<p>The sole Google review on the Middlebury-Monterey LanguageAcademy claims that for the price of the program, it would be more productive to just study abroad in order to learn a language. I know the prices for the 2013 program haven't been posted yet, but I remember looking at this last year and seeing that the cost was around $5000-6000 (?) for the 4 week program. </p>
<p>I don't want to take the advice of one anonymous review, so I was wondering if any of you had any insight one what makes the MMLA distinctive and worth the expense. I'm interested in the Chinese program. If you want to direct me to any links to comparable intensive programs in China or Taiwan, that's cool too. ;D</p>
<p>Hmm, I haven’t heard of this program, but if it’s asking for $5000-6000, I reccomend that you look at other programs. There’s one called NSLI-Y that seems really good. I personally haven’t gone, but I’ve heard great things about it. The best part is, they PAY for you to go. The only thing you have to pay for is the costs associated with obtaining a visa and little things like that. They have programs in Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and a few others I can’t remember. I really suggest you look into that. The only reason I myself am not applying is because I’m not really comfortable yet with the idea of staying with a host family, but that’s just me. Others have had great things to say about their host families and I’ve heard it’s just a really great experience.</p>
<p>*Sorry, I may have phrased this a bit weirdly. What I meant was, aside from a few small costs, the trip is free, but they don’t actually pay YOU. They merely cover the majority of the costs of the trip.</p>
<p>I’m actually looking into NSLI-Y already. But this year’s application is for Summer 2014, and it’s not guaranteed. Thank you for replying though.</p>
<p>I’m looking into my options for Summer 2013 and I talked about it in another post ([thread=1395105]This one in fact![/thread]), but given the cost of international flights and the fact that housing (and sometimes food!) is not included in many study abroad programs, I’m just not sure whether it is, in fact, cheaper than MMLA. So I guess I want to know, whether people think their experience at MMLA validated the price, and why. Or if people think this is completely bogus and they can suggest an equally good (or better) summer program for a comparable price.</p>
<p>Flowerage: The current NSLI-Y application is for Summer 2013 and 2013/14 academic year programs.</p>
<p>Really? I guess I misread the bit about the academic year programs then. Thank you for clarifying that. Either way, I’m applying!</p>
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<p>Summer 2013 has been posted:</p>
<p>[Dates</a> & Fees | Middlebury](<a href=“Middlebury Language Schools | Unlock Your Language Skills”>Middlebury Language Schools | Unlock Your Language Skills)</p>
<p>Tuition, Room and Board for Chinese is actually $ 10,150.</p>
<p>Middlebury’s summer language program has always been notoriously
expensive.
Is it worth it?
I have no idea.
I have never attended though I knew a few people who have.
It is intensive immersion.</p>
<p>GolfFather, I double-checked and $10,150 is the price for the Middlebury Language Academy, which is an 8-week program for undergraduate/post-collegiate students. For the high school program the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy), tuition is apparently $4,100 plus room and board (it varies but appears to be about $2,000).</p>
<p>So it’s as I thought, approximately $5,000-6,000, and even if it isn’t $10k that’s still a damaging chunk of change. I’d love to hear from anyone who’s attended, or even participated in comparable programs. </p>
<p>Also there’s some mention of a $600 early enrollment discount, does anyone have information on that? ([MMLA</a> Dates & Fees](<a href=“http://mmla.middlebury.edu/how-to-apply/dates-and-fees.php]MMLA”>http://mmla.middlebury.edu/how-to-apply/dates-and-fees.php))</p>
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<p>My apologies!</p>
<p>I wasn’t even aware that Middlebury had a high school program.</p>
<p>As I said, I’ve known a few people who attended the undergrad/grad level session and all were very impressed. (Price notwithstanding.)</p>
<p>I agree, $4000 is a huge chunk of change.</p>