Saturday, September 7, 2024

a. Meal Plan Changes Fall 2024 (New Brunswick Students Only) - Sept 17 Deadline to Reduce or Cancel

This option is only for New Brunswick/Piscataway students.

The form below will allow you to add/cancel/increase/reduce your meal plan until the end of the first two weeks of the semester. For this Fall 2024 semester, the last day to reduce or cancel your meal plan is Tuesday, September 17, 2024. 

Multiple requests may be made, but please keep in mind that your last valid request will supersede all other requests. 
YOU MAY ONLY MAKE ONE REQUEST PER DAY.  

Requests made through this form will NOT BE IMMEDIATE and may take up to 5 business days to process. 
Once your request has been approved, the corresponding charge will be placed on your term bill/statement of accounts in one to two business days. 

An automatic email response containing your request will be emailed to you once you press the submit button. Please KEEP this for your documentation. A second email will be sent to you indicating whether your request was processed (approved or denied) within 5 business days.  Make sure you contact the RU Express Office if you do not receive the result of your request within that time period. 

Please READ the terms and conditions thoroughly when making your request.
If you have any questions, please call the RU Express and Board Plan Office at (848)932-8041 first before proceeding.  The form below is for your MEAL PLAN request for the Fall 2024 semester.

Notice: Approval decisions are based on current data at the time of request processing.  Understanding that data and status of students may change, audits are performed throughout the semester to make sure that requirements are fulfilled throughout the semester as indicated by the terms and conditions.  As an example, if a student was approved to cancel a meal plan at an earlier time, but is found residing in a dorm at a later time, that student will be assigned their minimum meal plan requirement.

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* RUID: Required RUID

* First Name: Required FirstName

* Last Name: Required LastName

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* Meal Plan Choice: Meal Plan Choice is required.

Terms and Conditions:

FALL 2024 AND SPRING 2025 MEAL PLAN TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Board plans may be utilized at dining halls and select cash operations by presenting your university id card to the courtesy/cashier worker.

Acquiring a meal plan.  Students may obtain a meal plan from the RU Express/Board Plan Office.  It is the student’s responsibility to make payment for meal plan charges placed on their term bill, regardless of whether an actual bill is sent to them or not. Your meal plan selection is only for use during a single semester. In addition, the same meal plan you have selected for the Fall semester will automatically be charged to your term bill for the Spring semester.   Refunds or credits are not provided for unused meals.    

Minimum Requirements.  
Students assigned to a dorm have a minimum requirement depending upon their class status.     

First-year students assigned to a dorm are required to have a 210 meal plan or greater.  
Upper class students assigned to a dorm are required to have a 150 meal plan or greater.  

Off-campus students, commuters, and students residing in university apartments may select any of the meal plans, including the 100, 75, or 50 meal plans, but they are not required to have one.

Guesting ability.  Meal plans are non-transferable, but students may use 10 of their meals for their guest(s).  Only one guest meal may be allocated for each guest.  Guest(s) must be present when utilizing their guesting ability.  

Two week change period.  Meal plan reduction and cancellation requests may be made online up to the end of the first two weeks of the semester only.   Reduction requests will be granted only if the new selection is equal to or greater than the student’s minimum requirement.    Cancellation requests will be granted only if the student does not have a minimum meal plan requirement.  Cancellations made after the two week change period will be subject to a $50 cancellation fee and will only be allowed if the meal plan was not utilized at all. 

Students may purchase additional meals or buy up to a higher meal plan anytime throughout the semester.

Mini blocks.  A mini block is equivalent to 5 meals.  The option to purchase mini blocks is available only to students with a Rutgers meal plan and only available for purchase after the first two weeks of the semester.  The student may only purchase a maximum of 5 mini blocks in any given semester.  Mini blocks are non-refundable.  

Students who have withdrawn or have been dismissed from the University must notify the RU Express/Board Plan Office as soon as possible to ensure the appropriate adjustments are made to their financial record.  Residential students who terminate their dorm housing arrangement prematurely must also contact Dining Services directly at the RU Express/Board Plan Office to request release from their meal plan.  Refunds will be determined on a prorated basis for those in such situations mentioned above.  The most refund one can get after the first two weeks of the semester and before the end of the 12th week of the semester is 60% of the cost of the meal plan minus meals used.  There will be no refunds issued after the 12th week of the semester.

I Agree with the Terms & Conditions

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