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Terms and Conditions 2011-12

SELECTING A PLAN

A Student will select the plan of his or her choice online via the MySanDiego portal, within the Student Life tab for undergraduates (the Graduate Life tab for graduate students, or the 'My Personal Info' tab for law students).

• All students may purchase any of the following Torero Meal Plans:
• Plus 105, Plus 120, or  Plus 135.  Descriptions of each plan are available on the main Meal Plan page.
  • Freshmen: if student is a resident freshman, they are required to purchase the Plus 105, Plus 120 or Plus 135 Meal Plan. 
  • Non-freshmen: if student is not a freshman, they may also choose from any of the following: Plan 25, Plus 25, Plus 50, Plus 75 or they may elect not to have a meal plan.

For fall 2011 entrance, new students must purchase a plan on or before July 1, 2011.

• If a student submits an application to become a student after July 1 then that student must purchase a Meal Plan before the first day of classes for the fall 2011 semester.
• If a freshman's first semester on campus is spring 2012, they must purchase a plan by the first day of classes of the spring 2012 semester.

Meal Plan Changes

Policies for Freshmen

• Freshmen may not reduce or cancel their Meal Plan at any time.
• Once a plan is selected for the 2011-12 year that will be your plan for the fall and spring semesters.
  • You will be automatically assigned the same Meal Plan that you have in the fall for the spring semester.
• All students may increase their Meal Plan at any time during the semester via the MySanDiego portal.
• Dining Dollars and CampusCash may be purchased at any time during the semester via the MySanDiego portal.
• Resident freshmen who wish to petition for room only, and not have a Meal Plan, may do so by completing a petition form. Reasons for petitioning include: dietary restrictions, religious beliefs or extreme financial hardships. Form should be submitted to the Manager of Campus Card Services before the start of the semester or as is applicable to the situation. (Petitions for 2011-12 school year are no longer being accepted.)

Policies for Non-Freshmen

Increasing/Purchasing a Meal Plan:

• Once a plan is selected for the 2011-12 year that will be your plan for the fall and spring semesters.
• You will be automatically assigned the same Meal Plan that you have in the fall, for the spring semester.
• Students may increase their Meal Plan at any time during the semester via the MySanDiego portal.
• Dining Dollars and CampusCash may be purchased at any time during the semester via the MySanDiego portal.
• Students who do not currently have a Meal Plan may purchase a plan at any time during the semester.

Refunds/Cancellations:

• Non-freshmen may decrease or cancel a plan during the first two weeks of the semester. After that time frame there will be no changes or cancellations allowed.
  • Last day to cancel or decrease a plan: 9/16/11 (fall) and 2/10/12 (spring).
    • If you have not used any of your plan (i.e. you have not used any meals or any Dining Dollars) you will receive a full refund (if plan is changed within the first two weeks of school).

• If you have used any of your meals and/or Dining Dollars and request to change your plan during the first two weeks of school, you will receive a partial refund for any meals and/or Dining Dollars that you have not used or spent.

• Any fall semester Dining Dollars that were rolled over to the spring semester are non-refundable if you cancel your spring Meal Plan.

Meal Plan Schedule

• Meal Plans will be available when USD is in regular undergraduate session for the fall and spring semesters.
• The first meal of each semester, and following vacation breaks, will begin with dinner the night before the first day of undergraduate classes (8/30/11 for fall and 1/25/12 for spring).
• The last meal of each semester, and preceding vacation breaks, will be dinner on the last day of undergraduate exams (dinner 12/20/11 for fall and brunch 5/23/12 for spring).
• No meal plans will be accepted during Thanksgiving, Christmas, intersession, Easter or spring vacation breaks.

Torero ID Card

• A student's Torero Card, the official USD identification card, will be activated with the applicable Meal Plan information and will serve as the user's Meal Plan card.
• The Meal Plan is for the exclusive use of the cardholder.
• A Meal Plan may not be resold, assigned, transferred, or used by anyone else under any condition.  Use by anyone else may result in a fine.
• The cardholder must report a lost Torero Card within 24 hours to Campus Card Services.  You may report this to Campus Card Services:
  • On the Campus Card web site, www.sandiego.edu/campuscard
  • By phone, ext. 5999 or (619) 260-5999, or,
  • In person at the Campus Card office UC-127

If you do not report the loss of a card within 24 hours, you will be liable for any meals used and charges accrued, up until the time the card is reported missing.

Additional Policies

• Students shall be responsible for complying with all applicable Dining Services policies, including but not limited to the following:
  • Theft in any dining area (of food, utensils, supplies or other university property) is strictly prohibited.
  • Attempting to enter dining facilities other than at designated points is prohibited.
  • Throwing of any object within a dining facility is prohibited.
• Violation of an applicable Dining Services policy will result in appropriate disciplinary action in a manner consistent with the Student Code of Rights and Responsibilities.  Where the circumstances warrant, a student's dining privileges may be revoked when a Dining Services policy is violated.  The student will not be entitled to a decrease or refund of any portion of the fee paid for the Meal Plan when the student's dining privileges are suspended or revoked.

All Meal Plan and Dining Policies subject to change without notice, check back frequently.