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Financial aid
Note: The financial aid deadline for summer 2009 has passed. Unfortunately, we are no longer accepting applications for 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 academic achievement and promise, and the availability of funds. In determining need, we consider a number of factors, such as family income and other available resources, family size and the number of siblings in college, exceptional family medical expenses, and/or geographic differences in the cost of living.
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.
Scholarships are reserved for accepted students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S., Canada, or Mexico. 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.
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 our Web site for links (nonendorsed) to select 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 3 (March 11 for RABS and Veterinary Medicine).
Financial-aid decisions are made on a rolling basis for all programs except Architecture, RABS, and Veterinary Medicine, so it is to your advantage to apply as early as possible.
Financial-aid decisions are made on March 20 for RABS and Veterinary Medicine and in mid-May for Architecture. 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.
However, if you fall into one of the following categories, you will be considered for a designated scholarship:
• You are applying for a Latin or Greek class
• You are applying for the Topics in Engineering
program
• You are from Florida, New York City (any of the five
boroughs), central Ohio, or Hartford, CT
Financial-aid decisions for these designated scholarships are made no later than April 20.
The Family Financial-Aid Application is available on our Web site, or by calling 607.255.6203.
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.
