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Graduate Meal Plans

Cornell Dining's Traditional Meal Plans are open all graduate/professional students, and feature a combination of dining room meals*, Big Red Bucks for tax-free food purchases, and bonus meals for guests.

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Meal Plans for 2022-2023

Unlimited Bear All Access - $3,306 per semester; $6,612 per year

  • Access to all meals during designated service periods in the ten residential dining rooms
  • $400 in Big Red Bucks (BRBs) per semester
  • 8 bonus meals for guests per semester

 Bear Traditional - $3,068 per semester; $6,136 per year

  • Up to 14 meals per week during designated service periods in the ten residential dining rooms 
  • $400 in Big Red Bucks (BRBs) per semester
  • 4 bonus meals for guests per semester

 Bear Choice - $2,655 per semester; $5,310 per year

  • Up to 10 meals per week during designated service periods in the ten residential dining rooms
  • $500 in Big Red Bucks (BRBs) per semester
  • 4 bonus meals for guests per semester

 Bear Basic - $2,269 per semester; $4,538 per year

  • Up to 7 meals per week during designated service periods in the ten residential dining rooms 
  • $500 in Big Red Bucks (BRBs) per semester
  • 4 bonus meals for guests per semester 

Debit Meal Plans

  • Debit meal plans are available to all graduate/professional students. Note that you must enroll in a meal plan before you can add funds to your Big Red Bucks balance. 

Off-Campus Value - $798 per semester

  • 45 meals per semester during designated service periods in the ten residential dining rooms
  • $150 in Big Red Bucks each semester
  • 4 bonus meals (to be used for guests) per semester

Flex 10/500 - $668 per semester

  • 10 meals per semester during designated service periods in the ten residential dining rooms
  • $500 in Big Red Bucks each semester

Just Bucks - $500 per semester

  • $500 in Big Red Bucks

Graduate Student Meal Plan - $50 per semester
Available exclusively to graduate/professional students

Executive Choice - $50 per semester
Available exclusively to members of the Johnson Graduate School of Management

  • $50 in Big Red Bucks
  • 5% discount for food purchases at the Atrium Cafe
  • No administrative fee!
 

Big Red Bucks can be used in any Cornell Dining facility to purchase your own meals, but not to purchase meals for guests. Any BRB balance carries over from the fall semester to the spring semester. Any unused meal swipes do not carry over. You will automatically be billed for each semester's initial deposits. Any Big Red Bucks balance must be used by May 29, 2023. A nonrefundable $50 administrative fee will be charged upon enrollment and once each academic year, except for the Graduate Student Meal Plan and Executive Choice.

* Please note that additional charges may apply for some Shabbat, holiday, and special meals at 104West! Make reservations for these special meals at kosher.scl.cornell.edu.

Revised December 2022