You can check the status of your requirements anytime in your application portal on Terra Dotta. Simply log in and look to see which materials are listed under “Completed requirements.” There is also a progress tracker on the main page of your application that will show how many requirements you have left to submit.

Please note that hard copy transcripts may take several days to arrive by mail and 1-2 business days to manually process.

If you have questions or concerns about the status of your required materials, please contact your CCCU GlobalEd program advisor.

We review submitted applications on a rolling basis. Each program has a different timeline for processing applications, but in most cases, you can expect an admission decision within three weeks.

First, celebrate! Then, get back to business…Within two weeks of receiving your acceptance decision, you will need to confirm your intent to participate and pay a non-refundable deposit. Throughout the rest of your admissions journey, you will be in close contact with your CCCU GlobalEd Admissions coordinator. They will send details about your upcoming semester, travel to your program, and cohort information in the months leading up to your departure. In the meantime, focus on the checking off your post-acceptance application requirements that you will find on your application portal!

Fees differ for each student depending on their campus policies and student aid arrangement. This means it is very important for you to contact the Off-Campus Study Coordinator or Financial Aid Office at your school to determine how much you will pay to study with CCCU GlobalEd. Make sure you do this prior to committing to participate in the program!

In most cases, your costs will reflect the program’s instructional fees, room, and sometimes board (food). You can find detailed information about costs, anticipated additional expenses, and billing for each program on their “Costs & Dates” tab.

All federal and state financial aid should apply to your studies with CCCU GlobalEd. Additionally, many campuses allow students to transfer some or all of their institutional financial aid, scholarships, and grants.

Again, it is very important for you to check with your school to determine if/how campus aid or scholarships are applied to a term off campus with a CCCU GlobalEd program!

CCCU GlobalEd does not offer any direct scholarships for participants; however, just like when you applied to college, there are a lot of scholarship opportunities out there! We recommend researching scholarships available for students who study off-campus during their college experience! Also, be sure to check with your campus for institution-specific scholarships. We have compiled a preliminary list here. 

For students with high demonstrated financial need, there may also be fee reductions available. If you believe you may qualify, please reach out to your CCCU GlobalEd Admissions Coordinator.

First, you should tell them why you are interested in studying off-campus with CCCU GlobalEd. Share your excitement! Explain to them how you heard about the program, why your interest has grown, and how you think the experience will benefit you.

From there, you can get into the nitty-gritty details. Everyone will have different concerns and questions, but some important topics to cover are program dates, costs, safety, and communication. While some topics are covered below, we also encourage you to share the program’s website with them. It contains a world of information about everything from housing to academics to program staff.

If you are considering a term with CCCU GlobalEd, you should be the main point of contact with our office. If your parent/guardian has questions you don’t have answers to, make a list and give your Admissions Coordinator a call or schedule a video meeting. Throughout this process, we want to encourage you to take responsibility and lean into the challenge of coordinating logistics and preparing well for your term off-campus. Studying off-campus is an exercise in independence (along with many other things!), so we consider the time before your departure as an opportunity to lay the groundwork for your overall success!

In the case of emergencies, the CCCU GlobalEd office will communicate directly with parents/guardians as well as students’ home institutions. 

We understand that safety can be a concern when considering any term off-campus, stateside or internationally. While CCCU GlobalEd cannot guarantee complete freedom from risks, we can affirm our longstanding commitment to student safety and stewardship, and our readiness to deal with emergencies in a responsible manner.

CCCU GlobalEd has been in operation for more than 40 years. We only operate programs in locations where we are confident that students will be safe. We continually monitor the news and safety conditions for changes, responding as necessary. Each program has an emergency plan that is reviewed regularly, in light of standards of good practice in off-campus programming, local regional advice, risk management consultations, and experience gained through previous emergency events. Program staff members are well connected within their local communities, with many years of experience and deep networks of resources to draw upon for advice and assistance. Additionally, each program reviews safety topics during their student orientation.

For more details on this subject, please direct them to CCCU GlobalEd’s Health & Safety page.

As the applicant or participant, CCCU GlobalEd considers you to be our primary point of contact. However, we will notify the emergency contacts that you provide on your application in the case of an emergency and/or if any safety announcements need to be sent out during the term.

Support networks are vital! Check-ins with friends and family provide support and familiarity; however, we encourage students to prioritize building community within their program location. This means that contact with family and friends could look different from a normal term at their home campus. We’ve had countless students attest that spending the bulk of their time and “emotional energy” identifying with the local culture, rather than being torn in two directions, leads to a richer overall experience. We suggest that you prepare your family and friends for the likelihood that they will not hear from you as often as usual.

During the term, you may travel to places that might not always have reliable access to phones or email, but in the case of emergencies, CCCU GlobalEd program staff always have means of communicating with our U.S. offices, including times when the group is traveling.