Flex Dollars
Essentials
For those of you on one of the meal plans, flex will soon become one of your closest friends. The 16 meals per week plan will get you $160 of flex per semester, while the 12 meals per week plan will get you $120 of flex. Remember, this is per semester, so make it last. Popular places to spend flex dollars are the Scripps Motley Coffeehouse in Seal Court, CMC Hub, Pomona Coop, Pitzer Grove House, and Jay's Place at Harvey Mudd, commonly referred to as the Muddhole (FMI see the “Dining” article in this guide). Just tell the employee behind the counter that you want your mocha or pizza or whatever it is you're purchasing to be charged to flex, hand them your student ID card, and voila: your late-night snack craving is finally satiated. You can also use flex dollars to swipe in a friend to one of the dining halls for a discounted price. Caveat: these flex dollars do not rollover to the next semester, so use them before you leave for summer or winter break! Claremont Cash Claremont Cash is different from your flex dollars. Cash in this account needs to be loaded on from your own bank account (or that of a parent if they are willing and able). Visit https://cards.cuc.claremont.edu to deposit any amount of money to be used as Claremont Cash, or call (909) 607-2273. And you don't have to worry about using all of this money before the end of the semester: this account rolls over for all four years, and you can withdraw whatever you have put in at any time. Claremont Cash can be used in the Scripps Store in Seal Court, in the Huntley Bookstore, as a substitute for flex dollars in the dining halls and cafes across the 5C's, as a way to pay for laundry in the residence halls, and at a number of locations in the Claremont Village (such as 21 Choices, a popular fro-yo place). If you run out? Load more on the website whenever you like. It's good to know that there is a $1 fee every time you deposit money into the Claremont Cash account-- however, if you go to Connections in the Honnold-Mudd Library to load Claremont Cash onto your card, there is no fee. Laundry Whether you intend to wash your clothes once every week or once every semester, laundry at Scripps is not too complicated (and is highly recommended). Every residence hall on campus has PRO TIP: unless you’re washits own laundry room and set of ing towels or something big/ washers and dryers, oftentimes in the basement of the building. heavy, one dryer can easily Load your dirty clothes, add deterhandle two loads of wash! gent or dryer sheets or whatever your machine calls for, swipe your student ID card on the black box on the wall, type the name of the machine into the black box (such as A6 or B4), and the fee will be charged to your Claremont Cash account. Washer-use is $1, while the dryer is $0.50 per load. Make sure you then start the machine with the desired setting before leaving the room. But your job doesn't end there. Once you start the machine, Tip: some of the laundry halls have clothcheck how much time the job will take. Make sure ing lines conveniently set up for stuyou come back to the laundry room to switch or dents. If you can, skip the dryer and retrieve your laundry by the time that the washer hang up your clothes on these lines. The or dryer is done--DON'T leave your clothes in the Claremont climate is PERFECT for airmachine for hours. Other students need to wash drying clothes, it's better for the environtheir clothes too, and they will likely pull your clothes ment, and you save $0.50 each load. out of the machine and put them on a basket or table if your machine is done but you aren't around. 18