Requirements

College/School Eligibility:

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

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 a group underrepresented in graduate education.

 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/signature-programs/ronald-e-mcnair-post-baccalaureate-achievement-program. Please note that this program accepts applications annually during the Fall semester.