Secondary School Exchange: 2020 Application Now Available

How to Apply

Calendar for SSE Application and Notification for a 2020-2021 Gap Year

Fall 2019: Call for applicants.

ESU staff sent an outreach letter to the committee, and then to school coordinators. Student materials posted online.
Submit the Student Application.

December 2019: ESU staff will send interview materials to the SSE Committee Regional Chairs.

January 21, 2020: Deadline for applications.

Students will submit applications online.

February 4-18, 2020: ESU Regional Chairs conduct interviews (in person or via phone/Skype/FaceTime).

February 21, 2020: Deadline for Regional Chairs to submit interview notes to the ESU for dissemination to the committee.

Mid-March 2020: Confirm finalists, and send confirmation to the UK for placement.

By April 8, 2020: American finalists placed in UK schools.

Mid-April 2020: The ESU notifies finalists and families of their placement. A $2,000 non-refundable program fee is due to the ESU upon receipt of invoice.

June 2020: Pre-departure orientation at the ESU in New York.

September 2020: Students depart for the United Kingdom.