Admission to the Major

Note: Students will not be allowed to double major in ISST and CS or ISST and ORIE. In addition, ISST majors will not be allowed to minor in CS.

Regular affiliation with the ISST major

Please fill out the online IS affiliation application. 

Application Timeline:

• Applications received between January 1st and January 31st are processed by March 1st.
• Applications received between February 1st and May 31st are processed by July 1st
• Applications received between June 1st and September 14th are processed by October 15th.
• Applications received between September 15th and December 31st are processed by mid-January.

International students looking to participate in CPT during the summer after their sophomore year must apply to affiliate with the ISST major no later than their 2-1 semester.

Internal transfer from another Cornell college to the ISST major

• Students who want to transfer from another college at Cornell in order to major in ISST in the College of Engineering should contact Benjamin Martin, Associate Director of Engineering Advising, bem87@cornell.edu. More information is available at the College of Engineering's Internal Transfer page.

In addition:

• Inform current advisor of intent to transfer, and email the ISST Undergraduate Advising team at ISAdvising@cornell.edu.
• In order to affiliate with the ISST major, students must meet all criteria for admission to the major (see below).

External transfer to Cornell from a different institution

• Students who would like to transfer from a college or university outside Cornell to the ISST major in the College of Engineering should view the College of Engineering's transfer admission website.

All potential affiliates are reviewed on a case-by-case basis relative to the following criteria

Grade & GPA Requirements:

• A grade of C or higher (For Spring 2020: a grade of C- or higher, or S*) in at least two of the following courses: MATH 2940, CS/ENGRD 2110, and ENGRD 2700.
• An overall GPA of 2.5 or higher in all completed Engineering Mathematics (MATH 1910, MATH 1920, MATH 2930, MATH 2940, MATH 3040), Engineering Distribution (CS/ENGRD 2110, ENGRD 2700), and ISST major courses (INFO 1200/1260, INFO 1300, INFO 2040, INFO 2450, ORIE 3500, ISST core ML course).

Notes:

• Qualifying courses must be taken at Cornell.
• Courses used to meet affiliation criteria may be repeated if the original course grade does not meet admission standards. The higher grade will be used for all repeated courses.
• *The Information Science department cannot know how graduate schools, employers, and so on, will evaluate S grades.