Incoming Status: Transfer
Area of Interest: Creative Writing
Entry Semester Available: Spring 2008, Fall 2008

Spring 2008
Application Deadline: October 19, 2007
Submit your completed application by November 1, 2007

Fall 2008
Application Deadline: April 1, 2008
Submit your completed application by April 15, 2008

Follow these instructions when applying to Purchase College as a Transfer Creative Writing applicant.

Note: International Applicants must follow the international application instructions.

Note: Students who have not reached their academic potential because of limited financial resources and inadequate academic preparation should review the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) at Purchase College.

Step 1: Send your completed application (after your guidance counselor has reviewed it), a check for $40 (payable to "SUNY ASC"), and your Official Transcripts to:

State University of  New York
Application Services Center
State University Plaza
PO Box 22007
Albany, New York 12201-2007

Step 2: Request for Official College Transcripts.  Students who have completed less than 30 college credits must also request Official High School Transcripts or GED, and SAT or ACT scores. Contact each institution, and have them send the documents directly to:

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

Step 3: Submit your essay.   See Supplemental Admission Form for guidelines. The essay is REQUIRED.  In addition, if there are any gaps, of 6 months or more, between High School Graduation and today, please also include a separate Time Line Essay describing your activities during this period.  

Step 4: Submit your portfolio
Students applying to the Creative Writing Program are required to submit a portfolio to:

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

The portfolio must contain:

The one page Lilly Lieb Port Creative Writing Program Questionnaire PDF

A letter of intent  addressing: A. Why you want to be admitted to the program; B. What you consider to be your writing strengths.  C.  What you consider to be your writing weaknesses.

Samples of either Poetry or Fiction: 2-3 Shore Stories or 8-10 Poems

Two letters of recommendation are required.  You should ask two individuals who are familiar with your writing abilities (former teachers, writing workshop instructors, advisors, counselors, etc.), to write letters, and put them in a sealed envelope, which they have signed on the seal, and include these w/ your portfolio.