2025 Application Requirements and Costs
Student Eligibility
- Students who will be high school juniors and seniors for fall 2025
- Spring 2025 high school graduates
- 2 courses have academic prerequisite recommendations
The One Course Summer Institute does not have any GPA or test score requirements for attendance but students should be prepared to spend 3-4 hours per day in class and an additional 2-3 hours studying and attending pre-college workshops.
Costs
For residential students the cost of attendance is all-inclusive and students should only need spending money for snacks, personal items, and extras at off-campus activities. Residential students are responsible for transportation costs to get from your home to the institute and back, but all transportation for course-related or social activities during the institute is provided. Commuter students are expected to be on campus from 9 a.m through 4 p.m. with a daily lunch meal plan.
Residential: $4,000 (course fee, all social outings travel and entrance fees, residence hall, and full meal plan)
Commuter: $3,200 (course fee, all social outings travel and entrance fees, and lunch meal plan plus opening and closing dinners)
Scholarship Award
Your completion of a One Course Summer Institute course makes you eligible for up to $2,000 in scholarship funds at Cornell College. When you are admitted to Cornell as a full-time student you will receive $500 per year in financial assistance for four years.
Students may enroll in multiple summers of the OCSI, but are eligible for only one $2000 Summer Institute scholarship award.
Academic Credit: 3 hours
YCornell is a fully accredited institution and your OCSI course qualifies for full academic credit. The three credit hours earned with completion of your OCSI course can be applied toward your bachelor’s degree at Cornell, or forwarded by official transcript to any other college or university per their incoming transfer credit policy.
Registration process
To register to attend, complete the One Course Summer Institute registration form, where you will select a first-choice course and a backup course in case your first choice is full. Registration is scheduled to open at the end of January 2025.
Registration includes submission of your unofficial High School transcript so our faculty can get an idea of the experience you’re bringing into your coursework.. A $200, nonrefundable deposit for the institute is required to complete your registration. The remaining balance must be paid by June 1, 2025.
Classes are intentionally small and capped at 15 students, so you get one-on-one interactions with our faculty and encourage quality conversations among students. We will ask you to identify a first-choice course, and a back-up course in case your first choice is full.
Questions?
If you have any questions about attending the One Course Summer Institute or our course offerings, please contact the program director for additional information, email ocsi@cornellcollege.edu.