Students that are going to participate in an on-campus organization such as a fraternity or sorority are required to participate in the Freshman Year Experience program.  Since some fraternities and sororities also have their own mandatory meal plans, the University and Bama Dining are allowing new members of these organizations the option of choosing an alternative meal plan.  These students will automatically have their meal plan reduced to 50 meals per semester with the option of choosing other alternative meal plans.

What are the Alternative Meal Plan Options?

Option 1  Students that would like to have 50 meals per semester need to do... nothing! All students that join a fraternity or sorority that also requires a minimum of 10 meals per week will automatically have their Bama Dining meal plan reduced to 50 meals.

Option 2  Students that would like more than 50 meals per semester may change their meal plan to one of the following: Silver (160 meals per semester), Gold (220 meals per semester), or Unlimited.

Option 3   Students that would like to have no requirement to dine in any UA dining halls may choose to only pay the Community Dining Charge of $197.  

When is the deadline to downgrade?

When the University generates an official list of all new Greek members, all students on that list will be automatically downgraded from their original plan to the Option 1 plan with 50 meals per semester.

All fraternity and sorority members have until October 1, 2009 to further downgrade their meal plan to the Option 3 plan with no meals if they choose to do so.  There is no deadline to upgrade meal plans.

Meal Plans