2012 Application Form | Critical Languages Institute

Instructions

TO APPLY TO CLI, COMPLETE THE FORM BELOW, THEN SEND TRANSCRIPTS AND ANY OTHER MATERIALS REQUESTED THERE TO CLI@ASU.EDU OR:

Critical Languages Institute
2012 Selection Committee
PO Box 874202
Tempe, AZ 85287-4202

UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS ARE ACCEPTABLE.

ALL MATERIALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5PM ARIZONA TIME ON MARCH 2, 2012.

THIS FORM CANNOT BE SAVED. YOU MUST COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION IN A SINGLE SESSION. PLEASE COMPOSE YOUR ESSAYS IN ADVANCE THEN CUT AND PASTE THEM INTO THE FORM.

1. Choose Your CLI Program

NOTE: You cannot save your application and return to it later. You must complete it in one sitting. Please read the questions before you begin. Consider composing any statements or essays in a word processor then cutting and pasting them into the application form.

First Choice: *

Second Choice:

2. Provide Contact Information

ASU ID Number:

ASU STUDENTS: PLEASE SUPPLY YOUR 10-DIGIT ASU ID NUMBER.

First Name: *

Last Name: *

E-Mail: *

ENTER ONE OR MORE EMAIL ADDRESSES WHERE WE CAN REACH YOU WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION. SEPARATE ADDRESSES BY SEMICOLON.

Primary Phone:

Cell Phone:

Current Address:

Permanent Address:

3. Provide Information on Your Academic Background

Academic Status: *

Year of Study (undergraduates only):

Major/Specialty/Career Field: *

School/University/Employer: *

IF BETWEEN SCHOOLS (E.G. A GRADUATING SENIOR WHO HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO GRAD SCHOOL), THEN THE SCHOOL TO WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN ADMITTED
IF NOT A STUDENT, THE FIRM FOR WHICH YOU WORK (INCLUDING 'UNEMPLOYED' AND 'SELF EMPLOYED').

Highest Academic Degree:

Institution Where Highest Degree was Awarded:

Year Highest Degree was Awarded:

List any significant academic awards you have received, and the date you received them:

4. Tell CLI About Your Language-Learning Experience

Native Language(s):

Previous Language Training:

LIST ANY LANGUAGE COURSES YOU HAVE TAKEN, AS FOLLOWS: LANGUAGE, DURATION, LOCATION.
EXAMPLE:
GERMAN, 4 YEARS, HIGH-SCHOOL
GERMAN, 3 YEARS, UNDERGRAD, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
GERMAN, 1 YEAR, STUDY ABROAD IN MUNICH

5. Provide a Statement of Purpose (500 words or fewer)

1. Why do you wish to study this language at CLI?
2. How will your CLI experience further your academic/career plans?

Statement of Purpose: *

6. Additional Questions for Title VIII Fellowship Applicants

Title VIII Eligibility Check

I am a citizen of the United States of America:

Yes

I am a graduate student registered in a U.S. institution of higher education or will be one in fall 2012:

Yes

I am applying to study Tatar, Tajik, Uzbek, Armenian, Macedonian, Albanian, or BCS; or I am applying to study Russian at the 300 or 400 level.:

Yes

Eligibility:

I said "yes" to all the questions above. I am ELIGIBLE for Title VIII funding.

I said "no" to one or more of the questions above. I am NOT ELIGIBLE for Title VIII funding.

Title VIII Statement of Purpose (500 words or fewer)

Title VIII funding goes preferentially to students planning careers in government service or academic careers in fields related to the study of Eastern Europe or Eurasia.

1. Explain how your career plans relate to government service and/or the study of Eurasia or Eastern Europe.

2. Then discuss how receiving Title VIII funding to study at CLI will help you in your career.

3. Finally, discuss any plans you have to continue your language study after summer 2012.

Title VIII Statement of Purpose:

Two Letters of Recommendation

In addition to the transcript required of all CLI applicants, Title VIII applicants must also supply:

Two letters of recommendation responding to at least the following questions:
(1) Name and affiliation of recommender
(2) How do you know the applicant?
(3) How is the study of [the language of study] relevant to this student's academic or professional career plans?
(4) How, if at all, are those plans relevant to a career in government service or the study of Eurasia or Eastern Europe?
(5) How would you rank this student in terms of academic and/or language-learning potential?

Letters should be e-mailed directly by the advisor to: cli@asu.edu,
or mailed to:
CLI/TITLE VIII FELLOWSHIPS
[APPLICANT NAME HERE]
Mail Code 4202
Arizona State University
Tempe AZ 85287-4202.

7. Additional Questions for ROTC Project GO Applicants

Passport Check

Project GO participants planning to travel abroad MUST have a blue (tourist) U.S. passport in their possession no later than March 2, 2012. Please verify that you are eligible for Project GO travel by answering the following questions.

Passport verification:

Passport Issues, Other:

Last Four Digits of Passport Number:

Please tell us the last 4 digits of your passport number.

Passport expiration date:

What is the expiration date on your passport?

ROTC POC:

Provide Phone, E-Mail, Mailing address for a point of contact in your ROTC unit

Service:

ROTC unit:

ROTC level:

What level are you? 100, 200, freshman, sophomore, etc.

List any significant ROTC/leadership awards you have received, and the date you received them:

Language Training Available at Home University:

List the highest level of training available at your home university in the language you propose to study at ASU. If the language you wish to study is not taught at your university, enter "n/a"

Language Study Plans:

What is the highest level of study, in semesters, that you plan to accomplish in this language? (e.g. 100 level (semesters 1 & 2), 200 level (semesters 3 & 4), etc.)

Statement of Purpose (500 words or fewer)

1. Why have you chosen this language to study?

2. How will studying this language in Project GO contribute to your development as an officer?

3. How will you continue your study/maintain your language skills after the completion of your Project GO program?

Statement of Purpose:

Additional documentation

In addition to the transcript required of all CLI applicants, ROTC applicants must also supply:

1. Copy of signature page of ROTC contract (if under contract)

2. A letter of reference from your ROTC unit, answering the following questions:

(1) Is this student free to participate in the entire program?
May 29 - Aug 17 for 1st- or 2nd-year Russian;
Jun 04 - Aug 17 for Persian or Uzbek (all levels);
Jun 25 - Aug 17 for 3rd-year & 4th-year Russian, and all levels of Tatar

(2) Has this student demonstrated an aptitude for language learning?

(3) How would you rank this student's leadership potential?

(4) How likely is this student to receive a commission?

These documents should be scanned and e-mailed to: cli@asu.edu,
or mailed to: CLI/ROTC, Mail Code 4202, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 85287-4202.

8. Additional questions for ASU undergraduates applying to study advanced Russian

CLI offers 1 scholarship of up to $3,000 to an ASU undergraduate student wishing to participate in Kazan 300- or 400-level Russian classes. Students do not have to be Arizona residents, but they must be full-time students enrolled in an ASU degree program.

I am an ASU undergraduate applying to study Russian 300 or Russian 400 in the 8-week Kazan program and wish to apply for Kazan Travel Funding.:

Yes

9. Additional Questions for Melikian Scholars Applicants

Please consider me for::

Statement of Purpose (300 words or fewer)

Melikian Scholar Awards go preferentially to students planning careers in government service or academic careers in fields related to the language and culture they propose to study at CLI.

Discuss your career plans and explain how CLI participation and how becoming a Melikian Scholar will assist you in your academic and post-gradutation career.

Statement of Purpose:

10. Study-Abroad Eligibility Check (mandatory)

IF YOU ARE NOT APPLYING TO STUDY ABROAD WITH CLI, PLEASE REPLY "N/A" TO THE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION.

IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ABROAD WITH CLI, PLEASE NOTE:

1. YOU MUST HAVE A PASSPORT IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLI STUDY-ABROAD PROGRAM.

2. CLI SUPPORTS TRAVEL ON TOURIST PASSPORTS ONLY. CLI CANNOT OFFER VISA SUPPORT FOR DIPLOMATIC OR MILITARY PASSPORTS. IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE PASSPORT, PLEASE USE YOUR TOURIST PASSPORT FOR CLI TRAVEL. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TOURIST PASSPORT, YOU WILL NEED TO OBTAIN ONE.

3. SOME CLI COUNTRIES HAVE LENGTHY VISA APPLICATION PROCESSES. FOR SOME COUNTRIES, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO APPLY FOR A VISA BEFORE YOU ARRIVE ON THE ASU CAMPUS. CLI WILL ASSIST YOU, BUT YOU MUST HAVE A VALID PASSPORT IN HAND BY THE CLI APPLICATION DEADLINE.

4. SOME COUNTRIES WILL NOT ISSUE VISAS TO HOLDERS OF PASSPORTS THAT ARE WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF EXPIRING. IF YOUR PASSPORT EXPIRES BEFORE MARCH 2013, PLEASE RENEW IT BEFORE THE CLI APPLICATION DEADLINE.

Passport verification: *

Yes, I possess a tourist (blue) passport that expires after March 2013

No, I do not have a tourist (blue) passport or my passport expires on or before March 2013

N/A, I am not applying to travel abroad with CLI

How did you hear about CLI?

How did you hear about CLI?:

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