Meal Plan Requirements

All first and second-year resident students are required to be enrolled in a meal plan. Freshmen and first-year transfer students are required to be enrolled in at least the 150 Block Plan, but can also enroll in the 200 Block or Super meal plans. Second-year students are free to choose from any of the five meals plan offered.

2009 - 2010 Meal Plans and Rates

Super Plan : $2,380.00 (per semester)

Unlimited access to Terrace Dining Room (TDR) or the Tenley Cafe

200 Block Plan: $2,350.00 (per semester)

This plan will allow access to 200 meals per semester, approximately 12 meals per week, in the Terrace Dining Room (TDR) or the Tenley Cafe, plus $300.00 per semester in EagleBucks which can be spent at participating establishments on and off campus.

150 Block Plan: $2,150.00 (per semester)

This plan will allow access to 150 meals per semester, approximately 9 meals per week, in the Terrace Dining Room (TDR) or the Tenley Cafe, plus $300.00 per semester in EagleBucks which can be spent at participating establishments on and off campus.

100 Block Plan: $1,600.00 (per semester)

This plan will allow access to 100 meals per semester, approximately 6 meals per week, in the Terrace Dining Room (TDR) or the Tenley Cafe, plus $300.00 per semester in EagleBucks which can be spent at participating establishments on and off campus.

75 Block Plan: $1,350.00 (per semester)

This plan will allow access to 75 meals per semester in the Terrace Dining Room (TDR) or the Tenley Cafe, plus $300.00 per semester in EagleBucks which can be spent at participating establishments on and off campus.

2008 - 2009 Meal Plans and Rates

Super Plan : $2,300.00 (per semester)

Unlimited access to Terrace Dining Room (TDR) or the Tenley Cafe

200 Block Plan: $2,270.00 (per semester)

This plan will allow access to 200 meals per semester, approximately 12 meals per week, in the Terrace Dining Room (TDR) or the Tenley Cafe, plus $300.00 per semester in EagleBucks which can be spent at participating establishments on and off campus.

150 Block Plan: $2,080.00 (per semester)

This plan will allow access to 150 meals per semester, approximately 9 meals per week, in the Terrace Dining Room (TDR) or the Tenley Cafe, plus $300.00 per semester in EagleBucks which can be spent at participating establishments on and off campus.

100 Block Plan: $1,550.00 (per semester)

This plan will allow access to 100 meals per semester, approximately 6 meals per week, in the Terrace Dining Room (TDR) or the Tenley Cafe, plus $300.00 per semester in EagleBucks which can be spent at participating establishments on and off campus.

75 Block Plan: $1,310.00 (per semester)

This plan will allow access to 75 meals per semester in the Terrace Dining Room (TDR) or the Tenley Cafe, plus $300.00 per semester in EagleBucks which can be spent at participating establishments on and off campus.

Signing Up for a Meal Plan

In order to sign up for a meal plan, log on to your my.american.edu portal, select the Life @ AU link, then choose Select a Meal Plan. Students can also enroll in a meal plan or change their meal plan by visiting the Housing and Dining Programs office located on the first floor of Anderson Hall during normal business hours. New, incoming students that do not select a meal plan will be automatically enrolled in the 150 block meal plan.  Students admitted for the Spring semester may enroll in a meal plan during spring orientation in January.