Admissions

Eligibility

Applicants should have a GPA of 3.0 or above.

Application Checklist

1. Personal statement explaining your interest in the program
2. One letter of recommendation from a recent professor
3. College transcript(s)
4. Application fee: $75 (non-Middlebury students only)
5. Confirm with your home institution who is responsible for approving summer transfer credit.

Application Deadlines

1st Round Deadline: January 15

2nd Round Deadline: April 1

Applicants are recommended to apply early, since places and financial aid are limited. Applications for the first round deadline will be reviewed by the Academic Committee in Oxford in mid-January. After January 15, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Financial aid is awarded in order of admissions decision and completion of the financial aid application. Priority will be given to those who apply by the first round deadline.

If the deadline has passed, you will not be able to access the application without calling our office at 802-443-5847. Late applications will be considered on a space-available basis and provided that visa deadlines can be met.

For application questions, email Catherine Pierattini or call 802-443-5534.

Financial Aid

Both Middlebury and non-Middlebury students are eligible to receive aid. Middlebury College students must submit an application form, even if they are already receiving financial aid for the academic year.

To apply: 
After starting an application and filling out basic identifying information, applicants will receive an email with a link to the Middlebury Financial Aid Portal. From that system, students can complete their aid applications. Middlebury College students will use their Middlebury email addresses to log in, and students from other colleges and universities will be given a guest account associated with the email address they used for their application. The application form must be submitted by April 1 at the latest, but applying early (and especially before the priority deadline of January 15) grants the highest chance of receiving aid before it runs out.

To be considered for financial aid, a student must also have been granted admission to the Museum Studies program. Do not wait for an admissions decision to submit the financial aid application.

Please note: financial aid packages can only be calculated for one Middlebury summer program at a time. If you have applied to another program (Middlebury Language Schools, School of the Environment, etc.) you will not be able to compare aid awards.

Statement of Nondiscrimination

Middlebury College (“Middlebury”) complies with applicable provisions of state and federal law* which prohibit discrimination in employment, or in admission or access to its educational or extracurricular programs, activities, or facilities, on the basis of race, creed, color, place of birth, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin (including language), religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, service in the armed forces of the United States, positive HIV-related blood test results, genetic information, or against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability and/or any other status or characteristic as defined and to the extent protected by applicable law. Middlebury also complies with all other anti-discrimination protections that might be provided by particular states in which it operates educational programs; questions about the scope of any such protections should be addressed to the Civil Rights and Title IX Coordinator and/or the on-site administrative representative for the particular program at issue. 

Campus Security and Fire Safety Reports

Middlebury College’s Annual Safety and Fire Reports contain important information about Middlebury’s safety and security programs, policies and procedures, crime statistics, fire-related statistics regarding student residential facilities, and other fire safety-related information. Printed copies are available upon request via email to Middlebury’s Department of Public Safety at publicsafety@middlebury.edu or by contacting Public Safety at 802-443-5133.