First-time college students living on campus at the University of North Florida are required to purchase a meal plan, with options including weekly swipes, block plans and all-access plans.<\/p>\n
At UNF, all first-time in college (FTIC) students who live on campus are required to purchase a meal plan during the Summer B, Fall and Spring semesters. Block plans are available, but don\u2019t satisfy the FTIC requirement; FTIC students living on campus must purchase either an all-access membership or a meal-per-week membership, according to\u00a0UNF\u2019s Dining Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n If the student does not select a plan before the deadline, UNF will automatically choose the 14-weekly-swipes plan for them, according to\u00a0UNF Dining Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n Students who aren\u2019t first time in college students, or students who live off campus, are not required to purchase a meal plan.<\/p>\n Weekly swipes<\/p>\n The membership with the least amount of meal swipes that satisfies the FTIC requirement provides 10 meal swipes to use each week. The 10-weekly-swipes membership for the full summer semester includes 300 dining dollars and costs $1,864.82.<\/p>\n For the fall and spring semesters, there are also options for a 14-weekly swipes plan and 19-weekly swipes plan.\u00a0\u00a0For the summer B semester, the 10-weekly-swipes membership includes 150 dining dollars and costs $923.41.<\/p>\n The meal swipes can be used at the Osprey Cafe or as a $7.05 credit at other dining options on campus.<\/p>\n More details on weekly meal swipe plans can be found on the\u00a0dining services website<\/a><\/p>\n Block meal plans<\/p>\n Block meal plans give students a set amount of meal swipes to use throughout the semester. Meals can be at the Osprey Cafe, or students can use $7.05 meal credit at any of the dining locations on campus, according to\u00a0UNF\u2019s Dining Services website<\/a>. Students can use these at their own pace.<\/p>\n Some block meal plans include 110, 75, 45 and 30 swipes per semester.<\/p>\n 110 meal swipes and 200 dining dollars to use throughout the semester cost $1,324.95 All access meal plans<\/p>\n All-access meal plans grant students free access to the Osprey Cafe five to seven days a week to use their meal swipes whenever they want, depending on which all-access meal plan the student chooses.<\/p>\n Fall and Spring all access<\/p>\n Five-day all-access and 300 dining dollars cost $2,690.56 Summer B all access<\/p>\n Five-day all-access and 150 dining dollars cost $1,064.03 There are additional meal plan options for the full summer and summer B semesters on the\u00a0UNF Dining Services website.<\/a><\/p>\n Student thoughts<\/p>\n In a UNF Spinnaker Instagram poll, viewers were asked if they were able to use all of their meal swipes every week. 66% of those who submitted a response said they were not able to use all of their meal swipes each week.<\/p>\n \u201cIt helped me get into the groove of college, having a meal plan my freshman year, \u201d UNF Interdisciplinary Studies major Dakota Williams said as a response to the poll.<\/p>\n However, some students felt differently about the meal plans.<\/p>\n Lexie McBride, a psychology major at UNF, said, \u201cBullshit, the food caused weight gain and is so unhealthy, too salty it made my face puffy,\u201d in response to the poll.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n
\n75\u00a0 meal swipes and 250 dining dollars cost 1,037.47
\n75 meal swipes and 150 dining dollars cost $933.47
\n45 meal swipes and 300 dining dollars cost $792.16
\n45 meal swipes and 200 dining dollars cost $692.16
\n30 meal swipes and 200 dining dollars cost $551.54<\/p>\n
\nSeven-day all-access and 15 dining dollars cost $2,821.79<\/p>\n
\nSeven-day all-access and 100 dining dollars cost $1,126.51<\/p>\n