The information presented below pertains to the 2008 Summer College program. We're currently putting the finishing touches on our 2009 program and we'll update the Web site with this information by mid-December. If you would like to be notified when the site is updated, please join the Summer College e-mail announcement list.
Financial aid
Summer College offers a limited number of partial scholarships that are awarded based on a family's demonstrated financial need, a student's outstanding academic achievement, and availability of funds.
Scholarships are reserved primarily for accepted students in the six-week programs who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S., Canada, or Mexico. If awarded a partial scholarship, a student must meet the balance of the total program charge. If your family cannot meet this cost, we suggest that you talk with your guidance counselor and others in your community about possible sources of financial aid. You may also visit the links below to select (nonendorsed) financial-aid sites. We operate independently of Cornell University's Office of Financial Aid.
The Family Financial-Aid Application is available here as a pdf or by calling 607.255.6203. (To view the pdf, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.) If your parents are divorced, financial aid information must be submitted for both parents.
If you wish to be considered for financial aid, you must submit your financial-aid materials at the same time as your application materials and no later than April 4 (March 12 for RABS and Veterinary Medicine applicants and May 2 for CALS applicants).
If you’re applying for aid and are in the process of applying for U.S. permanent residence status, send acceptable documentation of permanent residence status (e.g., a photocopy of Form I-151) along with the financial-aid application.
You’ll be considered for financial aid only after we have received all of your admissions and financial-aid materials and you’ve been accepted into the program.
Financial-aid decisions are made on a rolling basis for all programs except Architecture, CALS, RABS, and Veterinary Medicine, so it is to your advantage to apply as early as possible. Financial Aid decisions are made on March 21 for RABS and Veterinary Medicine and mid-May for Architecture and CALS. For all other programs, we will notify you in writing of our financial-aid decision as soon as we have reviewed your materials and a decision has been made.
Other financial-aid options
For additional financial-aid possibilities, you might want to check out a few Web sites that provide search services. Although Cornell Summer College does not endorse any of them, some of these include:
- CollegeAnswer.com, a financial aid site run by Sallie Mae, the education loan provider.
- Collegeboard.com, based on the College Board's annual survey of financial aid programs.
- Scholarships.com, includes a database of more than 3,000 scholarships, grants, fellowships, and internships.
- Fastweb.com, has a database of 1.3 million scholarships totaling $3 billion.
To learn how to steer clear of scholarship scams, visit the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) financial-aid site.