School application

School application

Depending on your sport, you may have already started to apply, or have even been accepted to your school. The applications tend to be a lot of personal information such as details about you, your school history, parents’ information etc. The process of a school application can take a lot of time, so the sooner you complete your school application, the better. We have guidelines to help you with these applications. 

As part of your school application, you will be provided with information on the type of documentation you need to submit to be accepted. It is therefore important you keep us up to date by forwarding all the emails you receive from admissions. 

Transcripts
To accept you, admissions will require your transcripts (certificates). If you upload them yourself during the application process, these are usually deemed as “unofficial” and will need to also be submitted one of the following ways to become official. If you are asked to upload them, please still do this. There are usually two ways schools will need your transcripts submitting to be “official”, you will only need to do one, you will be provided with the appropriate guideline. If English is not your first language, your transcripts will need to be translated, stamped, signed and submitted in English. 
  1. The first way is to have a teacher at your school email your transcripts to your US schools admissions department
  2. The second is to complete a grade evaluation service such as InCred (required for all NAIA athletes), TEC or IEE. These evaluations incur a cost. 

SAT scores
You may need to have your SAT score sent to your score (and possibly the NAIA).

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