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Meal Plan Changes and Deadlines

Change Your Meal Plan – Fall 2009 Add New Change Cancel
Meal Plan GuideBy mail
with Meal Plan Selection Card sent home, or
In person
at Brown Dining office, 144 Thayer St.
by August 7 Yes
no fee
Yes
no fee
Yes
no fee –
not billed
by September 8 Yes
no fee
Yes
no fee
Yes
no fee –
complete refund
In person
at Brown Dining office, 144 Thayer St.
Monday to Friday, 9 to 4pm
by September 30 Yes
no fee
Yes
$10
Yes
$50
after September 30 Yes
no fee
No No

Change Your Meal Plan – Spring 2010 Add New Change Cancel
In person
at the Brown Dining office, 144 Thayer St.
after January 2,
by February 17
Yes
no fee
Yes
$10
No
after February 17 Yes
no fee
No No

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Important Dates

Last day to change a meal plan for Fall 2009:
September 30, 2009

Meal plan change period for Spring 2010:
January 2 to February 17, 2010

Last day to add a new meal plan:
No deadline

Last day to cancel a meal plan without a fee:
September 8, 2009

Last day to cancel a meal plan for 2009-2010:
September 30, 2009

Notes on Fall Semester Changes
  • Please bring your Brown ID card.
  • Each transaction takes about 3 minutes. There may be a line.
  • Meal plan changes made after Wednesday at noon go into effect the following Friday morning. The last day for changes is Wednesday 9/30.
  • Meal plan additions for students with no meal plan go into effect the same-day.
  • New or reduced costs associated with meal plan changes are charged/credited to your bursar account. If you would like a cash refund, please contact the bursar’s office.
  • There is a $10 processing fee to your bursar account for changing an existing meal plan after Tuesday 9/8.

Meal Plan Fine Print – 2009-2010

RattyPlease read the following items and consider your options carefully when making your meal plan decision.
  • Meal Plan contracts are available to all undergraduate, graduate, and medical students. Consistent with Brown's commitment to the residential college, all resident undergraduates (except RUE students) are required to participate in a meal plan throughout their first year of residence. First-years are automatically contracted and billed for the 20-meal plan but may select any plan by making a contract change. Voluntary participation in a Brown food co-op does not fulfill the first-year meal plan requirement.
  • Upper-class students are automatically contracted and billed for the meal plan they had the previous year.
  • Although billed by semester, meal plan contracts are in effect for the full academic year.
  • Students who wish to change, or upperclass students who wish to cancel, their meal plan contract should indicate their preference on the Meal Plan Contract Response Card mailed home in the summer and return it to Brown Dining by August 7, 2009.
  • After classes begin, students without meal plan contracts can still add a meal plan at the Brown Dining main office. Weekly plan pricing is prorated according to the remaining days in the semester, but Flex plan pricing is not prorated.
  • After classes begin, meal plan contracts can be canceled in person at the Brown Dining main office through September 30, 2009. No meal plan contract may be canceled after that date. There is a non-refundable fifty dollars ($50) retained for any meal plan contract canceled after September 8, 2009.
  • Meal plan contracts may be changed only once each semester and a change precludes cancellation. The contract change deadline for semester I is September 30, 2009. The contract change deadline for semester II is February 17, 2010. There is a ten dollar ($10) administrative fee for a meal plan contract change after September 8, 2009.
  • Any refund due from a meal plan contract change or cancellation is credited to the student's University account on a prorated basis.
  • The Bursar's Office will not process meal plan contract changes or cancellations. You must contact Brown Dining directly and in person at 144 Thayer St. (back of the Refectory) for any action pertaining to meal plan contracts. Omission of board contract fees from payments to the Bursar does not constitute cancellation of a meal plan contract. Late charges will apply unless Brown Dining is contacted directly.
  • Meal plan contract meals are non-transferable.
  • Students on meal plans receive FlexPlus Points as part of each dining account in the amounts noted on the Meal Plan page. Additional points may be purchased throughout the academic year at the Dining Services administrative office, 144 Thayer Street. There is a 25 point minimum purchase amount and purchases may be paid by cash, check or by applying a charge to a student account.
  • Unused FlexPlus Points are non-refundable and are forfeited at the end of the applicable academic year.
  • Questions concerning the terms of Meal Plan Contracts may be directed to the Brown Dining office, 144 Thayer St. You can also call (401) 863-3876.
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