APPLICATION FORM School of Humanities Study Abroad Program 2015-2016 INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS This application form is for School of Humanities students of the Ateneo de Manila University. Please print this out on A4 paper; feel free to add additional sheets if necessary. Please answer all questions and submit this with all other requirements (see “SOH JTA Program 2015-2016 Required Documents”) on or before the deadline; incomplete applications will not be processed. Please attach a passportsize photo (45 mm x 35 mm) here. APPLICATION DEADLINES: For Summer Term Abroad 2015: Saturday, 14 February 2015 For Junior Term Abroad 2016: Wednesday, 18 February 2015 INFORMATION – You may fill in the form fields using Microsoft Word, or you may handwrite the information using print letters. ADMU ID number: Surname (as it appears on your passport): Given name/s (as it appears on your passport): Middle name: Year and course (I.S. majors: include concentrations): Second major, if any: Minor programs, if any: Address in Manila Number and Street: Subdivision, Barangay: Postal Code, City, Province: Permanent Address - Number and Street: Subdivision, Barangay: Postal Code, City, Province: Date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy): Telephone number: Email address (an address you check frequently) Are you an OAA scholar? Gender: Male Female Cellphone number: Cumulative QPI at the time of application: Yes No If so, please indicate the amount of your scholarship: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE – In 350 words or less, please describe why you wish to join the SOH Junior Term Abroad Program. You may attach a separate sheet if necessary. If you already have preferred destination/s or university/universities, you may indicate it here, along with an explanation for your preference/s. 1 PREFERRED JTA SCHEMES – Kindly indicate the JTA schemes for which you wish to be considered. You may select more than one; please check all that apply. Yes, I am interested. Junior Term Abroad: Fee-Paying Scheme – Second Semester SY 2015-2016 Under the Fee-Paying Scheme, you pay the full tuition of the destination university abroad. This is usually the most expensive scheme, but there tend to be more available slots per institution. Some institutions only offer a Fee-Paying Scheme. Junior Term Abroad: Tuition-Waiver/Student Exchange Scheme – Second Semester SY 2015-2016 Under the Tuition-Waiver Scheme, you do not need to pay the full tuition of the destination university. Instead, you pay to Ateneo a Foreign Student Counterpart Fee (also known as the ISEP fee) to cover one semester’s tuition of an exchange student coming to Ateneo. There are limited slots per institution that offers this scheme, but Ateneo has dozens of partner institutions that offer this scheme. Junior Term Abroad: ASEAN University Network Credit Transfer Scheme – Second Semester SY 2015-2016 Under the ASEAN University Network (AUN) Credit Transfer Scheme, students are given a partial financial grant by Ateneo to study at one of the top universities in an ASEAN country. The final decision regarding your acceptance is made by the partner institution to which you have applied, not by Ateneo. Application is competitive among students from all over ASEAN competing for slots at each university. As a result, being accepted into the JTA program does not guarantee that you will be accepted by the AUN university of your choice. This is open to students who will be juniors during the study-abroad semester. Junior Term Abroad: ASEAN International Mobility for Students (AIMS) Programme Under the AIMS Programme, students may apply to a program offered by another university that is also part of the AIMS network, a network that includes universities from seven countries: the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, and Japan. Successful applicants have the opportunity to be considered for a scholarship grant offered by the Philippine Commission on Higher Education that covers airfare and living expenses. Application for the scholarship is competitive among students from all over Asia competing for slots at each university. As a result, being accepted into the JTA program does not guarantee that you will be accepted by the AIMS university of your choice, nor does it guarantee that you will be given an AIMS scholarship. Junior Term Abroad: Temasek Foundation LEaRN Programme – First or Second Semester SY 2015-2016 [full scholarship] The Temasek Foundation in Singapore, through its Leadership Enrichment and Regional Networking (LEaRN) Programme, extends financial grants for students from across Asia to study at a university in Singapore. Application is competitive, and students are chosen by the Temasek Foundation based on their leadership or community service record, as well as their academic achievement. Apart from their academic study, successful applicants also participate in other activities in Singapore organized by the Temasek Foundation. The School of Humanities has a screening process to select its nominees for the programme, but the final decision rests with the destination universities in Singapore. As a result, being accepted into the JTA program does not guarantee that you will be accepted into the Temasek Foundation LEaRN Programme or into the TF LEaRN university to which you have been nominated. This is open to students 2 No, I am not interested. who will be juniors during the study-abroad semester. Junior Term Abroad: Sophia AIMS (SAIMS) Program – Second Semester SY 2015-2016 [partial scholarship] Apart from its regular student exchange program, Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, has a special interdisciplinary study-abroad scheme under the ASEAN International Mobility for Students Program. The SAIMS program is open to students interested in spending a semester taking subjects that are geared toward the field of human development, specifically the theme, “Human Ecology: Diversity and Connectivity of Science and Nature.” Apart from taking classes related to this field, students also have the option to do fieldwork and participate in volunteer work. Successful candidates under this program are given a partial scholarship. This program is open to students who will be juniors during the study-abroad semester. Summer Abroad Program (Fee-Paying) – Intersession Term SY 2015-2016 Held during the intersession (usually June to July 2015), the Summer Abroad Program allows Ateneo students to take 1 to 2 creditable subjects abroad (the equivalent of 6 units) at one of Ateneo’s partner universities that accept studyabroad students during the intersession. This is a fee-paying scheme, but is cheaper than the regular JTA fee-paying scheme because the student will be abroad for a shorter time. This scheme is open to students who are at least 18 years old on 1 March 2015, have completed freshman year at the Ateneo at the time of studying abroad, and who have at least one more full term of study upon returning from abroad. There are a limited number of partner universities that offer this scheme. Casa Bayanihan Alternative JTA Scheme Under this program, the student does not go abroad for her/his JTA term. Instead, she/he lives with and attends classes with a community of foreign students from the University of San Francisco undergoing their Casa Bayanihan experience in the Philippines. Casa Bayanihan is an immersion program that has four pillars: accompaniment (accompanying the urban poor who live in select praxis sites which are visited regularly), academics, community (living in simple community life with other Casa Bayanihan participants), and spirituality (prayer and spiritual direction). Partial grants are available for this program. FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS – The SOH JTA Program does not award JTA scholarships to students other than those indicated above. However, a few destination universities do offer a limited number of scholarships/grants on a competitive basis. If you wish to be considered for these programs that offer scholarships/grants, please describe your financial situation below. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Name of Institution Academic Years Attended Elementary Education 3 Awards/Honors Received Secondary Education Tertiary Education CITIZENSHIP Citizenship: Other citizenship/s: (passport to be used): (for holders of dual/multiple citizenship): Mother tongue/1st language: City and country of birth: KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES OTHER THAN YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE Language: Basic Intermediate College-level Near-native Basic Intermediate College-level Near-native Basic Intermediate College-level Near-native Basic Intermediate College-level Near-native Reading: Writing: Speaking: Language: Reading: Writing: Speaking: Language: Reading: Writing: Speaking: Language: Reading: Writing: Speaking: TRAVEL HISTORY Have you ever traveled to or lived in countries other than the Philippines? Country Purpose Approximate dates of visit INDEPENDENT LIVING Do you or have you ever lived independently from your parents/primary guardians for an extended period of time (one month or more)? If so, kindly describe the context in which you have. 4 HEALTH AND SPECIAL NEEDS Do you have any health condition that could prevent a regular schedule of work and study? Please explain. Do you have any disabilities or disorders (e.g., physical disabilities, learning disabilities, psychological disorders) or similar conditions that may require special academic accommodations, assistance, or monitoring? Please explain. CURRENT IPS Please fill in the catalog numbers & course titles (abbreviations are fine) of the courses that you are scheduled to take according to your IPS as it currently stands. For current freshman applying for the summer abroad program, please also also include your IPS for freshman year in a separate sheet of paper. Second year, 1st semester Second year, 2nd semester Third year, Summer Semester Third year, 1st semester Third year, 2nd semester Fourth year, Summer Semester 5 Fourth year, 1st semester Fourth year, 2nd semester POTENTIAL MAJOR CHANGES TO YOUR IPS – If you anticipate that you will be making changes to your IPS because you plan to shift to a different major/concentration, or because you plan to take a minor or specialization, please explain below. Your signature constitutes a pledge that the written responses to the questions in this application are accurate and entirely your own work. _____________________________ Applicant’s Signature _____________ Date I hereby endorse the application of ______________________________ to the School of Humanities Study Abroad Program 2015-2016. _________________________________ Name and Signature of the Department Chair _____________ Date 6
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