Supplemental Application
This form is required for freshmen applicants and optional for transfer
students. Please complete and submit it within two weeks from when you
receive the “Application Acknowledgement” brochure in the mail from us.
Note: You will be able to access the supplemental application once your SUNY application has been processed and received in the SUNY Cortland Admissions Office. The SUNY Application Servicing Center may need two to three weeks to process and forward your application to SUNY Cortland.
Information to gather before beginning the supplemental application:
- Parent / Guardian information such as: colleges attended, last level of education completed, employer information.
- Names and information about relatives that might have attended SUNY Cortland.
- Names and information about relatives that might have been employed by SUNY Cortland.
- Applicant's current courses in progress.
- List of any honors, awards or other distinctions you have received.
- List of any extracurricular activities or employment in which you were involved.
- Essay or personal statement. You will be able to type or copy and paste your essay or personal statement in a space provided on the supplemental application.
The essay should tell us more about yourself and should include information such as your interests, and circumstances which may have affected your academic performance, or individuals, or events, which may have had a significant impact on your life. - Letters of recommendations should be mailed directly to:
SUNY Cortland
Admissions Office
P.O. Box 2000
Cortland, NY 13045
Tips on maneuvering through the online supplemental application:
- Gather all the information suggested prior to beginning the application.
- If you do not complete the application you can always sign on again at a later time.
- Prior to finalizing your supplemental application you will have the opportunity to review all of your data entered.
- Once you have completed the application and select the Finalize Application button, you will not be able to reenter. Please make all changes prior to submitting your application.