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How to Apply

Feel free to call our Admissions Staff at (631) 643-7900 or (212) 772-6060 with any questions you may have in the application process.

The following is provided to answer some of the questions you may have about the Usdan Center. Please read carefully before filling out the application form. To receive a full color brochure and application please fill out the form on our contact page and we will mail it to you.

To enroll in the program, you must fill out the 2013 Application for enrollment completely, including all required signatures, and mail it, along with your deposit, in the envelope that will come with your application.

DIVISIONS:

Students at Usdan are divided into separate divisions, each based upon the student’s current grade in the 2012-2013 school year. The four divisions are:

    • Discovery: Grades K and 1
    • Partner in the Arts: Grades 2 or 3
    • JUNIOR: Grades 4 through 6
    • SENIOR: Grades 7 through 12

 

Students in grades 2 or 3 participate in an enhanced mentoring program called Partners in the Arts. Call for details (631) 643-7900 or (212) 772-6060.

USDAN'S MAJOR and MINOR INTEREST ACTIVITIES:

After choosing the 3-week, 4-week or 7-week session, you select a Major Interest Activity. Your Major subject is the one in which you have the greatest interest and desire to participate. Two periods daily are devoted to it. Examples: a violinist would choose Orchestra; a dancer, ballet; an art student, painting, etc.

After making this choice, you then choose a Minor Interest Activity. This Minor consists of one instructional period daily, and is provided to give you an opportunity to enjoy an experience in another art form or in recreation. We ask for three choices, but reserve the right, when necessary, to assign this activity. Please choose carefully for we may have to use your third choice.

Choose your Major and Minor activities with care, because it will be difficult to make changes in the assigned programs. Schedule changes, when possible, will be made upon the recommendation of the faculty within the first 2 weeks of the season.

DEPARTMENTS:

There are seven Departments at Usdan: Art; Music; Dance; Theater Arts; Nature; Writing; Chess. Applicants choose a major and minor class from one of the choices listed under the Department headings on the application. All students attend a daily Assembly, and all have one 50-minute period of swimming daily.

TUITION:

  • Tuition for 7 weeks:$3,425 - $3,925 plus transportation and fees
  • Tuition for 4 weeks: $2,925 plus transportation and fees

Tuition for 3 weeks: $2,310 plus transportation and fees (Please note: 3-week bus transportation is provided at central pick up points throughout the NY area.)


Daily bus transportation, Registration and Insurance fees are additional. A tuition deposit of $500 is required at the time of application, with the balance of fees due by April 30, 2013.
No gratuities are expected or permitted.