It does not matter if you are a transfer student, homeschool student or a prospective seminarian; you still apply as an International student if you are graduating from a high school outside the United States (including DOD schools or American schools). However, only applicants who are NOT US citizens or permanent residents (green card holder) and who wish to attend the University of Dallas as an F-1 student need to turn in a Confirmation of Financial Resources form with supporting bank statements.
Typically, applicants who are already in the US (except for those in tourist status), do not have to return to their home countries before starting school. International applicants who are in the US as tourists typically will return home to get the F-1 visa in order to come back to the US and begin school. Tourists are not permitted (by US law) to enroll at a college or university.
If you are presently attending school (either high school or college) in the US in F-1 status, your F-1 status can be transferred to the University of Dallas. You would not have to return to your home country before starting at UD.
If you are in the US as the child of a parent who is working on a work visa (you probably have a dependent status such as H4, L2, R2, etc.), you can attend the University of Dallas and remain in that status until your 21st birthday. Depending on your circumstances, you may need to go home to apply for the F-1 visa to enter the US. To continue to stay in the US to attend school after your 21st birthday, you would have to change to F-1 status. The University of Dallas International Student Advisor can provide further details.
If you are already in the US AND not on a tourist visa, you can probably attend school on your present status. If you want to change your status to F-1, you will need to provide financial verification in order to get an I-20 to apply for the change of status.
If you are home in your home country, you will need to provide financial verification in order to get an I-20 and apply for an F-1 student visa to come to the US.
The CFR is a requirement of US Federal regulations for issuance of an I-20 by the International Student Services and issuance of the F-1 visa. US embassies will need proof that you/your family can support the expenses associated with an American education (tuition, living expenses, travel, etc). Because it is possible that scholarships awarded could be lost due to poor academic standing or any other circumstance, the CFR requires documentation proving the student can cover all costs.
Because our university adheres to a classical curriculum based in the Great Books, no student can graduate from the University of Dallas without completing at least 60 credit hours of a Core curriculum. Consequently, students who are bringing in foreign credits to UD will likely not have all their credits transfer and count toward our diploma. In order to qualify for a review of international credits, students must have their foreign transcripts translated and evaluated by a certified service.
To attend school in the US on an F-1 visa, you must be enrolled full-time. That is a US federal regulation. In addition, you are only permitted to enroll in a course of study that is published in our catalog as a full-time course of study.
Since UD is a private university, all students are required to pay the same tuition. There are no additional direct costs for attending UD for International students.
All scholarships offered by the University of Dallas are merit-based awards. They are based on your GPA/academic record only. To explore outside scholarship opportunities please click here. International students also have the otpion to apply for a departmental scholarship award, please click here to see the application requirements.
If you have applied and been admitted into the undergraduate program, then you may file an application for financial aid using the CollegeBoard's CSS profile. International students are also eligible to apply for private loans as long as they have an American co-signer.
Yes, the University of Dallas recognizes the rigor of an IB curriculum and diploma. IB diploma students can also receive up to 30 college credit hours with IB scores of 6 or 7 on the IB higher level exams in transferable subjects. If you are interested in competing for this award or learning more about IB credits, please visit our IB Scholar Award page.
If your dual citizenship includes US citizenship, then you apply as regular incoming freshmen. If you were educated outside the US in a language other than English, an English proficiency exam is also required in addition to the regular student application materials.
No, students who submit either an SAT or ACT score are exempt from submitting an English proficiency exam score.
No, all students who wish to graduate from UD must complete a minimum of 60 credits from our institution. Keep in mind that all International students who wish to attend UD must have an I-20 which cannot be issued unless full-time status is confirmed.
Yes. If you wish for your transcript to be reviewed by the Admission Committee and/or reviewed for transfer credit by the Academic Dean, they must be translated by a certified translator. Translations must include a translator’s signature and official company stamp.
Students who have lived in the US for most of their life still must apply as international students. Students who were born outside of the US but have permanent US residency may apply as regular freshmen.
Every student wishing to apply for admission from a non-English speaking country is required to take either a TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo English exam. You have the option to send official ACT and/or SAT score reports in place of the TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo exam. ACT and/or SAT score reports appearing on official high school transcripts are acceptable. Our ACT school code is 04234. Our SAT code is 6868.
Students have the option to submit official ACT and/or SAT score reports but it is not required to be considered for admission.
If this is the case, you will need to personally bring or mail the original documents to the Office of Undergraduate Admission so that we may photocopy and certify them ourselves. Once you have done this, you will have satisfied the requirement, and the original documents will be mailed back to you (or you can choose to pick them up here when you arrive on campus).
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