Cornell uses the Common Application (CA) , which can be completed and submitted online beginning on August 1 each year. We encourage applicants to review the How to Apply page as they prepare to apply to Cornell.
First-year applicants to Cornell have a choice of applying for either the early decision or regular decision admission plan. Students should consider applying under the early decision plan if Cornell is their first choice of schools to attend. Early decision applications are reviewed in the fall, and students are…
The first-year early decision application deadline is November 1. Applicants are notified in mid-December of Cornell’s decision. The first-year regular decision application deadline is January 2. Applicants are notified in early April of Cornell’s decision. The fall semester transfer application deadline …