Admissions - How to Apply

Admissions

High School Seminars: How to Apply

These instructions are for applicants to Science at SEA or Oceanography of the Southern California Bight ONLY. Students applying to Oceanography of the Gulf of Maine must apply directly to Cornell University's Shoals Marine Lab.

High School Seminars Application Checklist

  1. Application form: Complete online form (preferable) or download paper forms
  2. $25 application fee: Pay online (preferable) or with a check payable to "Sea Education Association". If the latter, please write applicant's name and "HS Program" on the check.
  3. Two essays (200 word minimum) answering the following questions:
    • Essay 1: Explain why you wish to participate in this program. How will you benefit? How will you contribute to this program?
    • Essay 2: Tell us about a community of which you are an active member. What do you give and take from this group of people?
    Please write your name & the program to which you're applying at the top of each essay.
  4. Official high school transcript
  5. One academic reference, preferably completed by your current high school science teacher: Download reference form.

 

High School Seminars Application Submission Instructions

Due to the high volume of applications, we strongly encourage applicants to complete the online application. Once the online form is submitted, applicants must submit the rest of the requirements (essays, transcript, reference, and $25 check if not paying application fee online) in one complete packet to:

SEA High School Admissions
P.O. Box 6
Woods Hole, MA 02543

or (if via FedEx/UPS)

SEA High School Admissions
171 Woods Hole Road
Falmouth, MA 02540

Files will not be reviewed until the online or paper application has been submitted, and all supplementary items have been received in one complete packet.

 

High School Seminars Application Review

SEA will conduct application reviews on the first of each month between December 1 and April 1, and on a rolling basis thereafter. Space availability is posted on each program's webpage.