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Open admissions

Cornell's open-admissions policy for most Summer Session courses makes enrollment easy.


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Academic calendar

  • Registration deadline: Varies by session
  • May 29-June 21, 2013: Three-week session
  • June 10-August 6, 2013: Eight-week session
  • June 24-August 6, 2013: Six-week session

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Summer at Cornell

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Things to love about Summer Session


Believed to be the oldest continuously running summer session in the U.S., Cornell University Summer Session offers more than 600 courses and special programs, on and off campus, for 5,000 students from around the world.