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Line up a backup program

You will be required to choose an alternate program.

Selecting an alternate program provides you with an option in the event that you are not accepted into your primary program, your primary program is already full, or your primary program is cancelled.

Boren Scholarships may only be used for study abroad programs listed as either the primary or alternate option on the application, except in extraordinary cases. The specific programs you discuss in your statement of purpose, as your primary and alternate choices, will be evaluated by screening panels at the campus, regional and national levels.

Students may request exceptions due to sudden cancellation of both the preferred and alternate programs, safety concerns, natural disasters, and other extraordinary circumstances.

Your primary and alternate programs must be in the same country. Boren Scholarships are designed for students who are serious about study in one particular country and for one particular language. Alternate programs in other countries will demonstrate a lack of serious focus to those who review applications.