RIT Alumni Referral Award

The application is closed for Fall of 2025. It will reopen in August for Fall of 2026 applicants. We appreciate your support in referring a student to RIT.

As alumni, you play an invaluable role in the recruitment of future generations of Tigers, and we are incredibly grateful you think so highly of your alma mater to recommend it to others!

The RIT Alumni Referral Award allows you to nominate one undergraduate student applying for admission to RIT for a $1,000/year scholarship* (renewable for four years, totaling $4,000) if:

They are a new student applying for this coming academic year
They apply and submit all admissions materials by the appropriate deadline

Referral names for the 2025-2026 academic year must be received by the Office of Admission by the application deadline for the selected admission program. Those deadlines are:

First-year students applying Early Decision 1 – November 1, 2024
First-year students applying Early Action - November 1, 2024
First-year students applying Early Decision 2 – January 1, 2025
First-year students applying Regular Decision – January 15, 2025
Transfer Students – January 15, 2025

Nominations submitted after the stated deadlines will not be accepted.

Nominated students must be admitted and enroll full-time at RIT to receive the scholarship funding.

The referral form must be complete by the deadline above in order to qualify them for this special award program. Scholarship dollars cannot be granted retroactively for this program, so please don't delay!

Each alumni can nominate one applicant per year for this award. The Office of Admission will be sure to be in touch with prospective students as they navigate the college search process, and we encourage you to also check in with these students from time to time to offer advice and encouragement.

Thank you for helping us shape the future of RIT and find the best and brightest young people to join our community - Go Tigers!

*Please Note: Deaf and hard-of-hearing students accepted into an associate or bachelor’s degree program and students accepted into the ASL-English interpretation program will receive the prorated amount of $500/year to reflect the lower assessed tuition rate.

Please direct questions to Lisa Vasaturo at lmvadm@rit.edu.

Alumnus/a Information

First Name

Last Name

Former Last Name

Full Name (Internal Display Name)

RIT Program/Major

Preferred Graduation Year

Email Address

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Mailing Address

Country

Street

City

Region

Postal Code

Mobile Phone

Home Phone

What is your relationship to the student?

Other Relationship

Please provide a brief comment on why you think the student would make a great addition to the RIT community (50 words max):

Student Information

Student's RIT Application Plan & Award Nomination Deadline

The referral form must be complete by the deadline above in order to qualify them for this special award program.

Student First Name

Student Last Name

Student Permanent Address

Country

Street

City

Region

Postal Code

Student Email

Student Birthdate

Student Mobile Phone Number

High School or Last School Attended

CEEB (will automatically populate when school is selected from list)

Student Graduation Year

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