B20 Day Hall
Ithaca, N.Y. 14853

Cornell University Summer College, located in Itaca, New York, has an assortment of programs for high school students interested in earning summer credit and experiencing life at an Ivy League school. Cornell University Summer College students can earn from three to six credits and choose courses from 14 areas of study.

Cornell University Summer College offers programs in architecture, art, business, college success, engineering, film, humanities, law and politics, science, literature, medicine and biological research, psychology, veterinary medicine, and writing. Available courses include introduction to architecture, art as experience, hotel operations management, the business world, college success, topics in engineering, on camera, focus on humanities, democracy and its discontents, freedom and justice, genius and madness in literature, biological research and health, body mind and health, focus on the sciences, the individual in the social world, introduction to veterinary medicine, and focus on writing.

Quick Facts

Summer College students have the opportunity to work closely with Cornell's distinguished professors. Students develop critical thinking, discussion, and writing skills pertinent to college success under their guidance.

Cornell University Summer College offers a "Take a Prof to Lunch or Dinner" program, which allows students to learn more about their professors. It also gives the professor a chance to learn about the student and for the professor to write well-informed letters of recommendation.

Cornell University Summer College holds a career fair, where Cornell admission officers lead sessions to answer students' questions and offer suggestions on avoiding application jitters. They inform students of how to get the most out of campus visits and instruct them on how to write an essay that will pique an admission committee's interests.

Summer College students enjoy a number of activities, including intramural sports, trips to regional parks, gorges and waterfalls, free movies, outdoor music, student-curated art and architecture shows, weekend dances, dance classes, karaoke, culture nights, political debates, a casino party, slam poetry events, open mics, online newspaper, summer college yearbook, the summer talent show, midnight breakfast and ice cream socials, community service projects, and sunset watching and star gazing from Libe Slope or the campus observatory.

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