SUNY, CUNY, Macaulay

Students applying to SUNY, CUNY and/or Macaulay should click the links below for more specific application details.

 

The Macaulay Honors College provides outstanding educational opportunities for academically gifted students from the five boroughs of New York City and beyond. Its program is designed for students who have demonstrated scholastic strength and broad intellectual curiosity through their high school academic records, standardized test scores, extracurricular involvements and other academic criteria.

 

This program is designed for high achieving high school students who have demonstrated an ability to be successful in a rigorous academic environment. This highly competitive program is available at the following CUNY Senior College Campuses:

 

❖ Baruch College
❖ Brooklyn College
❖ City College
❖ Hunter College
❖ John Jay College
❖ Lehman College
❖ Queens College
❖ College of Staten Island

Macaulay Honors College chooses candidates for admission by evaluating a combination of academic and leadership factors, including:

❖ High school grades
❖ Extracurricular activities
❖ Community Service
❖ Personal initiative & leadership qualities
❖ Recommendations
❖ Essays
❖ Interviews

What is needed for the application:

❖ Official high school transcripts
❖ SAT or ACT scores (optional for applications in the next two years)
❖ Two academic letters of recommendation
❖ Two essays

 

Important dates to remember!

 

❖ November 15th 2024 6 PM

➢ High school transcripts must be submitted by this date & time
➢ Test scores must be submitted by this date & time
➢ Essays must be submitted by this date & time
➢ Test of English as a foreign language (TOEFL) scores must be submitted by this date & time
➢ Any other supporting documents you would like to add to the application

 

❖ November 28th 2024 6 PM

 

➢ Letters of recommendation must be submitted by this date & time

❖ May 17th 2025

➢ Decision day

❖ May 1st 2025

➢ Commitment day

 

Cultural Passport Macaulay Honors College students take advantage of New York’s rich cultural and intellectual resources. A unique “Cultural Passport” gives Macaulay students free (or greatly reduced) entrance to many of New York’s cultural landmarks and educational institutions where students extend classroom learning into primary resources---plays, museums, interactive exhibits, and much more. Study abroad, internship, and service experiences are critical co-curricular activities for Macaulay students. Research opportunities and student-alumni mentoring are also available to students.

 

**There is no early decision for Macaulay Honors College

 

**Applicants to Macaulay must be from first-time College (freshman) students. Transfer students are not eligible. For more information contact: [email protected] or 212-729-2929.

 

Application website.

 

Macaulay Honors College website.