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Residential All Access Plans

Enjoy the value and convenience of eating on campus with the swipe of your CarolinaCard.  Meal Plan membership is the best way to enjoy over 30 dining locations across campus.  Residential All Access Meal Plans make it seamless to dine on campus, whether you are meeting up with friends for dinner in our residential restaurants or need a quick lunch on the go from one of our Russell House retail locations.

Options for first year residents:

 
All Access with $250 Meal Plan Dollars (MPD) PLUS Plan
  • Default for first year residents and automatically added to your account when the Self-Service Carolina portal opens in mid-July.
  • Unlimited access to the six dining halls across campus 
  • $250 meal plan dollars to use at any on campus dining location 
  • 7 retail swipes per week in non-dining halls (Starbucks and convenience stores excluded)
  • Retail swipes only included in the PLUS Plan options
  • $2,731 per semester
All Access with $250 Meal Plan Dollars (MPD)
  • Unlimited access to the six dining halls across campus  
  • $250 meal plan dollars to use at any on campus dining location 
  • No retail swipes included with this plan 
  • $2,532 per semester 
All Access with $400 Meal Plan Dollars (MPD) PLUS Plan
  • Unlimited access to the six dining halls across campus 
  • $400 meal plan dollars to use at any on campus dining location 
  • 7 retail swipes per week in non-dining halls (Starbucks and convenience stores excluded)
  • Retail swipes only included in the PLUS Plan options
  • $2,886 per semester
All Access with $400 Meal Plan Dollars (MPD)
  • Unlimited access to the six dining halls across campus  
  • $400 meal plan dollars to use at any on campus dining location 
  • No retail swipes included with this plan 
  • $2,687 per semester 

Membership Benefits

All Access Meal Plans provide:

  • Unlimited dine-in access to all six dining halls. Visit our dining halls for a full all-you-care-to-eat meal or for a simple snack or beverage.  Dining halls include: 
  • Meal Plan Dollars to supplement your dining hall all access and provide flexible spending for a la carte purchases in campus dining locations.
  • Free membership into the sustainable to-go container program
  • PLUS Plans ONLY: Seven meal swipes per week to use in select retail locations for meals (Starbucks and convenience stores excluded). Swipes have a value based on meal period. Guests can order up to that value with a meal swipe and cover any overage with Meal Plan Dollars, CarolinaCash, credit or debit. Breakfast: $7.50, Lunch/Dinner/Late Night: $10.50.

* Dining halls are open and available to all students regardless of where you live.

Terms and Conditions 

  • First year residents will automatically be assigned the All Access with $250 Meal Plan Dollars PLUS Plan for first and second semester. First year residents have the option to adjust their meal plan to any of the All Access Plans before the meal plan drop period.  All Access Plans are available to upperclassman residents and students living off campus as well.      
  • Meal plan pricing shown above is priced per semester as meal plans are a semester contract. Meal plans are intended for individual student use only. Sharing meal plans is considered an Honor Code violation.
  • Unused Meal Plan Dollars from fall semester will roll over to spring semester with the purchase of a spring meal plan. Meal plan dollars not used by the end of spring semester will expire.
  • Additional Meal Plan Dollars can be added at any time by contacting the CarolinaCard Office at (803) 777-1708 or via the GET mobile app.
  • There is a 30-minute pause in between meal swipe usage in both the dining halls and retail restaurants to prevent guests from swiping for other people.
  • Access to the dining halls are unlimited with the All Access meal plan and not affected by the usage of meal swipes in retail. 

First-Year Residents joining a fraternity or sorority

First year residential students with a mandatory University meal plan will transition to a hybrid meal plan that provides access to both meals on campus and their Greek Village facility the semester after they join. Each student will have the plan affiliated with their Greek house corporation (not run by, managed by, or affiliated with campus dining) and a campus dining meal plan. Students will be automatically re-enrolled in the All Access with $250 Meal Plan Dollars PLUS Plan but will have the option to downgrade to the Weekly 10, Declining Balance $1,625, or the Block 100.  

The amount of meals provided by Greek Village facilities on this hybrid plan is determined by individual House Corporations. Students shifting to this hybrid meal plan will see two charges on their campus account in the spring semester, one for the on-campus meal plan and one for the meal plan associated with their Greek organization. Non-residential first year students without a mandatory University Meal Plan and upperclassmen that are new members will transition to a full Greek Village meal plan if required by the organization.


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