Meal Plans
Requirements for residents
Every campus resident is required to have a meal plan (aka board plan), and first-year students are required to be on the Standard meal plan during the fall semester. The Standard plan is assigned for all residents, unless a different plan has been approved by the Housing Office. No meal plan is required for off-campus commuters or Ocean View Apartment residents.
Types of plans for dining on campus:
- Standard plan (chosen by over 94% of campus residents).
- 15 plan (costs $100 less for entire semester than the Standard plan)
- 10 plan (costs $200 less for entire semester than the Standard plan)
The Standard plan allows students to access the Dining Commons as often as they want each week during regular operating hours (generally 7am-7:30pm), and to eat as much as they want at the Dining Commons. See Campus Services in the Student Handbook for additional information about dining services.
The 15 plan and 10 plan allow students to access the Dining Commons up to that number of times each week, during regular operating hours. Unused access does not carryover to the following week(s). These plans cost a little less than the Standard plan, but offer less flexibility. For example, access for a quick snack or beverage uses up one of the 15 or 10 allowable entrances.
Change requests
All requests for meal plan changes must be made in writing to the housing office (housing@westmont.edu). However, no changes are made during the first week of the semester. Change requests in the first week will be processed the following week.
On-campus residents will be assigned the same meal plan for the spring semester which they had for the fall semester, unless a different plan is requested. Meal plan assignments do not, however, carry over between the semesters for commuters and Ocean View residents. Any commuters who have a meal plan for the fall semester need to submit a written request for a meal plan for the spring semester.
Costs & more information
The cost for the Standard meal plan is posted by the Student Accounts Office. Additional information about other dining services: menus, El Tejado grill hours, holiday hours, pack-outs, etc. is available from Auxiliary Services.
View your meal plan assignment
Meal plan assignments may be viewed on the Student Profile after a housing assignment is in place.