How to Apply

To receive a brochure for the 2009 program, send a request to siams@smith.edu.

YOUR APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE:

• The completed Application for Admission form
• A typewritten personal statement of up to two pages;
• A non-refundable application fee of $50; checks should be made payable to Smith College, with SIAMS application noted on the memo line.
• Your résumé;
• An official college transcript;
• A letter from your college dean, if you are currently in school, indicating that you are a student in good standing;
• Two letters of recommendation, sealed in envelopes signed across the flap by the recommender. These can be mailed separately for receipt by March 13 or included with your application.

DOWNLOADABLE FORMS (.pdf format):

• Application for Admission
• Adviser's/Dean's/Registrar's Form
• Faculty Recommendation Form
• Reference Directive Form
• Financial Aid Application

TO APPLY ELECTRONICALLY (all materials must be received by March 13, 2009)

1. Complete the Application for Admission and (if applicable) Financial Aid Application forms offline and save the forms on your computer.

2.  Send a single email to siams@smith.edu with the following attachments:

• completed Application for Admission (.pdf format)
• Personal Statement (up to 2 pages)
• Résumé
• completed Financial Aid Application, if applicable (.pdf format)

3.  Mail or arrange to have mailed to:

Summer Institute in Art Museum Studies
Hillyer Hall 114
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063

• a check for the $50 application fee, payable to Smith College,
• your official college transcript
• completed Adviser’s/Dean’s/Registrar’s Form
• two letters of recommendation