at Summer College

• A supportive environment
• Activities
• Dining
• Health and safety
• Housing
  • Community
  • What to bring
  • Staying in touch
  • Laundry
  • End-of-program checkout dates and procedures
  • Residence hall rules
• Community policies / House rules

see also

• at Cornell University
• in Ithaca and the Finger Lakes

Housing

As a Summer College student, you'll share a room, suite, or quad in one of our suite-styled residence halls or corridor-style halls on North Campus. The buildings contain study areas, laundry rooms, piano lounges, and main lounges for studying and large gatherings. Young men and women live in separate units or floors with close supervision by residence staff. The staff to student ratio is 1:25.

Near to your residence hall are Robert Purcell Community Center (RPCC), where you will receive your mail, and Appel Commons Community Center, where you will eat all or most of your meals. The first floor of RPCC offers a well-stocked convenience store (Bear Necessities), for sandwiches, pizza, grill items, and snack foods; a game room with pool tables; a big-screen television; an ATM machine, and the North Campus Service Center. The second floor features a computer lab for the use of the North Campus Community. Most of your on-campus summer residential programs will be held in Appel Commons.

For fitness opportunities, you can use Helen Newman Hall on North Campus, which houses a fitness center, basketball court/multipurpose room, an indoor pool, and a bowling alley.

On Central Campus, you will find Willard Straight Hall (known as "the Straight"), the student union at Cornell and home to Cornell Cinema. The Straight has study and meeting rooms, an M&T Bank branch, an ATM machine, a ceramic studio, a dark room, lounges, a snack bar, and a place to buy candy, newspapers, and sundries.

North Campus is approximately a 15-minute walk to central campus where classes are located.

Summer College students are required to live on campus with other Summer College participants. Exceptions are made only for students who live locally with a parent/guardian.