STUDENT section: Fees and Financial Aid

Willy Bemis, Kingsbury Director of the Shoals Marine Laboratory

ABOUT FEES:
2009 LISTING OF ALL COURSE FEES
Course fees must be paid in full before arrival at SML; they include:

• Tuition, room and board;
• Activity fee (includes transportation to/from Appledore Island at the start and end of courses, and all field trips to the mainland and around the Isles of Shoals).

HOW to pay your course fees: 

• Accepted students are required to confirm their acceptance into an SML program within 10 business days of receiving their SML Acceptance Packet.
  To confirm, students must: (1) complete and submit CU and/or UNH enrollment forms (included in the SML Acceptance Packet); (2) Include a check for a non-refundable deposit of $1,000 payable to Cornell University (details included in the SML Acceptance Packet); (3) Activate their Cornell account if enrolling for Cornell credits (details included in the SML Acceptance Packet). YES, your non-refundable deposit will count toward the balance of your course fees!
  
• Once enrollment forms are received by SML, students will be registered at CU and/or UNH and incur the balance of all course fee charges.
  
• Details regarding payments and policies will be included in the SML Acceptance Packet, OR can be found on the Forms and Instructions page.   

IF you decide NOT to attend SML:

• Accepted students who decide not to attend SML are required to confirm their intentions in WRITING, 4 weeks prior to the start date of their first course. Postal mail letter or a fax should be sent to: SML Admissions, Cornell University, G-14 Stimson Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 OR (607) 255-0742.

Other expenses include:
For a FULL list of how to pack and what you'll need, see Forms and Instructions

ATTENTION CORNELL STUDENTS: BARTELS MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS are available for CU students with a GPA of at least 3.2 (a letter from your college is required) APPLY NOW!

ATTENTION UNH STUDENTS: SCHOLARSHIPS are available specifically for UNH students! You will be automatically considered for these funds as part of your application.

ABOUT FINANCIAL AID:
Apply for financial aid as part of your on-line application! SML financial aid is awarded on a FIRST-COME, FIRST SERVED basis!

Follow these steps:

(1) Fill out the on-line application; indicate that you need financial aid by checking the box on the on-line application;

(2) Make sure that you know your EFC (from your FAFSA Student Aid Report/SAR) as you will be required to provide this number as part of your on-line application;

(3) Accepted students will be informed of their estimated financial aid award as part of their official SML Acceptance Packet;

(4) Accepted students are required to confirm their acceptance into an SML program within 10 business days of receiving their SML Acceptance Packet.
To confirm: Students must complete and submit CU and/or UNH enrollment forms (included in the SML Acceptance Packet) AND a provide a copy of their SAR. Once enrollment forms are submitted to SML, students are considered registered at CU and/or UNH depending upon the course(s) chosen.

(5) Students who do not confirm their acceptance within 10 business days of receiving their SML Acceptance Packet will forfeit their course enrollment AND financial aid offer!

*Special note for HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: In place of a Federal Student Aid Report/SAR, high school students and their parents must complete a FAFSA4caster form.

*Special note for NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS/POST-GRADUATES, AND PROFESSIONALS:  In place of a Federal Student Aid Report/SAR, non-traditional students must complete a FAFSA4caster form. 

*Special note for INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: In place of a US Federal Student Aid Report/SAR, please submit an International Student Financial Aid Application.
FYI: You will receive an I-20 Form as part of your acceptance packet.

QUESTIONS? Contact SML at shoals-lab@cornell.edu

We also offer the opportunity to work on Appledore Island either before or after your course to help defray your course costs (see: Working Internships). Indicate that you are interested in a position by selecting this option when you are choosing courses as part of the on-line application.