Convenience Points

Every student assigned to on-campus housing has a Convenience Points Plan. (Convenience Points Plans with $20 beginning balances will be opened for all freshmen and transfer students assigned to on-campus housing for the academic year; there is no charge for this initial $20 allotment of Convenience Points.)

Convenience Points are purchased in addition to the dining plan.

With Convenience Points, students can pay for books and software; pick up school supplies and snacks; buy computer supplies, soft drinks, and a sweatshirt; and do laundry. Students gain access to their Convenience Points by using their Terrier Cards like they would a bank debit card.

Convenience Points can be used at all on-campus dining locations, for pizza delivery, and at Campus and City Convenience stores, Barnes & Noble at Boston University, concessions at Agganis Arena, athletic concessions at the Case Center, most vending machines on campus, and laundry machines in the larger residences.

To start off the academic year, we recommend an opening balance of $700 in a Convenience Points account to cover some basic needs - textbooks and supplies, snacks and everyday items, computer supplies, laundry, and other stuff.

Your Convenience Points Plan will remain in effect as long as you are an officially registered student at Boston University. Your balance of Convenience Points will be carried over from the end of one academic year to the beginning of the summer and from the end of the summer to the beginning of the next academic year. Upon request in writing at the end of the academic year or at the end of the summer (whichever is applicable) the University will refund, in full, any unused Convenience Points balance that is $5 or greater.

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