Budgeting Meal Points
To help students track and budget their meal points, Housing & Residence Life and Dining Services have created a chart listing suggested meal point balances per week throughout the duration of a semester. The following estimates are based on an average meal and beverage cost of $10/meal for a 16-week semester.
| Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meal Plan | Recommended Meal Point Balance |
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| A (Waves 340) | 318.75 | 298.75 | 278.75 | 258.75 | 238.75 | 218.75 | 198.75 | 178.75 | 158.75 | 138.75 | 118.75 | 98.75 | 78.75 | 58.75 | 38.75 | 18.75 |
| B (Waves 675) | 632.81 | 593.10 | 553.39 | 513.68 | 473.97 | 434.26 | 394.55 | 354.84 | 315.13 | 275.42 | 235.71 | 196 | 156.29 | 116.58 | 76.87 | 37.16 |
| C (Waves 1045) | 979.69 | 918.22 | 856.75 | 795.28 | 733.81 | 672.34 | 610.87 | 549.40 | 487.93 | 426.46 | 364.99 | 303.52 | 242.05 | 180.58 | 119.11 | 57.64 |
| D (Waves 1350) | 1,265.62 | 1,186.21 | 1,106.80 | 1,027.39 | 947.98 | 868.57 | 789.16 | 709.75 | 630.34 | 550.93 | 471.52 | 392.11 | 312.70 | 233.29 | 153.88 | 74.47 |
| E (Waves 2160) | 2,025.00 | 1,897.94 | 1,770.88 | 1,643.82 | 1,516.76 | 1,389.70 | 1,262.64 | 1,135.58 | 1,008.52 | 881.46 | 754.40 | 627.34 | 500.28 | 373.22 | 246.16 | 119.10 |
| F (Waves 2900) | 2,718.75 | 2,548.16 | 2,377.57 | 2,206.98 | 2,036.39 | 1,865.80 | 1,695.21 | 1,524.62 | 1,354.03 | 1,183.44 | 1,012.85 | 842.26 | 671.67 | 501.08 | 330.49 | 159.90 |
| G (Waves 3450) | 3,234.37 | 3,031.43 | 2,828.49 | 2,625.55 | 2,422.61 | 2,219.67 | 2,016.73 | 1,813.79 | 1,610.85 | 1,407.91 | 1,204.97 | 1,002.03 | 799.09 | 596.15 | 393.21 | 190.27 |
| H (Waves 4035) | 3,782.81 | 3,545.46 | 3,308.11 | 3,070.76 | 2,833.41 | 2,596.06 | 2,358.71 | 2,121.36 | 1,884.01 | 1,646.66 | 1,409.31 | 1,171.96 | 934.61 | 697.26 | 459.91 | 222.56 |
| I (Waves 4710) | 4,415.62 | 4,138.56 | 3,861.50 | 3,584.44 | 3,307.38 | 3,030.32 | 2,753.26 | 2,476.20 | 2,199.14 | 1,922.08 | 1,645.02 | 1,367.96 | 1,090.90 | 813.84 | 536.78 | 259.72 |