Typical Expenses
Housing
Office of Housing and Residence Life
Ground floor of Potomac Heights
Phone: 703-993-2720
Web: http://housing.gmu.edu
The
university offers a variety of housing options to meet the diverse needs of
students living on campus. Upperclass students may choose from among living
environments that include traditional-style residence halls, suites,
apartments, and townhouses. The university requires freshmen to live in
Presidents Park or University Commons, which are traditional-style residence
halls in quints, triples, and doubles. The estimated housing costs for the
2005–6 academic year are approximately $3,000 to $6,500 per year. Housing
rates are subject to change; actual rates will be available early in the
spring 2005 semester on the Office of Housing and Residence Life web site.
All students in housing must provide a prepayment, which is applied to the
spring semester rent. Housing assignments, including single rooms, are made
on a priority and space-available basis.
Students
living on campus are required to sign an academic (two-semester) year
contract. Releases from the contract are granted only in cases of unforeseen
hardship and carry a financial penalty. For more information, contact the
Office of Housing and Residence Life, which is located on the ground floor
of Potomac Heights in the wing closest to the Aquatic Center.
Dining Services
Student Union Building (SUB) II, Room 2014
Phone: 703-993-3300
Web:
www.gmu.edu/univ_ctr/services/dining
Meal
Plan Office
SUB II, Lower Level, Room 1013
Phone: 703-993-2870
Web:
www.gmu.edu/univserv/allunivcard
Dining
Services offers a variety of food options for students living on campus or
commuting to any of the three Mason campuses. The Dining Services locations
at the Fairfax Campus include a traditional all-you-care- to-eat dining
facility called Ciao Hall, in SUB II; Union Station, in SUB I; and in the
Johnson Center, several options including a food court featuring national
names such as Charlie Chiang’s, Burger King and Taco Bell Express. Dining
Services units are also located at the Arlington and Prince William
Campuses.
For the
2005–06 academic year, meal plans for students living on campus range from
approximately $2,100 to $3,400 per year (rates are subject to change). A
variety of meal-plan options are available for resident students, off-campus
students, faculty, and staff.
Dining Plan Changes
Meal Plan Office
SUB II, Lower Level, Room 1013
Phone: 703-993-2870
Increases
in meal plans may be made at any time. The last day to decrease mandatory
meal plans, however, coincides with the last day to add classes. Seniors
with 90 credit hours, or students living in the Townhouses, Apartments,
Liberty Square, or Potomac Heights are not required to have a meal plan.
Changes must be made at the Meal Plan Office, located on the lower level in
SUB II, 703-993-2870.
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