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Prospective Student-Athletes

Thanks for your interest in Cornell athletics.  Inquiries regarding recruitment and participation in intercollegiate athletics at our institution should be made directly with a member of your sport’s specific coaching staff.  The following topics of general compliance information may also be of interest and assistance.
Recruiting

• Please remember that coaches are limited to when and how they may contact you. Please refer to the NCAA website on recruiting or specifically to the NCAA Recruiting Guides for more details.

Recruiting Visits
Be advised of the following information prior to any official or unofficial visit to Cornell. 

• The NCAA List of Banned Drugs and Substances.
• Cornell University’s graduation and academic progress rates for student-athletes.
• Cornell University’s official visit policy that applies to prospective student-athletes, student hosts, coaches, and administrators. Cornell requires that this policy be provided to prospective student-athletes prior to an official visit to campus.

Eligibility

• The NCAA Guide for the College Bound Student-Athlete is a comprehensive guide that provides everything you need to know if you are considering participation in collegiate athletics.  
• All incoming student-athletes who wish to participate in NCAA Division I or II intercollegiate athletics need to be certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center. This entity certifies academic and amateur status of prospective student-athletes. Prospective student-athletes must be registered with the Eligibility Center prior to going on an official visit at any Division I institution. Transfer student-athletes who intend on enrolling in a Division I institution for the first time must also register with the Eligibility Center and have their amateur status certified. 
• The NCAA Freshman-Eligibility Standards Quick Reference Sheet provides you with a summary of high school academic requirements prospective student-athletes must meet in order to be certified by the Eligibility Center.
• The NCAA requires that we provide prospective student-athletes with the NCAA List of Banned Drugs and Substances.

Admissions and Financial Aid Information

• The Ivy League schools share a tradition of academic excellence and broad-based, successful NCAA Division I athletics. As you pursue opportunities to study and compete in intercollegiate athletics, please keep in mind the following admissions and financial aid policies common to all Ivy League schools.