Requirements

College/School Eligibility:

  • Agriculture and Life Sciences
  • Architecture, Art and Planning
  • Arts and Sciences
  • Bowers CIS
  • Engineering
  • Human Ecology
  • Industrial and Labor Relations
  • SC Johnson Business - Dyson
  • SC Johnson Business - Hotel

Class Year Eligibility:

  • Second Year (undergrad)

Open to:

  • Cornell Undergraduate Students

GPA Requirements:

Minimum GPA: 2.75

Who is Eligible to Participate?

An applicant for the McNair Program must either be a: 

  • first-generation college student with demonstrated high financial need, or

  • member of an underrepresented group, which has traditionally been underrepresented at the graduate level (African American, Latino American, Native American).

 The Applicant must also:

  • be highly motivated, dedicated towards gaining a Ph.D. and teaching at the university level,
  • have achieved sophomores class standing,
  • be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States,
  • have a minimum overall grade point average of 2.75 or better.

To learn more about the McNair program, please attend an informational session- dates listed on https://oadi.cornell.edu/programs/student-success-programs/mcnair/application-recommendation.html. Please note that this program accepts applications annually during the Fall semester.