DINING OPTIONS: Many upperclass students here choose to forego options offered by dining services and join pricey eating clubs. First-years and sophomores must choose between the 20 or 14 meal options offered by the University.

POINTS SYSTEM: Like at Brown, students receive credit for missed meals. Unlike Brown, however, students receive different amounts of credit depending upon the meal missed. Also, the credit is not cumulative, and expires the same day it is earned.

DINING LOCATIONS: Princeton's food court includes a pizza and pasta restaurant, a grille, a grab-n-go, a frozen yogurt stand and a deli.

Stanford

DINING OPTIONS: Students in Palo Alto benefit from a flexible meal plan system, allowing them to purchase either 19, 14 or 12 meals per week. The Stanford meal plan also features a point system known as Cardinal Cash, and allows students to operate on a declining balance through the trimester.

POINTS SYSTEM: The Cardinal Cash system allows students to purchase food at a variety of campus locations. Students receive 186 dollars in the fall trimester, 170 in the winter and 166 in the spring.

DINING LOCATIONS: Students can choose between ten campus eateries, including a Sports cafe and a smoothie bar.

Yale

DINING OPTIONS: Yale students can either purchase a meal plan of 21 meals per week, or one including both 14 meals per week and 200 dollars per year in "flex points." However, first-years and sophomores can only purchase the 21 meal plan.

POINTS SYSTEM: Flex points can be used to purchase meals on and off campus.

DINING LOCATIONS: Yale students can use their flex points to purchase meals at any of the on-campus dining services, as well as four off-campus eateries, including Au Bon Pain and Naples, a local pizzeria.