Visiting ILR
Come visit! There are both ILR-specific and campus-wide programs you can participate in when you visit.
Open House and Transfer Day
A great way for prospective freshmen and their families to learn more about ILR is to visit campus during our Open House event in October. If you are planning to spend the night, you will need to make your hotel reservations well in advance. For details, please see the Open House website.
Transfer students will want to visit during ILR's Transfer Day, which is held in early November. For details, please see the Transfer Day website
ILR Hosting Program
Take a tour or attend class with an ILR student! If you'd like to experience some ILR classes or arrange an overnight stay in a residence hall with one of our students, email Michelle Kremer, President of the ILR Ambassadors, or call ILR Undergraduate Admissions at 607-255-2222.
ILR Information Sessions
Group Sessions
We encourage all prospective students to attend an ILR information session, offered every weekday at 2:30 p.m. in 216 Ives Hall. Our information sessions will introduce you to our curriculum, admissions process, and the student and career services provided to ILR students.
To sign up for an information session, please contact ILR Undergraduate Admissions by phone at 607-255-2222 or by email.
ILR does not do personal interviews for freshman prospects.
Cornell Campus Tours and Information Sessions
To experience a slice of life on campus, Cornell's student-run Red Carpet Society can also put you in touch with a Cornell student who will host you for a tour of classes and an overnight visit in a residence hall. Red Carpet hosting runs from September 12 to March 2, except during vacation and exam periods. Contact the Red Carpet Society at least two weeks before your visit by email or by phone at 607-255-3447. See the Undergraduate Admissions Office for information on visiting Cornell.
Campus tours are also available throughout the year.
Accommodations in Ithaca
For information on local hotels, see VisitIthaca.com.
ILR Parking Information
If you plan to attend an admissions event, please stop by one of the four staffed Visitor and Parking Information Booths at the main entrances to campus. Information booths are staffed 7:30 am to 5:00 pm. Identify yourself as an admissions guest. You will be given, at no charge, a permit and directions to park in the area designated for admissions visitors. Campus maps are available at the information booths.
Unscheduled visitors driving to Cornell can park in any metered area on campus, or buy visitor permits valid for one day at any information booth or at the Transportation Office. A visitor staying at the Statler Hotel will have free parking at the hotel, but may also purchase a parking permit which will allow parking anywhere on campus. Park as close as possible to Ives Hall when visiting ILR.
Many parking spaces on campus are reserved for staff and faculty with disabilities and are clearly posted for restricted hours, license plate numbers of authorized vehicles, and other conditions of use. In addition, general parking spaces designated for the disabled are provided campus-wide. Any vehicle with a current university handicap parking permit or current visitor permit accompanied by a handicap designation (placard or license plate) may park in these spaces.