Application Materials

We have recently upgraded our online application process. You can now submit your application online, including letters of recommendation, Spanish proficiency verification, and FLAS eligibility form. You must still send a physical copy of your transcript/s, where requested, by mail.

Also note that all programs now only require one letter of recommendation and one Spanish language proficiency verification.

Please follow the link below to register for the OSEA Application System

Online Application Home Page

If you have any questions or difficulties with this system please contact us as soon as possible by email at contact@osea-cite.org. If you have an urgent concern you may also reach us by phone at 812.669.1369. Thank you for your interest in OSEA!

OSEA Downloadable Application Materials (hardcopy to be mailed, see instructions below)
Letter of Recommendation (PDF), for All Programs
Spanish Proficiency Form (PDF), for Applicants to All Programs
FLAS Eligibility Form (PDF), Only for Maya Immersion Program


About the Essay Questions
We are interested to know about your unique individual skills, experiences, interests, and strengths. The narrative and short answer responses help us to better understand who you are and how you will fit into the program. It makes little difference whether you have extensive or no experience traveling abroad, or whether you have skills that derive from non-academic employment or not. OSEA welcomes a diversity of applicants and accepts students with a WIDE range of life experiences, skills and motivations. The information you provide us is to facilitate the preparation of the OSEA program in which you will participate. We benefit from knowing about your unique attributes in order to create a more vibrant and relevant program. Please address the application questions in this spirit.

Hardcopy Application Instructions
All of our PDF forms are designed with text fields for you to input your information directly into the document and then print the final copy. Click here to download a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you have a complete version of Adobe Acrobat, you may save your file as a PDF and email it to apply@osea-cite.org. If you opt for this, please name according to the model below, with the year, OSEA-App, your first name, your last name. Use underscore to separate each of these sections of the filenamele: “20XX_OSEA-APP_MyFirstname_Lastname.pdf"

USA Mailing Address for all OSEA materials (including checks)
Quetzil Castañeda
CLACS, IU
1125 Atwater Street
Bloomington, IN 47401

If you have any questions, regarding the application process, please contact us at apply@osea-cite.org. If you require technical assistance, please email web@osea-cite.org. We will make every effort to assist you as soon as possible with your application process or any questions you might have.


Application and Processing Fee
Please see our Payment Process for instructions.