One of the strengths of the IFS program is the continuity between IFS and the fall semester. Spending three weeks in August here on the IU campus helps you get a great head start on your college life. It would be great to be able to bring all of your friends with you to IFS, but remember, you will begin to make new friends and develop new relationships during these three weeks.

For IFS, you will receive your roommate information at check-in on Saturday, August 2. It is likely that you will meet your roommate as you are both unpacking your belongings and setting up your room. Keep in mind that IFS is only three weeks and duplicate items can simply be stored in your room until you move to your fall assignment.

Check out will begin Saturday, August 23, at the conclusion of your seminar. Moving vans be provided to haul your items to your new fall residence center on Saturday morning. All students must be moved when assigned; specific information about this process will be provided to you in the June mailer.

By special arrangement with the IU Bookstore, your IFS course texts will be pre-bagged and held for you until check-in. These books will be available in the IU Bookstore at Eigenmann Hall. If you have a circumstance that requires your receipt of books earlier, call our office at 1-800-255-7943 to make those arrangements.

All of our classes are taught by some of IU's best faculty. Please make course selections based on interest in the topic. Each course has a strong academic component and is taught in an intensive format. Your academic advisor will be able to help you determine where your seminar course fits into your individual major.

We DO NOT encourage this. Several professors hold afternoon and evening discussions sessions as well as require film viewing. Each class meets three hours daily, and homework, social events, and getting to know IU will keep you busy. We would encourage you to embrace the IFS experience in its entirety, free from the restrictions of juggling a summer work schedule.

Your meal plan is included in the room and board portion of your bill. The amount applied to your meal plan will be added prior to the start of IFS. When you arrive at IFS check-in, you will receive a temporary meal card that will hold you IFS meal points. We use a temporary meal card so that your regular, fall meal-points plan may be added to your student ID without any confusion. When you visit the dining hall you simply need to have your meal card scanned and the amount will be deducted from your total. Food costs represent a meal plan that would accommodate the eating habits of a typical IFS student.

We encourage you to contact your professor by e-mail at the address indicated on the course description page.

You are welcome to have visitors during the program. However, no guests of the opposite sex are allowed to stay overnight in your room. We only ask that you be courteous of your roommate when you have visitors. It is, after all, their home too.

Many students stay on campus between the IFS and the beginning of Welcome Week. This option is available to all IFS students. If you choose to stay on campus before Welcome Week, you will stay in your fall residence hall room. Residential Programs and Services charges about $25.00 per day for students who stay during the four days between IFS and Welcome Week (totalling $100.00); there is no charge to simply move your belongings to your fall room. Over half of the IFS students usually stay on campus during this time-you will have plenty of company. IU Halls of Residence maintains some dining services during this time. Although your IFS meal plan expires at the end of the three-week program, you are welcome to use the available dining hall and purchase meals as you need.

Because we are located in a residence hall, our storage space is limited. If you need to store more than will fit in your room, please contact our office.

If you cannot arrive during the IFS check-in hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, August 2), let us know before hand. We will work with your Resident Assistant and Teaching Intern to ensure that you are taken care of upon your arrival.

It is impossible for us to give you a dollar amount, but consider bringing about one fifth what you plan to bring during the fall semester. This is equivalent in comparison to the amount of time you will be spending for the fall semester.

To change your seminar selection, call the IFS office at 1-800-255-7943 or 812-855-3839. For verification, you will be asked your full name, birthday, and University Identification Number.

If for some reason you need to withdraw from the IFS program, it is preferable that you notify us before classes begin. If you were to withdraw once classes have begun, you may be entitled to a refund of your fees and tuition based on a formula used by the Office of the Bursar. Your housing charges will be assessed based on your withdrawal date. The $125 program fee is NON-REFUNDABLE. All standard University office procedures apply to IFS withdrawals per the individual offices policy.

If you withdraw within the first week of IFS, your GPA will never reflect that you were enrolled in the course. After the first week however, it will be up to the discretion of the professor.