges and universities order the most during finals as compared to the rest of the year. According to the article, SU ranked in at No. 5 with a 30 percent increase in online orders from local establishments.

Virginia Tech took the top spot with a 46 percent increase in overall food orders during one of the most stressful times of the year. Additionally, three schools in New York cracked the top ten: Ithaca College, Cornell University and SU.

According to the article, GrubHub found that students are 154 percent more likely to order food to libraries during finals compared to the rest of the year.

Kaitlyn Carl, GrubHub’s Media Relations Coordinator, said in an email that Syracuse ranked as the No. 15 school in the nation in terms of late night orders from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. during exams

She said according to GrubHub analysis these foods saw the highest spikes in being ordered by SU students during final exams:

1. Zucchini — 1157 percent more commonly ordered during final exams than throughout the rest of the year

2. Buffalo chicken sub — 439 percent more commonly ordered during final exams than throughout the rest of the year

3. Red curry — 302 percent more commonly ordered during final exams than throughout the rest of the year

4. Moo Shu chicken — 243  percent more commonly ordered during final exams than throughout the rest of the year

5. Chicken bacon ranch pizza — 165 percent more commonly ordered during final exams than throughout the rest of the year

6. Greek pizza — 151 percent more commonly ordered during final exams than throughout the rest of the year

7. Chicken parmesan sub — 123 percent more commonly ordered during final exams than throughout the rest of the year

8. Philadelphia roll — 90 percent more commonly ordered during final exams than throughout the rest of the year

9. Chicken burrito — 75 percent more commonly ordered during final exams than throughout the rest of the year

10. Grape leaves — 68 percent more commonly ordered during final exams than throughout the rest of the year

 

Published on April 29, 2015 at 11:13 pm

Contact Jacob: jagedets@syr.edu