Meal plan question

<p>Hello! I'm a prospective freshman, and I'm really curious about how the meal plan works. I understand that there are different brackets that cost a different amount of money. Does this mean that if I chose the Bronze meal plan, I would be given an account with that much money on it? Or is it based on meals per week?</p>

<p>What's the point of choosing anything above Bronze if you can just add more money to it if you run out? Or is it more expensive to buy something using cash than it is to buy it using the meal plan?</p>

<p>Thank you very much in advance.</p>

<p>Stony Brook runs on an a la carte system in which points are deducted from your meal plan.</p>

<p>The different plans are just a way of charging your student account for food. Like DJ said, it is </p>