HOW TO APPLY
The fastest and most reliable way to apply to SOCAPA is to fill out our Online Application. You may also download and fill out our Paper Application and mail it to our New York office but mailed applications can take up to two weeks longer for us to process than those received online.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Before our Admissions Office can process your application, we must receive all of the following required items. Upon receipt of complete application, it will be assessed and you will be notified of acceptance by email and by post. Please note that your space in the program is not secure until we have received and approved all application materials. In addition, final payment and forms must be received by May 1, 2012 to maintain your status. Failure to complete payment and submit forms by due date may result in cancellation of registration and loss of registration deposit. For applications submitted after the May 1 deadline, payment is due in full with application. If SOCAPA does not accept a student who has completed their application, all fees will be returned. Please refer to the Terms of Agreement for complete cancellation policy.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
An application is not complete until the office has received all of the following:
- A Complete Online or Paper Application: Please complete ALL sections including the Emergency Contact Information and Student Details. Questions about experience and interest also need to be answered.
- Your Report Card: A recent school transcript or report card showing the applicant's grades/courses from at least one marking period within the last calendar year. This does not need to be an official transcript; a photocopy or fax is fine. What is a report card?
- Our Paper Signature Form: A signed campus-specific Signature Form acknowledging that both the primary parent and the student have read and understand our safety and supervision policies as well as our other policies outlined in our Terms of Agreement.
- A Registration Deposit: A $500 nonrefundable registration deposit is also required to secure your place in the program. This deposit is applied to the cost of the tuition. If there is no space or you are not accepted to the program, your deposit will be returned. You may pay the deposit online using a credit card (MasterCard or Visa) or you may send in a personal check or wire transfer after you complete the online application.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
SOCAPA operates under a rolling admissions policy, meaning that our admissions office reviews and decides on applications as they are received until there are no openings left in the session/program. Applicants are generally notified of their admissions status within two weeks from the time our office receives a complete application package: online application/paper application, report card, signature form, and the $500 registration deposit. In past years, we have closed some programs as early as January and yet, due to last minute cancellations, we have had openings in other programs up to two weeks before the start date. We highly recommend early application as space is competitive and limited.
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DO YOU STILL HAVE SPACE?
The best way to determine if there is still space in a given program is to start our Online Application process. If you can select "Register Now!" next to a program, then the program is still available. If instead of "Register Now!" you see the words "CLOSED, JOIN WAITLIST" then the program is no longer available except as Waitlist. To join our waitlist for a given program, simply click on this "Join Waitlist" link next to the program's listing. If a student cancels or if the waitlist gets large enough to justify opening another class, we will notify you immediately!
-Karen S., Michigan