How to Apply

Apply Online
Online admission applications can be completed and sent electronically to the SUNY Application Processing Center in Albany, NY.
SUNY Online Application
Online Graduate Application

The Common Application
Liberal Arts and Science and Art+Design Freshman applicants only may apply using The Common Application, if preferred. The Common Application is not available to Music, Dance, or Theatre Arts & Film applicants or any Transfer applicants.
www.commonapp.org

International Students
International Students should follow the International Student Application Instructions.

International Application Forms required of all Undegraduate and Graduate International Applicants: The forms below must be completed and mailed to Admissions by all international students applying to both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Educational Data
English Proficiency Report
Foreign Student Financial Statement
International Transfer Form - This form is required only from students currently attending high school, university or a language institute in the U.S.. The completed form should be sent, along with a photocopy of your visa and I-20 form, if and when you are accepted to Purchase.

Send all required International Application Forms by the posted deadline to:

Office of Admissions
Purchase College, SUNY
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400 

Supplemental Admissions Forms
SUNY Supplemental Application and Essay:  Freshman Liberal Arts and Science applicants and Freshman Art+Design applicants using the SUNY application must complete the SUNY Supplemental Application and submit the essay answer for one of the essay topics (your choice) in the SUNY Supplemental Application. Music, Dance and Theatre Arts & Film applicants are not required to submit the SUNY Supplemental Application.

The Common Application Writing Section: Freshman Liberal Arts & Science and Art+Design applicants using The Common Application must complete the Writing requirements Short Answer and Personal Essay sections in The Common Application, instead of the SUNY Supplemental Application and Essay.  

Transfer Supplemental Form: Transfer applicants for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Liberal Studies, and Art+Design must complete the Purchase College Transfer Supplemental Form. The form is available as a PDF: Transfer Supplemental Form 09-10 or as a Microsoft Word document: Transfer Supplemental Form 09-10.  Be sure to complete all applicable sections of the form including the required statement.  The supplemental form should be emailed directly to admessay@purchase.edu.

Deadlines
The following application deadlines are for Spring 2010 and Fall 2010.  Please note that if a program is not listed then the program is not accepting applications for that entry term.

Spring 2010 
Program Class Entry Term Deadline
Art+Design Transfer Spring 2010 10/01/2009
Creative Writing Freshman
& Transfer
Spring 2010 11/01/2009
Music Freshman
& Transfer
Spring 2010 10/15/2009
Liberal Arts & Sciences Freshman
& Transfer
Spring 2010 11/15/2009
Liberal Studies Transfer Spring 2010 11/15/2009

 

Fall 2010 

Program Class Entry Term Deadline
Acting Freshman
& Transfer
Fall 2010 01/01/2010
Art+Design Freshman
& Transfer
Fall 2010 02/01/2010
Priority 12/01/2009
Creative Writing Freshman
& Transfer
Fall 2010 01/15/2010
Dance Freshman
& Transfer
Fall 2010 02/15/2010
Design Technology Freshman
& Transfer
Fall 2010 03/01/2010
Dramatic Writing Freshman
& Transfer
Fall 2010 02/15/2010
Music Freshman
& Transfer
Fall 2010 12/15/2009
Film Freshman
& Transfer
Fall 2010

12/15/2009

Priority 11/15/2009

Liberal Arts
& Sciences
Freshman Fall 2010 03/01/2010
Liberal Arts
& Sciences
Transfer Fall 2010 04/15/2010
Liberal Studies Transfer Fall 2010 06/01/2010

 


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