Applying to the Program
Students may be nominated by Cornell instructors or they may apply directly. Students interested in applying should contact Assistant Dean Myra Sabir in the Office of Advising and Admissions, 172 Goldwin Smith Hall.
Each student who has been nominated receives a letter encouraging him or her to apply with an application form. The student must submit the following to Kelli Bucci, Admissions Office, 172 Goldwin Smith Hall by the application deadline:
• official transcript
• the names of instructors who have been asked to write letters of recommendation
• an essay of 3 pages (typed, double spaced), in which s/he proposes a research project for the next year. The student should describe as concretely as possible the question(s) s/he is attempting to answer and how s/he will go about answering it/them. S/he should also supply names of one or two faculty members who might be good mentors for the project.
• an essay of 1 to 2 pages (typed, double spaced), in which the student describes how s/he has demonstrated his or her commitment to increasing opportunities for historically disadvantaged, increasing cross-racial and ethnic understanding, and/or enabling others to better understand persons of different races and ethnicities.
