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The John Felice Rome Center welcomes applications from qualified students at Loyola University Chicago one year ahead of a term's start date. Due to the high demand to study at the JFRC, not all qualified applicants may be admitted if capacity is reached.
Fall 2012
We are now accepting applications for Fall 2012 and academic year 2012-2013. Students must apply through our on-line application site. A photocopy of a valid passport must be uploaded at the time of application.
We are now accepting applications for Fall 2012 and academic year 2012-2013. Students must apply through our on-line application site. A photocopy of a valid passport must be uploaded at the time of application.
Application Requirements
The following requirements must be met before an application will be reviewed:
- At least 15 semester hours (or 24 quarter hours) of credit earned
- Attainment of at least a 2.75 (on a 4.00 scale) cumulative grade point average
- Possession of a valid passport
Application STEPS
- Program Application: All applications for the JFRC for Fall 2012 and future semesters must be submitted on-line. Instructions are given at the beginning of the on-line application form.
- Upload the basic information page of your valid passport. ."Valid" for the Department of Homeland Security and consequently for all international airlines is a passport with an expiration date at least six months after the end date of your international travel. Be sure your current passport is "valid."
- Academic Advisor's Recommendation. Once you have submitted your on-line application, an e-mail will automatically be sent to your academic advisor requesting this recommendation. He or she will send the recommendation back via e-mail to the Rome Center's Chicago Office.
- Judicial Life Recommendation. By checking the appropriate box on the on-line application and signing the form, a LUC student authorizes the Office of Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution to relay to the Rome Center Office an applicant's current judicial status as well as his / her history.
- Official Transcript. Loyola students need not provide a Loyola University Chicago transcript as the Rome Center staff can view this on LOCUS.
APPLICATION TIMELINE / SCHEDULE
Applications are reviewed upon completion. Notification about admission or denial is sent to applicants via e-mail. :
APPLICATION DEADLINES
While the Rome Center operates on a "rolling admission" cycle, the JFRC fills quickly. Consequently, students are encouraged to apply as early as possible (up to a year ahead). Application deadlines are invalid if the JFRC is at capacity.
LOCUS Student Center "To Do List:
To alert you that we have received the required parts of your application, there is a feature on LOCUS that will allow you to track our receipt of any documents needed for your Rome Center application or, after admission, for your preparations to study in Rome.Upon receiving your online application to study at the Rome Center, we will set up a Rome application checklist on LOCUS for you. You will then find, in the "To Do List" on your LOCUS Student Center, a list of credentials. When you click onto "details," you can see which of your application documents have been "received" and which we are still awaiting. An "initiated" status indicates that we do not yet have a particular document; a "received" status means that we do have it.
Once we have all your documents, your checklist is coded "completed," and it disappears from your "To Do List." At that point, we will review your file and issue you a decision about admission.
After you have been accepted, an "acceptance" checklist is created for you, which will itemize the dozen or so documents which, when completed. must be returned to us by the date indicated. Again, you will be able to track our receipt of these documents as you complete them and submit them online.
With this feature, it will no longer be necessary for you to call, e-mail, or stop by the Rome Center office in OIP to ask if your application is complete or if all of your documents have been received; you will be able to know this from your LOCUS Student Center. This checklist will also remind you of the final date by which documents are due.
Once you've been accepted and you've turned in your required documents, then you will also be given access to register for Rome classes prior to the opening date of registration for undergraduates. You will always register at your assigned access time.