We understand that making a financial commitment to your summer education is a significant decision, so we’ve designed a payment schedule and related policies to help meet your needs. 

PAYMENT SCHEDULE

ENROLLMENT DEPOSIT

ieiMedia operates on a rolling admissions structure where applicants lock in their spot after paying the Enrollment Deposit and maintaining the payment deadlines in the table below.  After we send an applicant the letter of acceptance, we will hold their spot for up to 14 days until we the Enrollment Deposit is received. If do not pay the $500 enrollment deposit by the two-week deadline, you will be moved to the waitlist. 

Please contact admissions if you have any questions about available capacity or the waitlist. 

REFUND POLICY

Our projects require significant advance planning, and we make financial commitments to housing providers, partner institutions and other organizations months before any project begins. For that reason, the amount we can refund decreases as the project date approaches. 

WITHDRAWAL 

If you choose to withdraw from a project, you must notify both ieiMedia admissions (admissions@ieimedia.com) and your project director via email. The date we receive your written notice will determine your refund. (The $50 application fee is non-refundable.) 

If you withdraw from the program and do so by Dec. 15, we will fully refund your enrollment deposit and any other payments made, excluding the $50 non-refundable application fee.

 WITHDRAWAL DEADLINES

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Certain circumstances can result in deviations from the refund policy; several exceptions are listed below. If you would like to discuss an extenuating circumstance with us, contact both your project director and ieiMedia admissions (admissions@ieimedia.com).

VISA DENIAL: If your program requires a visa and your visa application is denied, ieiMedia will refund your project payments upon receiving documentation of the visa denial, less any non-recoverable expenses already paid on your behalf. The $50 application fee is non-refundable.

MEDICAL WITHDRAWAL: If a medical illness that was not a pre-existing condition prevents you from participating, ieiMedia will, upon receiving proper documentation, refund your project payments, less the $50 application fee and any non-recoverable expenses already paid on your behalf.

ENROLLMENT AT CAPACITY: Exceptions are made for students who are declined admission because the project is already at full capacity and/or no spots opened up to admit them from the waitlist.  When a student falls out of a locked position and into a waitlist due to inability to maintain payment schedule, all funds that were paid while they were NOT on a waitlist are subject to the refund policy shown by the Withdrawal Deadlines.  Any funds paid while on the waitlist are fully refundable.

FUTURE PROJECT CREDIT: In some circumstances, you may request that a portion of your payment be credited toward an ieiMedia project the following year. Any credit will depend on the expenses ieiMedia has already incurred on your behalf.

TRANSFER POLICY

TRANSFER REQUESTS

If you would like to transfer from one ieiMedia project to another, contact the admissions office via email as soon as possible. All transfer requests are subject to space availability in the new program. Please note the following:

• You do not need to submit a new application or pay another application fee. 
• References already submitted will be used in the application process for the new program. 
• If you request a transfer by Dec. 21, payments you have made may be transferred in full to the new project.
• If you request a transfer after Dec. 21, the cancellation and refund terms above apply to the project you are leaving. Any remaining eligible funds may be applied toward the new project.

TRANSFER DUE TO PROGRAM CANCELLATION

If we cancel your program, you may choose to transfer all payments to an available ieiMedia program. Alternately, you could choose to receive a refund or apply your payments toward a project the following year. Project cancellations typically occur by March 15. 

TRANSFER WHILE ON A WAITLIST

Transfers driven by your waitlist status follow different guidelines and typically result in all payments being applied toward another available ieiMedia project. Please refer to the waitlist policy for more details.