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Participant Requirements - Change of Status and Program Withdrawal
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All BOSP participants are subject to and will be held accountable for the policies in this section. Please review them carefully.
Accepted
Although you have been admitted to the program and are confirmed, failure to turn in required materials by the Required Materials Deadline, attend the mandatory orientation session and complete mandatory orientation activities will result in your removal from the program. This will enable us to better prepare students for studying abroad, and will ensure fairness to students on the waitlist who have completed all of these items.
Waitlisted
If you are currently waitlisted for any BOSP program (Quarter-length, Consortium or Seminar), know that we will ONLY accept students from the waitlist who have turned in all of their required materials, and who have attended the mandatory orientation meeting regardless of where you might be ranked on the waitlist. Students who fail to do this will be administratively withdrawn from the waitlist. This will enable us to better prepare students for studying abroad, and will ensure fairness to other students on the waitlist who have completed all of these items.
Students on the Waitlist who have completed all of the necessary items above will be accepted into the program as soon as space becomes available, even on very short notice up until it becomes no longer possible to admit you to the program. Please understand that it is impossible for BOSP to predict whether you will be accepted into the program. You may remain on the waitlist for as long as you wish.
If you do not wish to remain on the waitlist, please send an email to [email protected], so that we can remove you from the list.
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Extending Your Stay (Quarter-length programs only)
If you are considering staying in the program for 2 or 3 quarters or are enjoying the program so much that you wish to continue your studies abroad on the program for another quarter, it is often possible to extend your stay overseas to a second or third quarter depending on the program! To request an extension, you must complete, sign and return the 2012-13 Extension Request Form or 2013-14 Extension Request Form to BOSP at [email protected] or submit it directly to the BOSP office
Withdrawing from a Program
Withdrawing from a Program
Please refer to your BOSP Participation Agreement for withdrawal deadlines.
In the unfortunate event that you must withdraw from a program, please notify BOSP immediately so that another student may have the opportunity to participate in the program. In addition, to officially withdraw from the program you must complete, sign & return the Withdrawal Request Form for the appropriate program below to BOSP at [email protected] or submit it directly to the BOSP office. It is important that you read this information carefully and consider that withdrawing from the program may have financial consequences.
2013-14 Withdrawal Request Form, Consortium for Advanced Studies in Barcelona
2012-13 Withdrawal Request Form, Quarter Length Programs
2013-14 Withdrawal Request Form, Quarter Length Programs
2012-13 Withdrawal Request Form, 2012-13 Overseas Seminars
Note: For the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies (KCJS), you will fill out a 2013-14 Withdrawal Request Form, Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies and must contact Columbia University to officially withdraw from the program.