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OSEA’s Application Process
Currently OSEA runs four programs in the summer. Each of one has a different application deadline and a distinct application form with different questions to which you must respond.
We encourage you to use the online application forms accessible by the links below. If there are any glitchs or troubles in the forms please feel free to contact us at onlineapps@osea-cite.org or call 812 669-1369 for assistance.
Online Applications
OSEA Heritage Ethnography Field School
SELT Teaching English Service Learning
OSEA Maya Language Immersion — not available until February 10
OSEA Intensive Spanish Immersion Course
Additional Application Materials
Supplementary Online Application Forms that ALL Applicants must fill out and submit:
Online Letters of Support Forms filled out and submitted by Third-Persons.
Applicants send your letter writers the link to this page :
Transcripts
Transcripts are required for Ethnography Field School and Teaching English Service Learning, but these need not originate directly from your university. While you may have your school send the transcript directly to us, we would actually prefer if you were to scan a copy of current official transcripts that you have in your possession and send it as an attachment to onlineapps@osea-cite.org.
Letters of Recommendation
OSEA requires only one letter of recommendation for each of its programs. A second letter is optional and at the discretion of the applicant.
Letters of Recommendation are not required for either language programs, that is, the Intensive Maya Immersion or the Intensive Spanish Immersion. Spanish Proficiency Forms: Who Needs to Submit Them?
Every applicant to every program is required to submit the Self-Assessment Spanish Proficiency Form. Every applicant to every program, with the exception of the Intensive Maya Immersion, to also submit a third party Spanish Evaluation Form or letter of recommendation about the applicant's level of Spanish and suggested target areas to prioritize in learning.
Participants in Intensive Maya Immersion need not have a Spanish evaluation. So long as the Self-Assessment Spanish is submitted we do not need a third-person evaluation. Be aware: A little Spanish for this program helps, but high proficiency in Spanish might actually be detrimental to the immersion learning as it could provide an easy escape route or option to pushing oneself to master Maya in all contexts!
Troubleshooting Application Problems
If you have any questions or difficulties with this system please contact us as soon as possible by email at onlineapps@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!
Application Deadlines
Applicants should read carefully the instructions for each program to ensure a timely review of materials. No application will be considered without submission of all the forms, letters of recommendation, supporting documents, and fees.OSEA applications are accepted for the summer programs beginning in late December of each year.
The Heritage Ethnography Field School has Early Decision Applications, Regular Deadline and Rolling Late Applications.
Teaching English Service Learning applications are accepted starting in early January and are accepted on a rolling basis until roster is filled.
Each program has its own deadlines and application process. For a complete listing of all deadlines see Schedule of Fees
Check here for information about grants and scholarships to help finance your participation in OSEA summer field study abroad programs.
OSEA Direct Enrollment Plan
OSEA is an independent, non-degree school. You must apply and submit all materials and payments directly to OSEA. If you intend to make a payment to OSEA via a third party (such as a university or foundation in the form of a grant, scholarship, or other funding award) you need to verify in advance with their staff that they can make the payment directly to OSEA. Different funding agencies have different requirements. Some require that payment be made directly to the student and other funding agencies require payment be made only to the educational providor, which would be OSEA in this case. Double check these stipulations with your scholarship/grant source to ensure that your receipt of funding allows you to make payments in accordance with the OSEA schedule of fees and payments.
Schedule of Fees, Payments and Cancellation Policy (Direct Enrollment)
Pay Options for payments to OSEA (Direct Enrollment)
Downloadable Application Materials
are not currently available
Application materials for OSEA programs are available on our website. Our PDF forms are designed with text fields for you to input your information directly into the document and then print the final copy. The electronic application must be filled out and submitted in one setting. Given this, we recommended that, regardless of which format you choose, you review the forms in advance to prepare your responses.
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