Academic Catalog 2018

ADMISSION OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Application for International Applicants Bluefield College welcomes applications for admission from international students. An applicant must submit an application and all required academic records no later than: August 1 st - Fall Term Applicants December 15 th - Spring Term Applicants International students who wish to be candidates for acceptance as freshmen must submit: 1. A properly completed Bluefield College application. 2. A certified record proving completion of secondary education in the format and language indigenous to the student’s school or national system of education. 3. An English translation of the secondary education completion document. 4. Official Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores.

a. Minimum score for paper-based test: 500 b. Minimum score for computer-based test: 173 c. Minimum score for internet-based test: 61

International students who wish to be candidates for transfer acceptance must submit:  1. Official copies of any and all prior international university transcripts.  2. Official TOEFL Scores. Minimum score requirements must be met as noted above.  3. An English translation to the completed international university transcripts.

And/or

 4. Official copies of any an all previous U.S. college or university transcripts. (TOEFL Scores will be required for all students whose GPA is below 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. If a student does not have 12 or more transferable credit hours, all freshmen requirements must be met. Acceptance of International Applicants Freshmen applicants who will be accepted must have sufficient documentation to enter university education in their native country, academic success equivalent to a 2.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as determined by Bluefield College and the minimum required TOEFL scores. Transfer applicants who will be accepted must have the equivalence of a 2.0 cumula- tive grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) from all previously attended U.S. and international universities. Students who have not earned a cumulative 2.0 GPA or better from a U.S. college or university will be required to meet the minium TOEFL Scores. Students who do not have 12 transferable college credits will be required to meet the freshman admission criteria. 1. Provisional Acceptance will be granted when a student has been determined to meet the above stated requirements, with the decision being made by an admis- sions representative. 2. Full Acceptance will be granted upon receipt of a completed credential evaluation from InCred or World Education Services (WES). The final acceptance determina- tion will be confirmed by the Vice President of Enrollment, at the recommendation

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