MIT Dining offers flexible plans to fit the needs of every student.
Download the 2019 Orientation Week Dining Schedule.
REMINDER: Fall 2019 meal plans begin on Saturday, August 31. Dining Dollars are immediately available for use, whereas guest meals cannot be accessed until after the meal plan change period ends.
All students living in residences without dining halls have the option to purchase any one of the voluntary plans or any of the meal plans designed for dining dorm residents.
- All meal plans can be used for breakfast, lunch, dinner, late-night, or weekend brunch
- You may donate up to 6 guest meals or 6 block meals to the SwipeShare program each semester
You can enjoy any meal in the dining hall without a meal plan. Each dining halls accepts cash or TechCASH at the door.
Prices for the 2019-2020 academic year are as follows:
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Breakfast - $9.50
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Brunch - $14.95 (Saturday and Sunday only)
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Lunch - $14.95 (Monday - Friday only, served in the Howard Dining Hall at Maseeh Hall)
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Dinner - $17.95
Find out more about Dining Dollars below.
| Fall 2019 - Meal Plans for Students in Residences with Dining Halls |
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Semester
Cost
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Minimum Commitment |
| Any 19 per week + $50 Dining Dollars & 8 Guest Passes per semester |
$2,980 |
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| Any 14 per week + $175 Dining Dollars & 6 Guest Passes per semester |
$2,840 |
First-Year Students |
| 260 Meals + $225 Dining Dollars per semester |
$2,981 |
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| 190 Meals + $250 Dining Dollars per semester |
$2,844 |
First-Year Students |
| 160 Meals + $275 Dining Dollars per semester |
$2,499 |
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| 125 Meals + $290 Dining Dollars per semester |
$2,065 |
All upper-level students |
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- First-year students who live in a residence hall with a dining hall (Baker House, Maseeh Hall, McCormick Hall, Next House, or Simmons Hall) have the choice of the 190 block, 260 block, Any 14, and Any 19
- To suit their own dietary needs, students may choose plans above the minimum commitment
- Students may choose between weekly or semester plans
- All meal plans can be used for breakfast, lunch, dinner, late-night, or weekend brunch
- Dining dollars are accepted at most on-campus eateries with a 5% discount on food only (a $1 food item will cost $.95)
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| Voluntary Meal Plans |
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Semester Cost |
| 90 Meals + $225 Dining Dollars per semester |
$1,526 |
| 60 Meals + $310 Dining Dollars per semester |
$1,198 |
| 30 Meals + $405 Dining Dollars per semester |
$885 |
| 45 Meals + $215 Dining Dollars per semester |
$885 |
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*All students living in residences without dining halls have the option to purchase any one of the voluntary plans or any of the meal plans designed for dining dorm residents
*All meal plans can be used for breakfast, lunch, dinner, late-night, or weekend brunch
*Graduate students have the option to purchase any one of the voluntary plans or any of the meal plans designed for dining dorm residents
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Dining Dollars are accepted at all five residential dining locations and all retail dining locations located on campus: https://studentlife.mit.edu/dining/retail-dining.
For a complete list of Dining Dollar and TechCash locations, please visit: http://techcash.mit.edu/locationsnew.php.
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Dining Dollars and Tech Cash
If you have a TechCASH Flex plan in addition to Dining Dollars, the system will deduct purchases from Dining Dollars first at ALL dining locations, except LaVerde's. If you would like to use TechCASH flex funds, please tell the cashier to use 'TechCASH.' At LaVerde's, the system will take TechCASH funds first, then Dining Dollars.
Dining Dollars will roll over from the fall to spring but must be used by the end of the spring semester. Meal swipes, regardless of plan, expire at the end of each semester.
Supplement Your Current Meal Plan with Additional Dining Dollars
You can add additional dining dollars up to the full amount of your chosen meal plan total. For example, if you have a 190 plan, you can up to $250 in additional dining dollars. These additional dining dollars also receive the 5% discount for on-campus purchases. Just log into techcash.mit.edu and click on "Quick Deposit - Student Bill."
