Letter From the Director - the English Language Institute at Mason

Please note the following required events:
FALL 2013
EVENT DATE and TIME PLACE
Orientation Wednesday, August 21
12:00-4:00 pm
Placement Test Thursday, August 22
10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
eMail Activation Friday, August 23
10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Information Fair Friday, August 23
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.
Research Hall
Room 163
Innovation Hall
2nd Floor
Innovation 222
SUB I Lobby
Registration for
Classes
First Day of Classes
Monday, August 26
11:00 am – 12:00 noon
(New Students Only)
Tuesday, August 27
Core Class 10:30am-12:20pm
Elective Classes 1:30-3:20pm
SUB II
The HUB
Ballroom
Students will receive
Class Schedules at
registration
Please plan to arrive in the U.S. early enough to come to orientation on August 21.
Orientation will give you a lot of information about the ELI and George Mason University.
The placement test on August 22 is also very important. Students who do not
take the placement test on the scheduled date will not be allowed to register for
classes, and may be required to transfer to another program until the Spring
2014 semester.
At Registration on August 26, you will pay your health insurance fee. The amount is
$2,492.00. This will provide medical coverage from August 16, 2013 through August 15, 2014.
(See enclosed page on Health Insurance requirements.) You will receive your tuition bill during
the second week of classes. You must pay this bill by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, September 9. The
amount will depend on how many classes you are taking. A full-time student's tuition is $6,510.
If you have an F-1 visa and are transferring to GMU, you should talk to ELI Associate Director
Tran Beatson or ELI Program Coordinator Cloud Spurlock in the ELI office no later than August
28, 2013.
Please call or write us if we can help you in any way. I look forward to meeting you.
Sincerely yours,
John Pope
Executive Director
English Language Institute