Housing
SPECIAL NOTICE: We anticipate our housing offerings and availability to be reduced for the 2010-11 school year. Please contact the exchange office for up-to-date information.
You are in a unique position at Cornell: your age and experience are more similar to those of “upper-level” students. You may choose to live off-campus, in the West Campus House System or in upper-level residence halls with other sophomores, juniors, and seniors. For a different kind of living experience, you may choose to live in a Program House or in one of Cornell's eight Cooperative Houses (or “co-ops”).
Living on campus www.campuslife.cornell.edu/campuslife/housing/index.cfm
Residential Halls (Dorms) or Program Houses: If you wish to live on campus, submit a housing application (online or by mail) after you receive your acceptance packet. Your housing choice (location, type of room, etc.) is not guaranteed. Single rooms are limited, but the housing office makes every effort to assign rooms based on your preferences. When applying, you should apply as a "transfer student," which will ensure that you are not assigned housing with first-year students ("freshmen").
Holland International Living Center: Exchange students may reserve* a room in the Holland International Living Center (HILC), a "program house" located on North Campus. If you are interested in this option, select HILC as your only choice on the housing application and email Christine Potter, to advise her that you want to live in the HILC.
Cooperatives: Many exchange students live in cooperative houses, or “co-ops.” They are less expensive than dorms and some co-ops offer communal dining as a less expensive option to meal plans. If you are interested in co-ops, you must contact each co-op house separately to find out about availability, and it is recommended that you do this as early as possible. Visit www.campuslife.cornell.edu/campuslife/housing/undergraduate/contactcoop.cfm for information.
For all Cornell housing, you will be billed by the Bursar’s Office (www.bursar.cornell.edu). Consider your housing carefully before signing a housing contract; this a binding agreement for the academic year. If you are only here for one semester, your contract will be canceled at the end of your semester; you will not be billed for the entire year.
Living off campus www.campuslife.cornell.edu/campuslife/housing/off-campus-housing.cfm
Some students wish to live off-campus in an apartment or shared house. Off-campus housing has no affiliation with Cornell University housing. You will be responsible for the lease and payment of monthly rent.
Financial responsibilities & billing
You are responsible for the cost of housing, housing programming fees, meals, health insurance, and other expenses while at Cornell (unless otherwise noted in the exchange agreement). In addition, you are financially responsible for the Student Activity Fee of approximately $102 per semester. You will be billed by the bursar before you arrive and you will be responsible for payment of your bill by all stated deadlines. The Office of the Bursar functions as the central billing service center. You will receive monthly bursar bills electronically through Cornell Net.Pay, Cornell’s online billing and payment service. Each month, you will be sent an email to your Cornell email address with the subject line “Your New Cornell E-bill is Now Available.” For more information about the Office of the Bursar, visit www.bursar.cornell.edu/.