How to Prepare

Please submit the following items in advance to participate:

• Complete and submit either the SUNY Application or Common Application.

  • If you are graduating from a SUNY community college and are applying to Purchase for the semester immediately following, you do not have to pay the application fee.

• Submit official transcript(s) from any and all colleges attended.
  • If you have less than 24 completed credits, we will need your Final High School Transcript as well as transcripts from any dual enrollment credit earned (for example: Syracuse University Project Advance).
  • Transcripts must be in a sealed envelope or emailed to us from the institution directly to be considered official. Emailed transcripts should be sent to samantha.fishman@purchase.edu.

  • We need a transcript regardless of credit earned or length of attendance in all cases.

• If you took any time off between graduating high school and attending college, you must submit a time gap information form and the Think Wide Open submission.

  • To access the time gap information form, you must have already submitted your application and activated your application portal.

• You are not required to submit personal essays or letters of recommendation, but are welcome to do so.

What to Expect

• Admissions review with an Admissions Advisor

• Discussion of next steps, which includes:
  • Transferring Credits
  • Financial Aid

  • Advising and Registration

• Opportunity to ask questions or address any concerns you may have