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Step 2: Get Admitted to JSU

1.  Submit your Application for admission

Please allow at least 7-10 business days from the receipt of all required documents for an admission decision.  However, international students are encouraged to apply four (4) months prior to the intended semester of enrollment to accommodate the completion of all documents (i.e. I-20).

2.  Submit required documents:

First-time freshmen:

  • – American College Test (ACT) score of 16 or higher or equivalent combined Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT, excluding writing).
  • –  International transcripts must be professionally evaluated in order to complete your application. All transcript evaluations must include a course by course evaluation with a grade assigned to each course, cumulative equivalent grade point average, degree equivalent, and translation into English, if necessary. We recommend that applicants use the following services:   World Education Services (WES), Josef Silny & Associates, Inc., Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE), International Education Evaluations, Inc. (IEE) and  SpanTran Credential Evaluation service.

These companies listed above are endorsed by NAFSA: The Association of International Educators. Choosing another evaluation service, or sending transcript evaluations that do not contain the requirements listed above, may delay the application process.

Transfer students:

  • – International transcripts must be professionally evaluated in order to complete your application. All transcript evaluations must include a course by course evaluation with a grade assigned to each course, cumulative equivalent grade point average, degree equivalent, and translation into English, if necessary. We recommend that applicants use the following services:   World Education Services (WES), Josef Silny & Associates, Inc., Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE), International Education Evaluations, Inc. (IEE) and SpanTran Credential Evaluation service.

These companies listed above are endorsed by NAFSA: The Association of International Educators. Choosing another evaluation service, or sending transcript evaluations that do not contain the requirements listed above, may delay the application process.

3. Proof of English Proficiency:

TOEFL IBT 69 or TOEFL CBT 194 or TOEFL PBT 525

The following are exempt from the English Proficiency Requirement:

  • – Non-citizens graduating from a high school in the United States
  • – Applicants transferring from a college in the United States and have the 30 required transfer hours.
  • – English speaking countries as defined by JSU Global (i.e. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, Nigeria, Ghana, and certain Caribbean Islands.) Click here to see list of countries.
  • – Students who successfully complete JSU’s English as a Second Language program.

 

 

4.  Certified Declaration of Financial Support must be submitted to show sufficient funds to cover expenses for one academic year.

Please submit to JSU Global after admittance to the university.

JSU Global
1400 J.R. Lynch Street
P.O. Box 17103
Jackson, MS  39217

601-979-1611

Email:  international@jsums.edu
www.jsums.edu/global