Dining Services
Dining Plan Costs | Plans | Parameters of Dining Plans
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Dining Plan Costs for the academic year 2007-2008
First Year Residents
$1,400, $1,600 or $1,800 per semester
First Year = Residents whose first semester at TCU is Summer 2007, Fall 2007, or Spring 2008.
Second Year Residents
$1,200 per semester
Second Year = Residents whose first semester at TCU was Summer 2006, Fall 2006, or Spring 2007.
Continuing Residents
$1,000 per semester
Continuing = Residents whose first semester at TCU is other than those cited above.
Tom Brown/ Pete Wright
Apartment Community Residents
$600 per semester
TBPW = upper-class Residents with at least 54 earned credits who are assigned to Tom Brown/Pete Wright Apartment Community.
First Year Residents will have the choice between the three listed dining plans. If residents do not choose a meal plan, the plan will automatically default to the minimum semester plan. Second Year Residents will be assigned the $1,200 dining plan. The $1,000 dining plan is assigned each semester to all other residents except for those assigned to TBPW who are assigned the $600 plan each semester.
On-campus residents may add to their assigned dining plan by contacting the ID Card Center.
The entire amount of the assigned dining plan appears as a credit on the resident's ID card. As dining purchases are made, the cost of goods AND appropriate sales tax will be deducted from the card. To monitor dining expenses, residents may view their current dining plan balance as it appears on the dining register read-out screen after each purchase.
For those students on the First Year Resident Dining Plan, residents will have an opportunity to select a spring Dining Plan during the Fall semester. Residents should check their TCU e-mail and this website for detailed information and dates on this process. If residents do not select a dining plan within published dates, residents will be assigned the minimum dining plan for their specific resident year.
For those students on the Second Year, Continuing, or Apartment Dining Plans, residents will automatically be assigned the same dining plan for the spring semester.
Please note that any remaining dining funds at the conclusion of the fall semester will roll forward to the spring semester at which time the resident’s spring Dining Plan (resident selected or automatically assigned) will also be charged to the resident’s account. This applies to all dining plans, with the exception of those students moving to or from the Tom Brown/Pete Wright Apartment Community.
Dining Services Locations and Hours
TCU Dining Services is managed by the Sodexho Corporation. Students may use their dining cards at any dining service location on campus viewable on the Sodexho website. Exact hours are posted at each dining service location.
* Dining Plans will be assigned to residents according to the admit term or hall of residency (TBPW) and dining charges will appear on the TCU bill. Readmitted residents will be regarded as continuing residents in the assignment of dining plans.
* For those students on the First Year Resident Dining Plan, residents will have an opportunity to select a spring Dining Plan during the Fall semester. Residents should check their TCU e-mail and this website for detailed information and dates on this process. If residents do not select a dining plan within published dates, residents will be assigned the minimum dining plan for their specific resident year.
For those students on the Second Year, Continuing, or Apartment Dining Plans, residents will automatically be assigned the same dining plan for the spring semester.
Please note that any remaining dining funds at the conclusion of the fall semester will roll forward to the spring semester at which time the resident’s spring Dining Plan (resident selected or automatically assigned) will also be charged to the resident’s account. This applies to all dining plans, with the exception of those students moving to or from the Tom Brown/Pete Wright Apartment Community.
* A resident moving from TBPW to another residence hall before the conclusion of a semester would retain their TBPW plan for the balance of the semester and any remaining dining funds would roll to the next semester at which time the resident would be assigned the appropriate dining plan for his/her admit term.
* Dining funds remaining at the conclusion of the spring semester will not be refunded unless the remaining funds are the result of an add-on to the originally assigned fall and spring dining plans or are above the required amount for First Year/Second Year residents.
* Transfer residents assigned to TBPW will be assigned the apartment dining plan unless they indicate another dining plan.
* Fall Graduates – Residents not returning to TCU for the spring semester will only receive a refund of any remaining dining funds resulting from add-ons.
* Students who are not residents on the TCU campus, may place dining add-on amounts to their TCU ID card by going to the ID Center, Student Center, Room 221. Dining add-ons will be included on the send home bill. All dining add-ons are refundable.
* Any exceptions to these parameters must be submitted to the Director of Residential Services for consideration.
* Residents withdrawing from TCU mid-semester will be credited unused dining funds.
* Intensive English residents living on campus for only one IEP session in a semester and departing TCU will be refunded, upon their request, half the value of the assigned dining plan or the remaining balance if more than one half of the dining plan has been used. If an IEP resident lives on campus for one session, then moves off campus (yet remains a participant in the next IEP session), remaining dining funds from the assigned residential plan will roll to an off-campus dining plan for the resident’s use but will not be refundable at any point. Any special situations will be handled independently.
* Study Away Residents - if participating in a TCU recognized program for the spring semester (London Centre, Washington Interns, etc.), fall residents may request that any unused dining funds remaining from the assigned fall dining plan at the conclusion of the fall semester be refunded to the resident account. This refund will be initiated only if the resident makes the request. Residential Services will receive such requests, confirm participation in the specified Study Away program, and submit a list to the ID Card Center in January for the refund of any unused dining funds. Any remaining funds resulting from an add-on to an assigned fall dining plan should be refunded to the resident in January.