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International Student Admission Procedures

Welcome!

The following is important information related to application requirements and procedures for international students. You may complete your application for admission online, and the Certificate of Financial Responsibility (in PDF format) is available to download and print.

Please note that a decision regarding your admission will not be made until all of your materials have been received by the Office of Admissions. You are responsible for ensuring that any supporting documents requested by the Office of Admissions are sent directly to the address below. Once your file is complete you will be notified of your admission status.

If you are applying for summer only, please contact the Summer Session Office at the Office of the Registrar, Pullman WA 99164-1035, USA, (509) 335-2238, or at the Summer Session Web site.

1. Complete and return the Washington State University International Student Undergraduate application.
2. Enclose a check or money order for US $38 (Fall 2005) for the required non-refundable application processing fee.
3. Order official TOEFL score from Educational Testing Service, Phone: (609) 771-7500, to be forwarded to WSU. DO NOT SEND COPIES OF TOEFL. For exemptions from the TOEFL, please refer to the Admission Requirements English Proficiency information.
4. If you graduated from an accredited high school in the USA, request that your complete official high school transcripts be sent to WSU.
        OR
   If you attended any college or university in the USA, request that complete official transcripts be sent to WSU. Grade reports are not acceptable in lieu of official transcripts.
5. Submit the following with your application to the Washington State University Office of Admissions:

• Official copies of all secondary (high school) and university-level educational credentials in the original language. (Washington State University will accept documents issued in English by an international university outside of the United States.) These credentials include grade reports (transcripts), graduation certificates, and if applicable all examination results.
• Transcripts indicating your school's name and address, dates of attendance, subjects studied, credits and grades earned, and grading scale.

• If you attended an accredited high school in the United States and an international high school between grades 9 and 12, have all your transcripts sent to Washington State University for evaluation.
• If you attended any college or university in the United States, request that complete official transcripts be sent to Washington State University. Grade reports are not acceptable in lieu of official transcripts.

• An official document (grade report or graduation certificate) indicating that you have graduated from secondary school. If you have not graduated from secondary school, send your most recent grade report with your application and a final transcript and graduation certificate after you graduate.
• English translations of all educational credentials if originals are not in English. These should be complete, literal, word-for-word translations, presented in the same format as the original documents. Grades should not be converted to a United States scale.

Complete and return the required Certificate of Financial Responsibility showing assured support for the first year and projected support for the total years needed to complete your degree. Projected support should reflect a 4% increase for each year of study.

Do not send copies or faxes of the Certificate of Financial Responsibility.