Media/Art/Culture, BS

SUNY Stony Brook University

First year students or freshman are those still in high school or have completed high school but have not attended college after high school. Transfer students are anyone who, after high school graduation, has enrolled in university-level courses either in the US or another country. Official High School Transcript First year students or freshman are those still in high school or have completed high school but have not attended college after high school.An essay on the topic of your choice is required and can be submitted with your application or uploaded to your StartSBU Portal.An appropriate use of an AI tool is to help you explore admission essay ideas or to refine your admission essay based on the topic selected; however, it is important that the final work be yours. AI tools should be used as a resource, similar to resources you may use at your school, e.g. a counselor or teacher. As with counselors and teachers who are not writing your essay for you, AI should not either. This guidance extends to essays written for any university admission purpose*, including essays and short answers for our University Honors Programs and Simons STEM Scholars Program.First year students or freshman are those still in high school or have completed high school but have not attended college after high school. Transfer students are anyone who, after high school graduation, has enrolled in university-level courses either in the US or another country.