Meal Plans and Requirements
Overview and What You Should Know
Meal plan subscription is a requirement for all enrolled students enrolled. Read your agreement for details here.
Buckets of Tenders at a Glance
The Any 20 Plan
A traditional swipe-for-a-meal plan that provides the greatest value for the price. While best for use is in the Dining Hall or The Caf, plan holders may exchange a meal-swipe for a combo at the retail locations. The Any 20 may not be used to purchase sushi.
This plan offers 20 meals per week, matching the 20 meal periods of each week (Sunday-Saturday). The meals can be used at any point during the week for late-night snacks or second lunches in ways that work for you. Dickinson College recommends that first year students choose the Any 20 Plan until learning more about campus life.
The Flex "Points" Plans - Valid only on campus
Flex plans provide less meal value than The Any 20 plan but provide more flexibility with three kinds of tenders or buckets of money to be used to enter the DIning Hall or to purchase retail packaged foods at retail locations or to place catering orders. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals are 2, 3, and 5 points respectively for all you care to eat meals in the Dining Hall, for a total cost of 10 points per day. POINTS are meant for The Caf; Devil Dollars are meant for retail locations; and Dining Dollars are similar to Devil Dollars as a value-added tender.
The Flex I plan could buy every dinner in a semester and about 90 out of 102 available breakfasts. Purchasing sushi or espresso can reduce your buying power quickly. Flex II and Apartment Flex work the same way with a different balance of tenders.
When points are used at alternative dining locations (Union Station, The Biblio, and The Juice Bar in the Underground) they are deducted at a 50% discount except for sushi and retail-packaged-goods (Union Station, Biblio, and Underground). For example, if an item costs $2.00, you will have 1.00 points deducted from your balance. These plans have unlimited use for the duration of the points. All meal plans end with close of business on the last day of final exams.
The Flexboard I Plan
This plan has a total of 700 points per semester, $125 in Devil Dollars and $75 in Dining Dollars.
Balance your POINTS budget. EXAMPLE: assuming you use points for the Dining Hall only, you can buy all dinners and 35 out of 119 lunches; or all breakfasts, all lunches, and 27 out of 119 dinners.
The Flexboard II Plan
This plan has a total of 575 points per semester, $150 in Devil Dollars and $325 in Dining Dollars.
Balance your POINTS budget. EXAMPLE: assuming you use points for the Dining Hall only: this plan will buy 115 out of 119 dinners (no breakfasts or lunches); or all breakfasts and all lunches and 2 out of 119 dinners.
The Apartment Housing Flexboard Meal Plan
This plan is available only to students who live off campus or in college-owned apartments. It has a lower point total, 400 per semester, higher Devil Dollar amount of ($200), and Dining Dollars ($500) amounts.
Meal Plan Comparison
| Meals Per Week | Points Per Semester | Devil Dollars | Dining Dollars | |
| Any 20 Plan | 20 | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| Flex I Plan | N/A | 700 | $125 | $75 |
| Flex II Plan | N/A | 575 | $150 | $325 |
| Apartment Housing Flex Meal Plan | N/A | 400 | $200 | $500 |
All meal plan selections must be made by 4 p.m. the Friday prior to the start of the meal plan. No changes will be permitted after the start date.
Note: If you run out of points, you may purchase a block of 25 points for $75 at the ID office. Points, Devil Dollars, and Dining Dollars are nontransferable and nonrefundable. Purchases of Points using Dining Dollars are allowable ONLY if Point Balance is below 25 and may be purchased only in blocks of 25 Points at any one transaction.
All meal plans end with the last day of final exams.
All proceeds from Culinary Services are returned to Dickinson College and the Planning and Budget Committee for reallocation. Dining Services is wholly owned and self-operated by Dickinson College: we always keep in mind the best interests of the institution and students.
As a residential liberal arts college, students are required to live on campus and are required to participate in the campus meal plan. The housing and meal plan requirements are meant to achieve two goals: one goal is to create a closer, collaborative high-performance community outside of the classroom that provides students with coaching, teaching, leadership, and growth opportunities among and between the evolving year-groups on campus. The other goal is to ensure base-needs and life services are stable, available, and accessible to all students of all socio-economic backgrounds. Campus life services are about so much more than simple landlord or restaurant and grocery amenities.
