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Freshman Application Instructions
Freshman Application Instructions
Application Fee and Fee Waiver Requests schools are on trimesters may not submit this form or have any new grade
Cornell’s application fee is $70, and you are required to submit it with your information to report at the time of submission.
Common Application. Please note that Cornell cannot process your appli-
cation without the application fee or a fee waiver. Remember that if you Standardized Testing Requirements
apply online, you must submit the application fee online. If you submit the All applicants should submit either the SAT Reasoning Test or the ACT
paper copy application, you must submit the application fee in the form of a with Writing. In addition, each undergraduate college/school has specific
check, draft, or international money order (payable to Cornell University) requirements for the SAT Subject Tests (see requirements below). It is your
with your full name and date of birth written on your fee payment. responsibility to make sure that you have taken the appropriate Subject
Tests and have the scores officially reported to Cornell from the testing
To apply for a fee waiver, please send us one of the following documents:
agency by the application deadline.
• a letter from your guidance counselor/college advisor, or representative
Please note that Cornell requires students to submit all scores from SAT
from a social service or community agency, stating that the fee would
tests taken and does not participate in the College Board’s Score Choice.
cause financial hardship
• the NACAC fee waiver request form completed by your guidance coun- SAT Subject Test Requirements by College
selor/college advisor (online submission available at www.commonapp. • Agriculture and Life Sciences: a science and mathematics (any level)
org) are recommended, but not required
•the College Board Request for Waiver of College Application Fee form • Architecture, Art, and Planning: mathematics (any level), architecture
(obtainable from your guidance counselor/college advisor if you used SAT only
Reasoning Test or Subject Test fee waivers)
• Arts and Sciences: two subjects of your choice
If you cannot apply for a waiver by one of these methods, please contact the
• Engineering: mathematics (any level) and a science
Undergraduate Admissions Office at 607 255-5241. If you are submitting
your application on paper, your fee waiver request should be sent attached • Hotel Administration: mathematics (any level)
to page AP-1 of the Common Application (pages AP-1 to AP-5). If you are • Human Ecology: mathematics (any level) and one subject of your choice
applying online, check the fee waiver box on the Common Application and
mail your fee waiver request to: Undergraduate Admissions Office, Cornell • Industrial and Labor Relations: mathematics (any level); ACT test
University, P.O. Box 516, Ithaca, NY 14851-0516. takers exempt from Subject Test requirement
Supplemental Submissions and Forms Freshman Application Checklist for All Applicants
Other Common Application Supplemental Forms
There are a number of supplemental forms that accompany the online ❍ Common Application (pages AP-1 to AP-5)
Common Application, including an Early Decision Agreement, an Arts
Supplement, an Athletic Supplement, and a Supplement for International ❍ $70 application fee or fee waiver request
Students. These forms are not accepted by Cornell University, and we
do not recommend that you submit these additional forms with your ❍ Cornell University Supplement (including Cornell-specific essays)
Cornell materials. ❍ Secondary School Report, including official transcript (pages SR-1 and
SR-2)
Supplemental Music Submissions
Information for labeling and mailing supplemental music tapes and ❍ Teacher Evaluation 1 (pages TE-1 and TE-2)
CDs for evaluation by Cornell’s music department can be found at
http://music.cornell.edu/undergraduate/admissions/submit-recordings. ❍ Teacher Evaluation 2 (pages TE-1 and TE-2)
Deadlines for submitted supplemental music submissions are November
1 for early decision and January 3 for regular decision applicants. Cornell ❍ Midyear Report, sent as soon as possible after January 3 (pages MR-1
will not accept supplemental materials after February 15. and MR-2)