Application Information for Semester Abroad Program
Applications for participation in R-MC's semester abroad programs are available for individual pick-up at Kim Cressy's office, the Office of International Education, located on the first floor of Thomas Branch (building #3 on the campus map).
Students should submit a completed semester abroad application, and supporting materials by the deadlines listed below.
Application - The application packet consists of the following forms:
- Application for Semester/Year Abroad
- Two Academic letters of Recommendation
- 1 unofficial transcript
Students nominated (approved) by the OIE will have two weeks to accept by submitting the following:
- $350 Program Fee (check made payable to R-MC)
- Health and Liability forms (information provided by OIE at time of nomination)
- Semester Abroad Credit Permission Form (information provided by OIE at time of nomination)
- External application* (e.g. ISEP, Kansai-Gaidai University)
- 1 official transcript
NOTE: The Office of International Education will not review applications until we receive a completed application, official transcript and TWO academic letters of recommendation.
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Deadlines: Semester Abroad Programs
The number of students we can accept into semester abroad programs is limited. Thus, for a student's application to receive full consideration it must be submitted by the appropriate deadline.
- November 06, 2009 - For all exchange and non-exchange programs beginning in fall 2010.
- April 9, 2010 - For all exchange and non exchange programs beginning in spring 2011.
Also note the additional deadlines below.
*Additional deadlines: Many of our semester/year abroad programs require students to submit a second application (also known as "external application") directly to the overseas institution or program provider. For more information contact the Office of International Education.
NOTE: Our office may consider applications and supporting materials received after the deadlines, but only if there are openings with our semester abroad EXCHANGE programs.
Deadlines: J-term Study/Travel Courses
Although students must apply to participate in a semester abroad program, applications are not used with study/travel courses, usually taught during the four-week January term (J-term). Instead, after consulting with their advisors, students preregister for study/travel courses through the Registrar's Office, just as they do for other J-term and spring semester classes.
Prerequisites: Some study/travel courses have prerequisites that students must meet in order to take the class. Consult course descriptions in Randolph-Macon's Academic Catalog for more information about a course's prerequisites, if any.
Contact the instructor: Faculty members hold organizational meetings and orientation sessions with students, sometimes months before travel courses begin. So if you preregister for a study/travel course, contact the faculty member teaching the class, let him or her know you plan to take it, and give the instructor your telephone number(s), e-mail address(es), and mailing addresses (home and college) so he or she can contact you about meetings prior to the start of J-term.
Orientation: All participants in study/travel courses are encouraged to attend an orientation session run by the Office of International Education. Two orientation sessions are scheduled each fall for students who plan to take a study/travel course in the J-term. Students may select which orientation session to attend.
Scholarships: Randolph-Macon students who have a current FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form on file with the college's Financial Aid office can apply to the Office of International Education for funds to help pay the cost of their participation in study/travel courses offered through the college.
For more information contact the Office of International Education.