GW's Dining Plan: An Overview
At GW, our Dining Meal Plans are designed to fit your unique needs and provide a complementary experience while attending GW. With flexibility, convenience, and affordability in mind, the core of our on-campus dining experience is to provide students with access to food that is culturally diverse and allergen-friendly in state-of-the art dining facilities inside our residence halls and through our on- and off-campus Dining Partners.
GW’s Meal Plans are available for purchase by any registered GW student including undergraduates, graduates, law, medical and doctoral students. All undergraduate students living in GW’s residence halls are required to purchase a Meal Plan as part of their housing agreement. Please visit Campus Living & Residential Education for more information about on-campus living.
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2023-24 Meal Plan Options
| Meal Plan by Semester | Class Years Eligible | DC Dining Dollars Amount | Price for Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block 50 | All | $50 | $550 |
| Block 100 | All | $100 | $1100 |
| Meal Plan by Semester | Class Years Eligible | DC Dining Dollars Amount | Price for Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block 90 (approx. 5 meals/week) | 3 & 4-Years | $890 | $2,060 |
| Block 120 (approx. 7 meals/week) | 3 & 4-Years | $600 | $2,060 |
| Block 175 (approx. 10 meals/week) | 3 & 4-Years | $400 | $2,270 |
| Unlimited Flex (85 Unlimited Days) | 2, 3, & 4-Years | $800 |
$2,800 |
| Unlimited | 1st Year Base Plan, 2, 3, & 4-Years | $200 | $2,800 |
| Meal Plan by Semester | Class Years Eligible | DC Dining Dollars Amount | Price for Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block 90 (approx. 5 meals/week) | 3 & 4-Years | $890 | $2,060 |
| Block 120 (approx. 7 meals/week) | 3 & 4-Years | $600 | $2,060 |
| Block 175 (approx. 10 meals/week) | 3 & 4-Years | $400 | $2,270 |
| Unlimited Flex (85 Unlimited Days) | 2, 3, & 4-Years | $800 |
$2,800 |
| Unlimited | 1st Year Base Plan, 2, 3, & 4-Years | $200 | $2,800 |
Choosing Your Meal Plan
Students who will be living on campus during the academic year choose a meal plan at the same time they register for housing. Commuter students can select a plan at any time. Dining Halls will open for dinner on August 17. Once the semester starts on August 24, no changes can be made to the fall meal plan. Upgrades to the spring semester meal plan can be made until January 16, 2024. All meal plans may also be purchased by any student (ie: undergraduate, graduate, law, medical or doctoral) living off-campus who may want the convenience of eating on campus in between classes instead of going home to prepare a meal.
Navigating GW Dining Program
- Unlimited
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All first-year students living in the residence halls will participate in the unlimited meal plans. Second, third, fourth year students living on-campus may choose to participate in the unlimited plan or choose any plan of their choosing.
GW’s unlimited meal plan provides access to the all-you-care-to-eat meals at our dining halls in Thurston and Shenkman, as well as our retail concept in District House, on the Foggy Bottom campus, as well as the Eatery at the Pelham Commons on the Mount Vernon Campus. These dining halls will be open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-nights during the week and on weekends for brunch, dinner and late-nights. Once you ‘swipe’ into Thurston, Shenkman or Pelham during a meal period (breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner or late-night) you can eat as much as you want while in the dining hall. On the unlimited meal plan, you can first swipe in at Thurston for lunch and then one hour later also swipe into Shenkman if you realize you are still hungry and want dessert or a sandwich to go on the way to your next class. The key to the unlimited plan is ONCE PER HOUR you can dine at any of the all-you-care-to-eat dining halls and District House.
In addition to the three all-you-care-to-eat dining halls, District House dining will offer four different concepts where you order a ‘Meal Deal’ ie: entree, side and drink at one of the five stations located within.
The Unlimited meal plan comes with $200 of DC Dining Dollars. DC Dining Dollars work like a debit card, and funds are deposited into your account. Dining Dollars are designed to help you cover between meals or snacks at our more than 80 Dining Partners across Campus.
Check out all of GWorld’s Dining Partners. Additional Dining Dollars can be added at any time during the semester via GW’s “GET” mobile app. Any unused Dining Dollars at the end of a semester will roll over until the student is no longer affiliated with the university.
- Unlimited Flex (Hybrid)
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The Unlimited Flex plan offers 85 days (any 85 days the student chooses) of unlimited swipes, which means ONCE PER HOUR, any day they decide, students are able to swipe into one of our dining halls. The plan also offers $800 in DC Dining Dollars. This gives students the opportunity to Shop and Dine in the DC Foodscape at one of our GWorld’s Dining Partners while traveling to internships and jobs. Any unused Dining Dollars at the end of a semester will roll over until the student is no longer affiliated with the university. Unused unlimited days DO NOT carry over.
- Block Meal Plans Overview
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The ‘block’ meal plan is available for third- and fourth-year students living in the residence halls.
A ‘block’ of either 90,120, or 175 meal swipes per semester gives you access to the all-you-care-to-eat meals at either of our dining halls in Thurston and Shenkman on the Foggy Bottom campus, as well as the Eatery at the Pelham Commons on the Mount Vernon Campus. These dining halls will be open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-nights during the week and on weekends for brunch, dinner and late-nights. When you enter one of these 3 dining halls, you use one of your meal swipes. You can swipe into Thurston and Shenkman during the same lunch period, but it will be counted as two separate swipes. Meal swipes do not carry over from fall to spring or spring to the following fall.
The block plans come with DC Dining Dollars. DC Dining Dollars allow you to incorporate more dining choices into your daily routine. This gives students the opportunity to Shop and Dine in the DC Foodscape at one of our GWorld’s Dining Partners while traveling to internships and jobs. Any unused Dining Dollars at the end of a semester will roll over until the student is no longer affiliated with the university. Unused blocks DO NOT carry over. Talk to the GW Dining Staff about donating any unused blocks to a student in need.