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Calendar and Deadlines

Cornell uses the Common Application exclusively for both freshman and transfer students, and requires you to submit a short Cornell Supplement to the Common Application as well.

Please allow enough time to complete and mail all of the required materials by the deadlines in this chart, and contact the admissions office immediately if any problem meeting a deadline comes up. We try to be understanding about extenuating circumstances, but the later it gets in the admissions cycle, the harder it is for us to be flexible.

Admissions Timetable*
What’s Due Freshmen:
Early Decision
 Freshmen:
Regular Decision
Transfers:
Spring
Transfers:
Fall
Common
Application &
$70 Fee/Waiver**
 Well before
November 1
Well before
January 2
Well before
  October 1
 Well before
March 1
Cornell University
Supplement/
Supporting
Materials**
 November 1
January 2
Filing period:
September 1–
October 1
 Filing period:
February 1–
March 1
Portfolio*** November 1
 January 2
 October 1
 March 1
Interview**** November 1
 January 2
 October 1
 March 1

* Note that all deadlines are postmark deadlines; items must be postmarked by the date shown here.
** Please send your Common Application, Fee/Waiver, Cornell University Supplement, and Supporting Materials to the Undergraduate Admissions Application Processing Center at the address listed on the application forms.
*** Please send your portfolio directly to the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning Admissions Office, Cornell University, 235 Sibley Dome, Ithaca, NY 14853-4376. All other application materials should be sent to the Undergraduate Admissions Application Processing Center, at the address listed on each form.
**** See directions for requesting an interview in the program-specific requirements sections.