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Meal Plan Terms and Conditions

General Terms and Conditions

  • Conduct within the dining facilities is subject to the policies outlined in the Student Manual, Dining Guide, and the following terms and conditions
  • For the safety of all our patrons, outside food and beverage may not be consumed in the dining spaces.
  • UChicago Dining follows a limited exposure peanut and tree nut dining policy in all our residential dining commons. See the Dining Guide for more information. If allergens are a concern, please reach out to our campus dietitian for help navigating the dining spaces.

Required Participation and Eligibility

  • Students living in On-Campus Housing are required to be on a meal plan, the minimum requirement is based on your academic year and room type, you may not cancel your meal plan as long as you are living in On-Campus Housing.
  • Student’s in on-campus housing will revert to their default meal plan each quarter and must make their updated meal selection, beginning three weeks before the start of the quarter and ending 7 days after the start of the quarter. No exceptions.
  • Enrolling in a meal plan online or in-person or purchasing Maroon Dollar’s through GET holds the enrollee to these terms and conditions.

Meal Plan Changes

  • Starting in the second week of classes, new purchases of the Apartment, Phoenix, and Unlimited Plans will not be available.
  • Once purchased, meal plans cannot be downgraded unless such changes are made before the end of the first week of a quarter.
  • Students not living in University owned, undergraduate housing will have to make meal plan purchases using the GET App or site.
  • Students living on campus will have to make changes to their meal plan by visiting  my.uchicago.edu.
  • Meal plans are only valid in the quarter for which they are purchased, and will expire on the last day of that quarter.
  • If a student is found to be ineligible for a chosen plan, the plan will be canceled, and the student will be notified of other meal plan options.
  • There are no refunds for unused meals.

Meals

  • Before entering a dining hall, meal plan holders must always swipe in with a cashier.
  • The meals associated with meal exchanges are only for use by the individual associated with the plan and cannot be used for others.
      • Unlimited, 3 meal exchanges, 100 Maroon Dollars
      • Phoenix, 15 meal exchanges, 150 Maroon Dollars
      • Apartment, 8 meal exchanges, 200 Maroon Dollars
  • When UChicago Dining collaborates with campus partners to provide a meal option, participation in the program will be acknowledged and will result in the removal of a meal swipe from your meal plan.

Maroon Dollars

  • Remaining Maroon Dollar balances will roll over to future quarters within an academic year, but always expire at the end of the spring quarter.
  • There are no refunds for unused Maroon Dollars.

Guest Meal Policy

  • Meal Plans and packs are non-transferable. Meals for those other than the authorized holder of the university ID card must either be guest meals or paid for using another tender (Maroon Dollars, credit card, etc.).

To-Go Meals

  • If you are choosing your meal “To-Go” you will tap twice. The first time will deduct the meal from your meal plan and then a second time to deduct the to-go meal from your allotment of “To-Go” meals for the quarter.
  • “To-Go” meals are to be packed and removed from the dining commons. The use of a “To-Go” meal replaces the all you care to eat option.
  • “To-Go” meals are separate program from the Sick Resident Meal Pick-up program
  • If isolating or quarantining Off-Campus, UChicago Dining will be unable to deliver meals. Furthermore, students on a meal plan will not be eligible for a refund of any missed meals due to isolation or quarantine.

Liability

  • UCD assumes no responsibility/liability for personal property in campus dining facilities.

Solicitation

  • UCD prohibits any posting, sales, or solicitation in the dining centers without written consent of the department. Please see our table tent approval page for more information.