HOW TO APPLY
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND APPLY NOW! STEP 1: APPLICATION FORM & PAYMENT Click on the Apply Now link on our home page and fill out the online Application Form. As part of the application process, you will create an online account and choose a password. When you have completed the Application Form, you will be prompted to make a payment of $700 (made up of a $200 Application Fee and a $500 Tuition Deposit) via credit card (MasterCard or Visa); or you may mail a check made payable to Putney Student Travel.
STEP 2: AGREEMENT FORM Upon completion of the Application Form and $700 payment, you will receive access to your personal digital locker. Your digital locker will provide the resources you will need to complete the application process and prepare for your trip. Through your digital locker, you will be prompted to submit a signed Agreement Form. Upon receipt of this form, we will temporarily hold a space for you in the program.
STEP 3: APPLICATION STATEMENT & TEACHER REFERENCES Through your digital locker, you will submit your Applicant Statement explaining why you would like to join a National Geographic Student Expedition as well as two Teacher Reference Forms. Fill out the forms with your teachers’ names and email addresses, and they will be sent a link asking them to complete and submit your reference online. Upon receipt of all materials (Application Form, $700 payment, Applicant Statement, two completed Teacher Reference Forms, and signed Agreement Form), we will process your application and make a prompt decision. You will receive an email from our Admissions Committee shortly thereafter. If you wish to apply through the mail rather than online, call us at 1-877-877-8759 and we will be happy to mail you an application.
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ELIGIBILITY Students ages 13 and older who are completing 7th and 8th grades are eligible to participate in our middle school expeditions. Students who are completing 9th through 12th grades are eligible to participate in our high school programs. GROUP SIZE AND COMPOSITION Group sizes generally range between 14 and 28 participants. Our community service programs are limited to 18 participants; the size of photography workshops is generally 25–30 students; and our university workshops each accommodate up to 75 students. The student-to-trip-leader ratio is usually between six and eight to one and never more than nine to one. In addition to trip leaders, a National Geographic expert joins a portion of each expedition, generally for a period of four to eight days. On our photography workshops, the National Geographic expert joins the entire program. On our university workshops, two National Geographic experts join a portion of the program. TRANSPORTATION DETAILS International and domestic airfare and any in-country internal flights are not included in the cost of tuition. We have arranged for an escorted round-trip group flight for each of our international (and Alaska and Hawaii) programs, and will provide applicants with information about these flights. Group flights for each program begin and end at a meeting point at a major U.S. airport. For our U.S. programs (except Alaska and Hawaii), students arriving and departing by plane are met by a trip leader at the arrival/departure airport. On all programs, parents are responsible for making arrangements for students to get to and from the U.S. departure/ return meeting points. PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILMMAKING High school students who choose the Photography On Assignment project on an expedition must bring their own digital camera, and
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