Selecting or Changing a Meal Plan

About meal plans

Meal plans selections last for the current academic year only and must be selected again every academic year.

All students who will be on one of the two full meal plans (20 meals or 14 meals with flex cash per week) will select their preferred meal plan over the summer. If a student does not select any meal plan, the 20-meal plan will be assigned by default. The student may change their chosen meal plan during the approved timeline described below.

Students who are eligible for a special meal plan (7 meals or 5 meals per week) or who are eligible for a meal plan exemption will indicate their preferred meal plan when they select their housing option. Students eligible for a special meal plan or exemption and who wish to change their meal plan should contact our office; those individuals should not complete the form linked below.

Fall Semester Selections

Meal plan selections will open June 15 for fall semester 2023. If a student does not select any meal plan, the 20-meal plan will be assigned by default.

The deadline to change a fall semester meal plan is 4:00 pm the Wednesday of the second week of Block 1. Expect a delay before the meal plan updates as meal plans are changed in bulk on Fridays. This means that you will not be able to access the updated allotment of meals and/or flex cash until the Friday morning following when you submit your updated meal plan preference.

Spring Semester Selections

Meal plan selections from the fall will automatically carry over into the spring semester so students do not need to do anything. However:

• Students may voluntarily change their meal plan selection for the spring semester beginning Tuesday of the start of Block 4. 
• Spring semester meal plan selections made by January 11, 2024, will be ready on spring semester move-in day.
  • Selections made after this deadline will not be reflected on the account until the meal system resets early morning of the first Friday of Block 5.
• The deadline to make changes to spring semester meal plans is by Wednesday of the first week of Block 5.
• Any change will not become active until the spring semester begins.

Changing between the 20-meals and 14-meals per week

• If you change from the 20-meals-per-week option to the 14-meals-per-week option, then a $200.00 allotment of flex dollars will be added to your account.
• If you change from the 14-meals-per-week option to the 20-meals-per-week option, the change will be readily processed if you have not spent any of that semester's $200 allotment of flex dollars. If you have spent any of that flex dollar allotment, you will be required to repay what you have spent before the change can be processed.

Cost

Refer to the College's tuition and fees for current meal plan rates. The 20 meals per week and the 14 meals per week options are the same cost. The 14 meals per week option includes flex dollars each semester. The 20-meals-per-week option is a better per-meal value and is a good choice for students who eat three meals a day most days while the 14 -meals per week option offers additional flexibility and is a good choice for students who eat two meals a day most days and would like to not pay out-of-pocket for impromptu snacks at our corner store, Zamora's Market.

Online form

The deadline to change fall semester meal plans was Wednesday, September 5, 2024. No more changes can be made for fall 2024. Meal plan selections changes for spring 2025 will be available Block 4.