Some nationally competitive scholarships (in particular the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and the Freeman Asia Scholarship), require certification both by a Study Abroad Advisor and by a Financial Aid Advisor. Please follow these instructions for obtaining these certifications.
Study Abroad Advisor
The Director of Study Abroad, Dr. Richard Mitten, serves as the certifying Study Abroad Advisor for all applications that require such a certification. If requested, please enter Dr. Mitten’s name and contact email address: richard.mitten@baruch.cuny.edu. Please note: The Director of Study Abroad will not certify a scholarship application until the student has submitted a completed Baruch Application to Study Abroad for the program listed on their application for the scholarship.
You are not required to submit your Baruch Application to Study Abroad by the deadline for the scholarship or fellowship. However, you must submit your Baruch Application to Study Abroad no later than 2 (two) business days before the deadline for certification of the scholarship or fellowship. If you have any questions about this, please contact the Director of Study Abroad.
Financial Aid Advisor
To obtain certification of your financial aid status for a national application, you must follow this procedure:
- Submit a completed Consortium Agreement/Cost of Attendance Form, along with the required documentation of your cost estimates, via email as PDF attachments to the Director of Study Abroad, Dr. Richard Mitten (richard.mitten@baruch.cuny.edu). Please note: You may NOT sign the Consortium Agreement/Cost of Attendance Form using a digital signature. Instead, you will need to complete the form, print it, sign the paper copy by hand, scan the signed form, and send the saved scanned PDF via email. If you have difficulty fulfilling this requirement, you can use the printing and scanning facilities in the Study Abroad Office. Please contact the Study Abroad Office (study.abroad@baruch.cuny.edu) to arrange an appointment for you to stop by.
- The Director of Study Abroad will review the documentation to verify the information on your Consortium Agreement/Cost of Attendance Form and will forward it with his signature to the Financial Aid Advisor designated by the Office of Financial Aid Services. You will be copied on this email.
- You are not required to submit your Consortium Agreement and supporting documentation to the Director of Study Abroad by the deadline for submitting the scholarship or fellowship. However, you must submit your Consortium Agreement and supporting documentation to the Director of Study Abroad no later than 3 (three) business days before the deadline for certification of the scholarship or fellowship. If you have any questions about this, please contact the Director of Study Abroad.
Please contact the Director of Study Abroad as early as possible in the process, if you have any questions.
