Fees
The nonrefundable application fee of $95 must be submitted with the online application.
Payment:
Payment must be made using one of the following:
- an e-check in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank, or
- a Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover credit card.
Payment must be made through the online application.
Application fee waivers:
Financial Hardship - In cases of extreme financial need, the Graduate School will consider a request for a fee waiver. Please include documentation of need, such as a letter from a college financial aid office. An email request must be sent to the Graduate Student Services Representative for your proposed field of study. (See the Fields and Graduate Student Representative List to find your GSSR..doc)
Special Programs - The Graduate School is pleased to offer admission fee waivers to qualified participants of the following special programs:
- ABRCMS
- Cornell Summer Math Institute
- IRT
- GEM
- CU LSAMP Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- The Leadership Alliance
- McNair Scholars
- MARC
- National Name Exchange
- Project 1000
- SACNAS
For the special programs listed above, applicants can request a fee waiver and send the following information to grad_assoc_dean+[at]+cornell [dot] edu: name, date of birth, name of the undergrad summer research or other grad school prep program they participated in and date of participation, name of the field to which they are applying at Cornell. Applicants will receive an email reply with a fee waiver code and instructions on how to use it.