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Requirements for International Applicants
For international
applicants the program has several additional admission requirements. International
applicants are those who have completed more than one semester
of their post-secondary education outside the United States, for whom English
is their second language, or who are not US citizens. These requirements
are:
- Applicants who have completed more than one semester of post-secondary
course work originally transcribed at institutions located outside of
the United States
must have these transcripts translated and evaluated on a course by course
basis for equivalence by one of the following CASPA approved services:
World Education Services, Inc
Josef
Silny & Associates, Inc, International
Educational Consultants
Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc
International Education Research Foundation Inc.
In addition to sending a copy of the evaluation to CASPA, a copy of
the course by course transcript evaluation must be enclosed with the
supplemental
application.
- Fluency in written and spoken English is essential for
success in the program and to ensure patient safety. Students need
to demonstrate
objective
competency
in English; if it is their second language, the competency must be
demonstrated within the past two years by satisfactory performance
on the TOEFL and
TSE examinations. For the TSE please select the
TSE-A registration category. Official Scores must be forwarded to the program
using Institutional
Code 1914 and Department Code 42. In addition, forward unofficial
copies of both the TOEFL and TSE score reports with submission of the Supplemental
Application.
Additional information about these exams is available at: http://www.toefl.org,
and http://www.toefl.org/tse/tseindx.html
- Applicants to the PA Program
must be a citizen of the United States, or hold a permanent US immigrant
visa (green card), or other visa
status appropriate
for education. Such applicants should recognize the regional mission
of the program in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. The UW-L
Office of International
Education can provide assistance in coordinating the applications
of applicants who are not US citizens or permanent residents of
the US.
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