CornellCard, Big Red Bucks, City Bucks

cornell_frosh
Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:38:47 +0000

Cornell Card - kinda like a credit card but it doesn’t build credit. I believe it goes on your bursar bill but I’m not positive about that. Can be used only on Cornell’s campus. I don’t have one and I’m fine.

BRBs - Big Red Bucks, can be used for food most places on campus, if you sign up for a meal plan you automatically get 500 (300 if you get that all you can eat meal plan, which I would not reccomend as you don’t even have time to go to the dining hall more than twice a day). Most people don’t run out; in fact, everyone’s trying to use up their BRBs now cause you lose them at the end of the year.

CityBucks - a debit-type of plan that can be used at some places in Ithaca, like CTB, etc. Some people like them so that they don’t have to carry cash. I don’t have them and again, I was fine. I believe you can add to them later so if you have any doubts, don’t get it now.

Hope that helped.