Undergraduates
Optional Dental Plan: 2008 - 09
Costs are rising for all kinds of health services, including dental care. A reasonably
priced optional dental plan, provided by First Ameritas, is available to those
enrolled in the SHIP (students, as well as dependents). This plan allows you to
receive dental services with participating providers in the
Read more about the dental plan and find answers to frequently asked questions at the First Ameritas website.
Download and print the 2008-2009 dental plan brochure and application (pdf).
You may also pick up a hard copy at the Office of Student Health Insurance in Collegetown.
For Fall 2008
Eligibility:
- You must be enrolled in the SHIP to enroll in this dental plan.
- To enroll dependents (spouse, same-sex partner (SSP), children), you and they must be enrolled in the SHIP.
Effective dates for Fall enrollment:
- August 17, 2008–August 16, 2009
Enrollment deadline:
- Fall enrollment: September 30, 2008
- Late registrants: within 30 days of registration
For Spring 2009
Eligibility:
- Due to plan limitations, only students who are eligible to enroll in the SHIP
at the beginning of the spring semester and who do enroll in the SHIP may enroll in the dental plan.
- This includes students entering Cornell for the first time or returning to Cornell after being away for the fall semester.
- Eligible dependents of these students who also are enrolled in the SHIP are eligible.
- Students who were registered at Cornell for the fall semester of 2008, even those who are enrolled in the SHIP, are not eligible to enroll in the dental plan for spring semester only. You may enroll in the plan at the beginning of the next plan year.
Effective dates for new Spring entrants:
- January 16, 2009–August 16, 2009
Enrollment deadline:
- New spring semester students only: February 28, 2009
- Late registrants: within 30 days of registration