The application is pretty standard: your name(s), contact information, complete educational history (including ALL colleges attended and other credits earned through things like College Now, AP, Project Advance, etc.), a personal statement and your Area of Concentration (AOC) Proposal (the major you'd like to study). You can learn more about proposing your Area of Concentration and choosing courses for your AOC proposal for it here: Proposing Your Area.

CUNY Baccalaureate accepts applications throughout the year. Students are encouraged to apply as far in advance of the desired semester of entry as possible. Students applying approximately two weeks before the start of classes, may not be able to be considered for that semester.

A brief one to two-page (250-500 word) essay describing your academic and post-graduate goals and how you will achieve them through CUNY BA.

You do not need to send any CUNY transcripts.

You will need to submit either official sealed non-CUNY college transcript(s) or have an official electronic version sent directly from the college in the following instances:

1. If you submitted your non-CUNY transcripts directly to one of the CUNY colleges
2. If you applied to CUNY and submitted your non-CUNY transcript(s) to the UAPC while you had coursework in progress (even if you already submitted a finalized copy to one of the CUNY colleges).

If you have sent your non-CUNY transcripts to the University Application Processing Center (UAPC) when you applied to CUNY, we can access those in many (but not all) instances.

Please note: You can submit an unofficial student copy of your non-CUNY transcript(s) for temporary review purposes while you arrange to have an official version sent directly from the college to our program.

*In rare circumstances, students with older records, which are not in CUNYfirst, will need to request an official transcript.

Note: All materials that are submitted become the property of CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies and cannot be released to the student or to other institutions.

The college where you are matriculated will serve as your home college in the program. Many of our applicants are current CUNY students; if that describes you, you don't need to do anything else. If you previously attended a CUNY school, you may file for readmission or file a CUNY transfer application if you'd like to be based at another campus.

If you have never attended CUNY, you can file a CUNY transfer application. Keep in mind that students with 68 or more credits must be matriculated at a senior college (as opposed to a community college).

You can learn how to apply for a CUNY college at https://www.cuny.edu/admissions/ (this is a different and separate application from the CUNY BA application)