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Blogging with CUNY Commons
We’d like to take the time to encourage you to join the CUNY Commons (the site that is hosting this blog.) As soon as you have registered for classes in August, you will be assigned an @gc.cuny.edu email address which will allow you to join the Commons and either become a contributor to an existing blog or group or begin your own blog or student group. Before then, you can read most pages and comment on some.
Interested in why you should blog? Take a look at From Tweet to Blog Post to Peer-Reviewed Article: How to be a Scholar Now by GC’s own Jessie Daniels or take a look at The Virtues of Blogging as a Scholarly Activity at The Chronicle.
Some active blogs on the Commons (that you can read now even though you aren’t yet a Commons member) are:
GC Students of Anthropology – https://anthropology.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
GC English Students blog – https://gcenglish.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
Le Hub (French students’ blog) – https://french.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
GC Marxist Reading group – https://capital.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
Collaborative Seeing Studio – https://collaborativeseeingstudio.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
Zines at the Brooklyn College Library – https://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
Claiming your CUNYfirst account
Below please find instructions on how to claim your CUNYfirst account, needed for registration, financial aid acceptance, and more…
Roommate matching!
This post should be used to match roommates. Go ahead and list requests for roommates in the comments section. Please do be mindful, however, that this is an open forum and you should not post information that is too personal (i.e. addresses or telephone numbers) and be sure to meet each other the first time in a public place.
Welcome new students!
This blog is for newly admitted students to the Graduate Center, CUNY.
We would like to welcome and congratulate you! If you haven’t already accepted our offer of admission please do so by logging back into the online application. Registration materials will not be generated for you if you do not officially accept the offer.
Official Documents – Transcripts and Test Scores
All admitted students need to send official academic transcripts. The documents that were uploaded into the online system are not considered official. Please have official documents be sent either though the postal mail in unopened envelopes sealed by the issuing institution OR electronically from Parchment and/or Clearinghouse. Transcripts from degree granting institutions also need to also list proof of degree as having been issued. These should be sent directly to the Office of Admissions prior to registration. You can view the receipt of your official documents by logging back in to the online application system. Questions regarding these documents or electronic documents should be emailed to admissions@gc.cuny.edu
Please have transcripts sent by mail to:
Office of Admissions, The Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, Room 7201
New York, NY 10016
Official GRE/TOEFL/GMAT/IELTS scores need to be sent to The Graduate Center directly by the testing company.
The official school code for GRE and TOEFL is: 2113
The official school code for GMAT is: XWT-S7-47
Immunizations
All new students are required to submit up to date immunization information prior to registration.
NY State Residency (F1 and J1 visa holders will not be able to file for residency)
If you are a US citizen and have lived at your current NY state address for more than a year, you should automatically be identified to receive in-state tuition.
If you are a US citizen and a NY state resident, but have lived at your present NY State address for less than one calendar year, please fill out the NY State Residency Form and return it to the Office of Admissions by mail or email. Guidelines for completing the residency form can be found here.
If you are a Permanent Resident or if you are on a visa other than B, C, D, F, H2, H3, H4, J, M, O, P, Q, or TN and live in NY State please fill out the NY State Residency Form and return it to the Office of Admissions by mail or email. Guidelines for completing the residency form can be found here.
Registration
Registration instructions will be sent to you by email usually in the second week in August. Please do not forget to keep us informed of any email address changes. (You can send those updates to admissions@gc.cuny.edu) Graduate Center emails will not be assigned until AFTER registration has been fully completed.
International Students
Applicants who will apply for Nonimmigrant F-1 or J-1 Entry Visas to the United States, and applicants already in the United States in F-1 or J-1 Student Status must complete the “Request for Certificate of Eligibility and Declaration & Certification of Finances for International Students.” More information can be found on this page.
An applicant who would like to change Immigration status to F-1 Student Status should consult the Office of International Students for information on the correct procedure to follow.
Permanent Residents must document their status in the Office of Admissions.
All questions regarding Immigration Status should be directed to the Office of International Students at intstu@gc.cuny.edu
More New Student Information
We will update this blog regularly throughout the summer with topics that we hope you will find interesting and informative. Please feel free to leave comments about what additional topics you might like us to cover. Furthermore, we suggest take the time to explore the rest of the CUNY Commons. It is a resource that will become fully available to you as a member and content creator once you have fully registered as a student and have a gradcenter.cuny.edu email address.
We look forward to you becoming a part of our intellectual community!
