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Referral Program

We want to thank you for referring Summit Study Abroad to others.  Tuition-discounts may be earned by referring friends to our program. This may be done on campus or online using tools such as Facebook. 

Tuition-Discounts (for you)
  • We are offering $500 in tuition-discounts for each participant you refer*
  • If you prefer, you may opt to donate your tuition-discount to charity: a  $200 donation to the Brazil Foundation charity per referred participant.
  • For example, you may receive $1000 in tuition discounts (or choose a $400 donation to charity) by referring two attendees to the program.
  • You may choose to accumulate tuition-discounts until a later time.  They will never expire, and may be applied to any upcoming Summit Study Abroad program in the future.

Tuition-Discounts (for your friends)
  • In addition, the students who are referred may also qualify for $100 in tuition discounts.  Please just ask them to indicate you as the referral on their application (see guidelines below for tips on how to get started).

Tips to get started:
  • Please see details below, or fill out the form to request more information.

 

Getting Started:

How will you get credit for your referrals?
  1. If you make a referral, let us know by sending an email to info@summitstudyabroad.com with "REFERRAL" in the title.  We will keep track, and we will make sure you get credit for the referred participant.
  2. Ask the referred applicant to reference your name or referral code on their application  (see notes about "creating a referral code" below)


Tips - Online promotions 

Facebook invites
  1. Become a fan of Summit Study Abroad on Facebook and click "share" to share your enthusiasm for studying abroad with your friends
  2. Remind friends to reference your name or referral code on their application  (see notes about "creating a referral code" below)

Facebook Groups
  1. Another way to use Facebook is to create a group ("Interested in Studying Abroad in Brazil?") and invite your friends to see who might be interested.
  2. How? Create a group on Facebook: click the "Create Group" button on your home page, then click "create group" button in the upper right, fill the group information, and invite your friends
  3. Remind friends to reference your name or referral code on their application  (see notes about "creating a referral code" below)
  4. You may be surprised to find friends that want to come!  Benefit? This is an easy way in which to invite friends, and to share your enthusiasm with others, and it works!  Examples of successful groups can be found here . In these groups, its common for 100 or more people to join, each showing an interest to learn more about Study Abroad.


Creating your "Referral Code":
  • You create your own referral code, which would be YOUR INITIALS and the number "77".  For example,  John Michael Smith would write "JMS77".  
  • How this works:   You would put that code in all of your promotions telling your contacts to:  "Add "JMS77" in the referral section of your application to receive $100 of your deposit!." (replace #JMS77 with your unique code).   When they do so, they will get $100 tuition-discount, and you will receive credit for $500 in tuition-discounts.  
 
 


Request more information:

    Request information about our Referral program

 
 

*Referral Program rules 
Clarification:  Above, we stated "We are offering $500 in tuition-discounts, or a $200 donation to the Brazil Foundation charity for each participant you refer".  Just to be clear: only one set of "tuition-discounts" (or donation to charity) will be awarded per participant referred. All referrals must be confirmed by the participant and by the referring party. If two or more people refer the same participant to the program, then the referral reward will be shared.  (We will not award multiple referral rewards for the same participant referred.) We put our trust in our friends to be honest.  Participants or alumni committing fraud with regards to our system of referral rewards will be expelled from our program without refund or compensation.