How to Apply to SUNY via ApplySUNY

There are two ways to apply to SUNY schools: via ApplySUNY, or via the Common Application; it is okay to use one or the other, and it is okay to use both! If you are applying to a bunch of private schools on the Common App, and only one or two SUNY schools, then it’s probably easier to use the Common App; if you are applying MOSTLY to SUNY schools, it’s easier to use ApplySUNY.

If you would like to be considered for EOP at a SUNY school, or if you want a fee waiver (for four free schools), you should use ApplySUNY.  

Here is how to fill out the INITIAL SUNY application:

1. Go to http://www.suny.edu and click “Apply Now” in lower-left part of the screen.

2. If you haven’t already, click “Create Account.” (If you already have, skip to step 4.)

3. Enter your information as it appears on your records.  You do NOT have to provide your SSN (Social Security Number)! Be sure to use an email and password that you’ll remember to log in. 

4. Login!

5. Next, click “Start my applySUNY undergraduate appliation. (We will be doing SUNY academic record after the college lock-in!)

6. You will be asked to click about your citizenship, that you’re applying as a FRESHMAN, and whether or not you want to be considered for EOP. If you want to be considered for EOP, click “yes” and answer the following questions about the your family situation. Check with your parents about income information when you do this! If you are within the guidelines, it will say you “may” qualify for EOP. Then, continue on with application!

You are applying for Fall 2012!

7. Begin filling out your biographical information! Social Security isn’t required, but it is advised that you put it in so they can confirm your eligibility for financial aid more quickly. 

8. You are all New York residents, but you have to put what COUNTY you live in. In case you didn’t know: Manhattan = NEW YORK COUNTY; Brooklyn = KINGS COUNTY; the Bronx = BRONX COUNTY; Queens = QUEENS COUNTY. 

9. Put in information about your parents/guardians AND income information.  If you want to qualify for EOP and/or the SUNY fee waiver, you need to put in accurate financial information that meets the criteria! Click the info button next to each category for more.

10. You are applying as a freshman! You are not adult learners!

11. For high school information, either search for “Manhattan Village Academy” in New York, NY (NOT “New York City, NY” or “Manhattan, NY”) OR put in our CEEB code: 333791!

12. Your education status is “will graduate” and that will be in 06/2012! Also indicate the date of your last SAT (“10/2011″ or “06/2010″).

13. Next, begin your campus selections! Each choice costs $50 unless you qualify for a fee waiver, in which case you get four for free, and then have to pay $50 for each one after that. You can select whether or not you want to be considered for EOP for each individual campus.

14. Add as many campuses as you want.  Remember: you should NOT be trying for EOP to all of your SUNY choices. Only go EOP for one or two of the four schools to which you apply! If you have questions about this, see Mr. Frick!

15. You also have to select a program of study–make sure you pick something that you are interested in, but also for which you are qualified! 

16. After you have selected your campuses, you will be asked to review, submit, and pay. If you are requesting a fee waiver for the four free SUNY schools, you will click a button and verify your income.  You will then have to get a SUNY Fee Waiver Request Form from Mr. Frick, have your parents/guardians sign it, and then have him send it in to SUNY Central.

This is only the initial application–all of the four-year colleges/universities will require you to then fill out the SUNY supplemental application, which is where you will input your essays, etc. You will also have to input your grades/test scores via SUNY SOAR, but there will be more on that later!