Admissions Process

You may apply for transfer to The School of Art if:

• You have completed 18-60 credits of studio art courses.
• OR you have previously earned a baccalaureate degree in a discipline other than art 

FALL 2020 EARLY DECISION:

• Your official high school transcript or GED certificate (required for all applicants)
• Your official college transcripts (sent directly from the college or university)
• Recommendation letters (2)
• Your SAT or ACT scores (sent directly from the College Board and/or ACT)* 
• Official TOEFL scores, if applicable**

Send all materials to: 
The Office of Admissions 
30 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor 
New York, NY 10003

or you can email them to: admissions@cooper.edu.

*Under certain circumstances, we will waive the SAT/ACT requirement. Generally, only transfer students and/or non-traditional students' requests to waive the standardized testing requirement are considered. You must be able to prove you have had at least one year of college-level math and college-level English to apply for the waiver. The Admissions staff will then consider your request and notify you if you can waive the SAT/ACT requirement. Please email admissions@cooper.edu for more information. 

You will receive a Hometest in December which you must complete and submit by the deadline provided (approximately 3-4 weeks later).

The Hometest will be sent to all applicants via email on the same day in mid-December after the application deadline. We highly recommend adding admissions@cooper.edu to your email address book in order to prevent important emails (like your Hometest and admission decision!) from going to spam.

The Hometest will include portfolio requirements. All portfolio work should be sent with the Hometest .

Please follow all instructions carefully.

• Your official high school transcript or GED certificate (required for all applicants)
• Your official college transcripts (sent directly from the college or university)
• Recommendation letters (2)
• Your SAT or ACT scores (sent directly from the College Board and/or ACT)* 
• Official TOEFL scores, if applicable**

Send all materials to: 
The Office of Admissions 
30 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor 
New York, NY 10003

or you can email them to: admissions@cooper.edu.

*Under certain circumstances, we will waive the SAT/ACT requirement. Generally, only transfer students and/or non-traditional students' requests to waive the standardized testing requirement are considered. You must be able to prove you have had at least one year of college-level math and college-level English to apply for the waiver. The Admissions staff will then consider your request and notify you if you can waive the SAT/ACT requirement. Please email admissions@cooper.edu for more information. 

You will receive a Hometest in late January which you must complete and submit by the deadline provided (approximately 3-4 weeks later).

The Hometest will be sent to all applicants via email on the same day in late January after the application deadline. We highly recommend adding admissions@cooper.edu to your email address book in order to prevent important emails (like your Hometest and admission decision!) from going to spam.

Students who apply via the extended deadline between January 15th-30th will receive their Hometest in early February. 

The Hometest will include portfolio requirements. All portfolio work should be sent with the Hometest .

Please follow all instructions carefully.