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• Deadline to submit forms: March 16, 2014.
• To apply for merit-based aid, need-based aid, and federal loans, you must submit the Financial Aid Information Sheet available on this page in January.
• To be eligible to receive federal loans, you must submit the FAFSA and a copy of your 2014 tax returns.
• To be eligible for need-based aid, you must also submit the Need Access report and submit a copy of your parents' tax returns.
• FAFSA and Need Access will be available January 1st.

Admitted Students Weekend and Deposit Deadline Information:

• ASW Dates: March 20 and April 17.
• Description and Schedule
• RSVP Form
• Travel Subsidy Form
• Seat deposit deadlines TBA.

To Do List (You don't have to worry about most of this until April)

• If you have not yet received your NetID, you may login using your e-mail address in order to track your progress.
• Deadlines are not strict, but your health forms should be processed by August 9th or else you may be charge a $100 fine
• For the health forms, the physical is not required.
• If you do not submit a photo for your student ID, one will be taken at orientation.
• After receiving your NetID, you may find your Cornell ID # and activate your Cornell e-mail here. (E-mail login located here.)
• Can sign up for gym membership.
• All students must submit undergraduate transcripts and the dean's certification directly to the law school before matriculating.
• Deadline to waive student health insurance plan is September 30th.

CLSA Portal

• Links to pretty much everything: Blackboard, Practice Exams, Symplicity, etc.

Myronslist

• Cornell Law version of craigslist. Buy/sell books, used items, graduation tickets, sublets, etc.

Off-Campus Housing

• Craigslist
• Cornell's housing site
• Collegetown Terrace
• IthacaRent
• Ithaca Renting
• PJ Apartments
• Certified Properties
• Moll Properties
• 312 College Ave
• You will find many people looking for roommates in the facebook group.
• Patfeeney's guide to living in Ithaca

Hughes Hall

• 2-6 people per suite.
• Fill out application online in the housing portal.
• Furnishings provided.
• For laundry, you may add money to your ID card here.
• Can ship belongings to your dorm in advance with Big Red Shipping.
• Move-in begins 9AM the Saturday before Orientation.
• May move in earlier if invited to AOP.

Academic Orientation Program

• In mid-July, most students who submitted a diversity statement with their application will be invited to attend AOP.
• If you would like to attend but did not receive an e-mail, you can try contacting admissions and telling them you wrote a diversity statement but didn't get invited to AOP. Or you can contact Sheri Johnson directly.
• Begins Monday, August 17th. Involves week-long mock class; establishes welcoming environment.
• Historical justification

Merchandise

• Bear Necessities has a limited selection of law school apparel.
• The Cornell Store has one law school t-shirt and--of course--plenty of generic Cornell merchandise.
• For good deals on used textbooks, check out Kraftees.
• Note: if you wait until a few days before orientation, your cmail account will be flooded with e-mails from current students offering to sell you their used books and supplements at very low prices.

Dining

• Meal plans.
• Mischief's review of food places near the school.
• Law School Cafeteria. Biggest complaint is $10 minimum for credit cards.
• Can buy food at Wegmans. (Store map).
• Or visit the Farmer's Market.
• Some people use Rosie to order groceries online from P&C.

Traveling

• Some tourist website. Has list of hotels. If you're flying into the Tompkins regional airport, you will probably want to book a hotel with free shuttle service to and from the airport.
• Campus to Campus bus service provides transport to and from NYC for $165 round-trip.
• Shortline and Greyhound are less luxurious, but cheaper.
• For getting around Ithaca, TCAT bus is free for all new-to-Cornell students for the first year.
• Ithaca also has a Carshare program you may wish to use in lieu of bringing your own car.
• Cornell commuting webpage.
• Ithaca Dispatch (taxi service).

Questions?

• You can ask current students in the taking questions thread.
• You can read evaluations of professors on clsevals. Not affiliated with Cornell Law School or Cornell Law Students Association, although we will be releasing a new version of this in the Spring.

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same! and congrats on the full ride downbeat, that's awesome!

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so we can't apply for housing before we make a deposit and formally enroll right? It looks like space in Hughes is very limited but the earliest I would make a deposit would be in March or April after I visit. It would probably be full by then right?

supersplittysplitter wrote:so we can't apply for housing before we make a deposit and formally enroll right? It looks like space in Hughes is very limited but the earliest I would make a deposit would be in March or April after I visit. It would probably be full by then right?

You can apply in the housing portal before you make the deposit. (Housing portal's not updated yet. Maybe in about a month.) Then assignments are usually made in April. Previously, you had to make the deposit before getting the actual assignment, but there were some reports last year of people getting an assignment even though they never sent in a deposit. If you don't get an initial assignment, you'll be put on a waitlist and may still get it as people withdraw from Cornell / decide on different housing.

This is assuming Hughes still exists (they've been saying "this is the last year of Hughes" for at least the past 2 years).

ok that makes sense! I checked the housing portal and it still has 2014-2015 up, I guess I'll have to wait

I also have a quick financial aid question: If we didn't file any taxes in 2013 or 2014, what should we submit instead of copies of our taxes? or can we just submit nothing?

supersplittysplitter wrote:I also have a quick financial aid question: If we didn't file any taxes in 2013 or 2014, what should we submit instead of copies of our taxes? or can we just submit nothing?

I have no idea. You should probably e-mail financial aid to ask / let them know so they don't sit there waiting for you to submit something.

Lavitz wrote:

supersplittysplitter wrote:I also have a quick financial aid question: If we didn't file any taxes in 2013 or 2014, what should we submit instead of copies of our taxes? or can we just submit nothing?

I have no idea. You should probably e-mail financial aid to ask / let them know so they don't sit there waiting for you to submit something.

yea that sounds like a pretty good idea haha

supersplittysplitter wrote:

Lavitz wrote:

supersplittysplitter wrote:I also have a quick financial aid question: If we didn't file any taxes in 2013 or 2014, what should we submit instead of copies of our taxes? or can we just submit nothing?

I have no idea. You should probably e-mail financial aid to ask / let them know so they don't sit there waiting for you to submit something.

yea that sounds like a pretty good idea haha

If you submitted non-filing letters (statement that you didn't have to pay taxes) you use those. If you didn't, then yeah call financial aid.

checking in. also mad props to Cornell on the admitted students book… that was the most useful information I've gotten from any of the schools I've gotten into.

Has anyone been admitted around 12/17 received any sort of mailing yet? I got the email but my lack of a letter/mailing makes me worried.

lc39 wrote:Has anyone been admitted around 12/17 received any sort of mailing yet? I got the email but my lack of a letter/mailing makes me worried.

I got the email on 12/23 and received the acceptance package in the mail on 12/27. located in south florida. are you super far away? maybe it got lost in the mail somehow.

xylocarp wrote:

lc39 wrote:Has anyone been admitted around 12/17 received any sort of mailing yet? I got the email but my lack of a letter/mailing makes me worried.

I got the email on 12/23 and received the acceptance package in the mail on 12/27. located in south florida. are you super far away? maybe it got lost in the mail somehow.

Definitely possible considering I've been waiting 2 years for mine.

Super excited of getting an acceptance today.

I have a question regarding need aid and international status.

For merit aid, all I need to fill out in the financial aid form, but for need-aid it says i gotta fill out the needaccess form. Are international students eligible to fill this out?

How much aid usually goes out in need-aid?

canadianbrother wrote:For merit aid, all I need to fill out in the financial aid form, but for need-aid it says i gotta fill out the needaccess form. Are international students eligible to fill this out?

I assume so because

NeedAccess FAQ wrote:Q - I am an international student and I don’t have a U.S. Social Security number. How do I find my Application ID to give to my parents?
Log in and click “Step 1: Identify Applicant” from the My Applications page.

canadianbrother wrote:How much aid usually goes out in need-aid?

No way to tell because they don't segregate merit and need amounts when they give out awards. So it appears as one sum and you don't know how much was from which source. But probably not much goes into need. A few years ago, one of the adcomms said they were starting to focus more on merit aid to be more competitive with other schools.

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Congrats to the new admits! Finally broke down and emailed Cornell about my missing acceptance letter. They said it must have gotten lost in the mail and they'll send me another one.

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