• Current semester schedule of courses.
• List of all Advanced Placement (AP) scores. For the purposes of the TO application, these scores may be self-reported.
• Essay: Please share how the experiences during your first year of college have helped to prepare you for a transition into Cornell University CALS and impacted your intended academic goals.

The College of Art, Architecture, & Planning does not require any additional materials.

The College of Arts & Sciences does not require any additional materials.

The College of Engineering does not require any additional materials.

• Résumé
• List of all Advanced Placement (AP) scores.
• Essay: How will transferring to your intended major in the College of Human Ecology advance your academic goals and plans for the future? Responses should be no more than 650 words.
• Design supplements are required for Design & Environmental Analysis, Fashion Design & Management, and new in 2024, Fiber Science applicants, in addition to submitting the Transfer Option Application. These materials must be submitted by the application deadline for critical evaluation by department faculty. Applications to those majors without the required supplement will not be reviewed. Be sure to use the current instructions when developing your supplement. Do not resubmit your original design supplement.

• Résumé.
• List of all Advanced Placement (AP) scores.
• Essay: How will transferring to your intended major in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy advance your academic goals and plans for the future? Responses should be no longer than 3000 characters.

All Business-Hotel Administration applicants: Please attach an updated résumé to this application. You do not need to schedule an interview.

• List of all Advanced Placement (AP) scores.

Transfer admissions are released on a rolling basis starting in mid-April. There may be occasions when we need to hold for final semester grades, but most decisions are sent in late April/early May.

Be sure to submit the required documents listed in each section of the application, in the format requested.

Please know that application materials submitted in January or February may not be processed until March and that it is very common for those materials to take at least 2–3 weeks to process. If you don’t see your application checklist updated after submitting those documents, don't panic. The University will inform you if something is missing.

You can submit letters of recommendation, though they are not required as part of the Transfer Option application. Letters of recommendation should be from college/university faculty and/or advisors. Letter writers can email their materials to applicant@cornell.edu or you can upload the file(s) as supplemental information via the application portal.

Documents can be uploaded to your application or can be submitted later using the Upload Materials section in your Applicant Status Portal. Don’t forget to click the upload button after you've chosen your file.

Transcripts and the College Report must come directly from the institution; they cannot be sent by the applicant. We are unable to approve a TO application without receiving these materials.

If you are on the quarter system, your final winter quarter grades may be used in place of the Mid-Term Report.