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Revision as of 17:33, 6 June 2021

Meal Plans

First-year Meal Plans

First-year meal plans are required for everyone living in Freshman Experience dorms (basically all first years).[1]

Freshmen have three* options for plans; note that costs are per-semester.

Plan Swipes Dining Dollars BuzzCard Funds Price/meal Total Price
Everyday 4/day $100 $50 $5.50 $2,664
Weekday 4/day $100 $250 $7.09 $2664
Greek 100 100/semester $100 $250 $10.38 $1388

The Everyday and Weekday plans also allow 5 guest meals per semester and 5 ''White & Gold" premium events.

The Greek 100 plan is intended for students who plan to rush.

*Technically there is an athletic scholarship meal plan

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 and North Avenue. Additionally, meal swipes can be used to buy meals to-go from the 2nd floor West Village dining locations and Rising Roll café.[2]

Dining Dollars are used at all 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).[2]

BuzzCard Funds are essentially just a debit card service on your BuzzCard. These funds can used at a select list of stores.

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