2019 - 2020 Rensselaer Student Dining Plan Agreement Form

Rensselaer Auxiliary Services

Dining Plan Agreement 2019 - 2020

Please use this form to select your dining plan for the 2019 - 2020 academic year.
Meal plan descriptions and costs appear below.  Full dining plan terms and conditions
are provided at the bottom of this agreement form.
 

 

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Dining plan descriptions

The following dining plans will be available for the 2019 - 2020 academic year.  The plans offer benefits such as included guest meals and the ability to add Flex Dollars throughout the year.  Meal plan participants also receive a discounted rate from the regular door rate when using Flex Dollars.

  • 23 On Demand -- 23 anytime meals per week to be used in Resident Dining Halls, plus $100 in Flex Dollars per year. Includes 12 guest meals per semester. Non-transferrable. Available to all students.  $6,810/year
  • 21 On Demand -- 21 anytime meals per week to be used in Resident Dining Halls, plus $200 Flex Dollars per year. Includes 12 guest meals per semester.  Non-transferable.  Available to all students.  $6,810/year
  • 19 On Demand -- 19 anytime meals per week to be used in Resident Dining Halls, plus $300 Flex Dollars per year. Includes 10 guest meals per semester.  Non-transferable.  Available to all students.  $6,690/year
  • 15 On Demand --  15 anytime meals per week to be used in Resident Dining Halls, plus $500 Flex Dollars for the year. Includes 10 guest meals per semester.  Non-transferable.  Available to all students.  $6,620/year
  • 12 On Demand -- 12 anytime meals per week to be used in Resident Dining Halls, plus $700 Flex Dollars per year. Includes 8 guest meals per semester.  Non-transferable.  Available to sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students. $5,950/year
  • 10 On Demand  Ten anytime meals per week to be used in Resident Dining Halls, plus $900 Flex Dollars per year.  Includes 8 guest meals per semester.  Non-transferable. Available to sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students.  $5,760/year
  • CYO "Create Your Own" Plan -- 200 meals per semester. Dining Plan holder may also choose to convert meals into Flex Dollars.  Additional restrictions apply. Conversion rate is $8.80 per meal. Conversion of meals into Flex Dollars must be completed by Friday, October 4, 2019 for the fall semester and by Friday, February 28, 2020 for the spring semester. No more than two conversion submissions will be accepted per student per semester. Unused meals will be forfeited at the end of each semester; however, Flex Dollars will carry over from Arch to fall into the spring semester. Non-transferable.  Please note that if you are choosing the create-your-own meal plan, you must also submit a "convert meals to flex" form to indicate how many meals you wish to convert. Available only to juniors, seniors, graduate students living on- or off-campus. $5,220/year
  • 5 on Demand Greeks and Grads -- Five anytime meals per week to be used in Resident Dining Halls, plus $600 in Flex Dollars per year. Includes two guest meals per semester.  Non-transferable. Available to RAs, graduate students or those undergraduate students living off campus or in an approved Greek residence.  $2,680/year

Flex Dollars -- Flex Dollars, which add flexibility to your dining plan options and are incorporated into each plan, are yours to spend like cash at Hospitality Services locations in the Rensselaer Union, retail cafes around campus, Moe's, concessions, and resident dining halls. Flex Dollars are allotted by semester and carry over from Arch to fall to the spring semester, but end on the last day of the academic calendar and are thereafter forfeited.  Flex Dollars are also forfeited upon cancellation of the meal plan.

Unused guest meals are also forfeited at the end of each semester.

For more information on converting meals into Flex Dollars, or on Rensselaer's Hospitality Services, please visit the Hospitality Services website.

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2019 - 2020 dining plan request

Please indicate your choice of a dining plan for the 2019 - 2020 academic year.  PLEASE NOTE:  Dining plan terms and conditions are listed at the bottom of this agreement.  Freshmen and sophomore residents are required to participate in a dining plan.

 

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By entering my name below, I acknowledge that I understand the terms and conditions regarding Rensselaer's dining plan agreement.

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Terms and conditions of this agreement

All Rensselaer policies and procedures, existing and as changed from time to time, contained in the current Rensselaer Catalog, and other Rensselaer and Student Life publications, including the 2019-2020 price list, are part of this agreement and must be read by all students.

Dining plan terms and conditions

Meals are not served when Rensselaer is not in session, including Thanksgiving, winter, and spring recesses.  Certain dining facilities may be closed during specified periods of the academic year.

Flex Dollars are allotted by semester and carry over from Arch to fall to spring, but end on the last day of the academic calendar and are forfeited thereafter.

  • Dining plans are not transferable.
  • Dining plans are for the entire academic year.
  • Students may not take food out of a contract dining hall, except under conditions specified by the dining hall management.
  • Students may sign up for a dining plan prior to the ninth week of the current semester.  Additions will be pro-rated on a weekly basis.
  • Daily operating hours vary by dining hall location.
  • Weekly meals replenish on Sunday mornings.
  • Unused weekly meals are forfeited.

Dining plan cancellations

Cancellations to the dining plan agreement are very limited and are subject to all of the following:

  • There is no penalty for written cancellations delivered to Auxiliary Services within ten business days of the effective semester dining plan start date. After that date, students cannot cancel their dining agreements for the remainder of the semester.
  • Please note that freshmen and sophomores CANNOT cancel their dining plans.

Dining plan changes

Students may decrease the size of their dining plan within ten business days of the effective semester dining plan start date. Students are allowed a total of two changes within the change period each semester.  After these dates, only dining plan increases will be allowed. Meal plan increases may be done at any time as long as the flex balance is sufficient to cover the change. Note that a dining plan cancellation does not constitute a change.

Refund schedule

The following table shows the refunds of dining plan charges for students who withdraw from
Rensselaer or take a leave of absence prior to the completion of an academic term.

Number of weeks
in residence

% charged
per semester

 % refunded
per semester
Less than one week 0% 100%
Less than two weeks 10% 90%
Less than three weeks 20% 80%
Less than four weeks 30% 70%
Less than six weeks 40% 60%
Less than seven weeks 50% 50%
Less than nine weeks 60% 40%
More than nine weeks 100% 0%

 

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