Intent to Register Form & Deposit

Unless you are an international student, your Intent to Register form will be mailed approximately one week after you receive your email notification to the current address on your application. If you are missing the form, contact us at pcgrad@syr.edu.

Please complete your Intent to Register form and mail it along with an advance deposit of $450. Your form and deposit must be received by May 1. Payments must be made with either a check or money order (made out to Syracuse University). Credit card payments cannot be accepted. (There is an exception to this policy for international students. See below.)

Public Diplomacy applicants should return both Intent to Register forms (Public Relations and International Relations) to the Graduate Records Office, but only one deposit is required.

This will secure your spot in the Newhouse graduate class of 2012-13. The deposit will be applied to your first tuition bill; however, it is nonrefundable if you do not enroll.

Please use the postage-paid return envelope you received with your form.  If you have misplaced the envelope or wish to use an express mail carrier, please use the following address:

Graduate Records Office
330 Newhouse 2
215 University Place
Syracuse, NY 13244

International Students

Your Intent to Register form will be mailed via an express mail carrier along with your official letter of admission and your I-20 form, as soon as the I-20 has been prepared by our Center for International Services.  The I-20 cannot be prepared unless you provided financial documentation showing you can pay for at least one year of study at the University. This documentation was required at the time of your application but if you did not provide it, the amounts per program can be viewed here:  http://www.syr.edu/gradschool/em/pdfs/costs.pdf

Your official letter and I-20 may take several weeks to process once your financial documentation is received. Your deposit is still required by May 1 in order to reserve your space.

International students are allowed to submit advance deposits via credit card. The form and instructions are available here: http://www.syr.edu/gradschool/em/pdfs/Advance%20Tuition%20Deposit%20Payment%20by%20Credit%20Card%200811.pdf

Deferment Requests

Newhouse reviews requests for deferment on a case by case basis. If you would like to request a deferment, please submit a brief statement indicating your specific reasons for deferment to us at pcgrad@syr.edu. Include "Request for Deferment" in your subject line.

If approved, you will only be allowed to defer your admission once, and for one year. Any merit aid offered to you for this year will be forfeited and you will be reconsidered for merit aid next year. We will send you a letter explaining the terms of deferment and any deadlines you need to be aware of. Advance deposits paid for 2012 will automatically be applied to 2013 should you defer. All deferment requests must be made prior to May 1, 2012.

Merit Aid Awards

You may prefer to wait until merit aid decisions have been made before you accept your admissions offer.  Most Newhouse merit aid decisions will be made by mid-April. This includes fellowships, tuition scholarships and instructional associate positions. If you're selected for one of these awards, you'll first be contacted by e-mail or phone and if you accept you'll receive a letter with the details. We will send an email to all admitted applicants once the first round of offers has been made. Please be aware that almost all of our awards are partial and we don't have nearly enough aid to go around. The mid-April decisions will just be our first round of aid; other instructional associate positions, administrative aide positions, and research aide positions will be advertised during the summer and later on in the academic year. Positions are also available in other offices around campus; many of those openings are posted on the University's job site at https://www.sujobopps.com.