A meal plan is required for students living in the residence halls and is part of the housing contract. A meal plan will only be applied to your bill in my.ucsc.edu if you are assigned to the residence halls.

You will be asked to indicate a preference for one of the Slug Points Meal Plans in the Housing Portal when you apply for university housing.

The Blue Slug Points Meal Plan is the minimum required plan for students living in residence halls, but you may select all the way up to the Banana Slug Points Meal Plan. Consider how often you plan to eat on campus: Will you be eating three meals a day, seven days a week at UCSC Dining locations? Do you usually eat breakfast? Do you like to have snacks during the day? There is no right or wrong meal plan; choose the plan that best fits your lifestyle and budget.

With our Slug Points Meal Plans, you get to decide when, where, and how often you eat. If you opt to visit our Dining Halls, each meal is one price—for all-you-care-to-enjoy—which works out to about 10 meals/week on the Blue plan, about 14 meals/week on the Gold plan, and about 21 meals/week on the Banana Slug plan. You can also use any Slug Points Meal Plan to purchase items a-la-carte (prices vary) from cafes, markets, and coffee bars all across campus.

You cannot use your Slug Points Meal Plan off-campus. However, you can add Flexi Dollars (aka Flexi$) anytime by using the GET app or website. Flexi$ can be used with your student ID card at our off-campus partner businesses, or in the GrubHub app for delivery and pickup from many local restaurants. Flexi$ can also be spent at all campus dining locations. Parents/families can also add funds for their student through the GET website (get.cbord.com/ucsc).

You can check your meal plan balance and transactions anytime with the GET app or website.

Students living in campus apartments, ARCH communities, and off-campus can purchase Banana Bucks or Flexi Dollars using the GET app or website. Both Banana Bucks and Flexi Dollars provide discounts at all UCSC Dining-operated locations on campus. Flexi$ can also be used at select off-campus vendors, and for delivery from local restaurants via Grubhub.

Yes! If your Slug Points balance begins to run low, you can add Banana Bucks at any time during the quarter using the GET app or website. Parents/families can also add funds for their student through the GET website (get.cbord.com/ucsc). Banana Bucks can be purchased in increments of 50, 100, and 500*. Banana Bucks carry over from quarter to quarter and expire at the end of the academic year in June (June 18, 2024). For additional flexibility, Flexi Dollars can also be added through GET. Flexi Dollars can be used at all campus dining locations, as well as the Bay Tree Campus Store, select off-campus vendors, and for food delivery from local restaurants through Grubhub. Flexi Dollars carry over from quarter to quarter and expire at the end of the academic year in June (June 18, 2024).

*Note: 500 Banana Bucks and Flexi Dollars not available during the last three weeks of the academic year.

Yes! Parents, guardians, and other relatives can add Banana Bucks or Flexi Dollars to a student account on the GET website (get.cbord.com/ucsc). No login is required; however, your family member will need to know your UCSC student ID number in order to add funds to your account.