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== Meal Plans ==

=== First-year Meal Plans ===
First-year meal plans are required for everyone living in Freshman Experience dorms (basically all first years).<ref>https://georgiatech.campusdish.com/MealPlans/Category?cat=Students_Required_to_Buy_13681&lid=13681</ref>

Freshmen have two options for plans; note that costs are per-semester.
{| class="wikitable"
!'''Plan'''
!Dining Dollars
!Weekly Grab & Go Swipes 
!Total Price
|-
|Everyday Unlimited
|$250
|7
|$2,664
|-
|Weekday Unlimited
|$450
|5
|$2,664
|}
The Everyday and Weekday plans also allow 5 guest meals per semester and 5 <nowiki>''</nowiki>White & Gold" premium events.

With the new self-operated dining service, the first-year meal plans have unlimited meal swipes. The Everyday Unlimited and Weekday Unlimited allow swipes 7 days a week and 5 days a week, respectfully.

=== Meal Swipes, Dining Dollars, and BuzzCard Funds ===
All universities in the University System of Georgia have these strange terms (albeit, not "Buzz" themed) due the laws on taxes in education related goods and services.

'''Meal Swipes''' are used to access the all-you-can-eat dining halls: Brittain, North Avenue, and West Village. Additionally, meal exchange swipes can be used to buy meals to-go from the 2nd floor West Village dining locations and Rising Roll café.<ref name=":0" />

'''Dining Dollars''' are used at all [https://buzzcard.gatech.edu/dining-locations Dining Service Locations] including most food trucks invited to campus. Dining Dollars are bought in different increments and unused funds are refunded at the end of the spring semester.  

One benefit of Dining Dollars is that they are exempt from sales tax, so you can save a few percent over cash. You can also get a 10% bonus of extra dining dollars if you buy them in bulk (this advice is more for upperclassmen in lieu of meal swipe plans).<ref name=":0">https://georgiatech.campusdish.com/MealPlans/MealPlans101</ref>

'''BuzzCard Funds''' are essentially just a debit card service on your BuzzCard. These funds can used at a select list of [https://buzzcard.gatech.edu/merchant-stores#allMerchants stores]. 

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[[Category:Freshmen Guide]]