PLEASE
READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING
YOUR APPLICATION!
Note:
This is for undergraduate applications only. (For
Graduate School, please click here.)
To apply for
undergraduate admission to SIUC, you must submit the following:
- Application
for admission
- Official educational
records
- Official TOEFL
scores if available
- Financial
statement (form included with application for admission)
- Letter or
statement from the bank of your sponsor
- Other pertinent
information
To ensure that
your records will be processed as quickly as possible, print or type
your name correctly and uniformly on all University documents. Enter
your family name or surname where it is required on your application
for admission and on your financial statement. Use your name in the
same way on all future correspondence with the University.
In completing
the undergraduate admission application you must answer all questions,
include all the institutions you have attended, and personally sign
your application.
If you submit
your academic records and bank statement with your admission application,
we will be able to consider your application and notify you of admission
more quickly than if you submit these records in separate mailings.
You must apply
early in order to allow time for postal delivery of your letter of
admission and I-20 form and to make travel and housing arrangements
before classes begin.
2006-2007
Financial Requirements
Beginning Fall
2006 semester, international students must have assured financial
resources of not less than $22,500.00 (U.S. dollars) for the 2006-2007
academic year of study at SIUC.
Estimated expenses
(exclusive of travel) for the 2006-2007 academic year (fall 2006,
spring 2007) are:
*Costs of living
off campus vary greatly according to the choices of the student.
This is an estimate only.
a12
credit hours, Fall & Spring. Full Time Status requirement met.
bTuition
rate is guaranteed for new students enrolling in Fall 2006, for
48 months from initial enrollment. Any enrollment after the initial
48 months will be charged at the rate in effect for that year, which
will be higher.
cNew
Freshmen with no transfer hours must expect to complete a minimum
of 120 semester credit hours in order to earn a bachelor's degree.
This cannot be done in eight (8) semesters of only 12 hours enrollment
each.
If you plan
to enroll for 6 hours each summer, you should estimate an additional
$3,409 for summer tuition and fees.
If you take
only 12 hours per term, and do not attend during the summer, it
will take you 10 semesters, or five (5) years to complete a bachelor's
degree. Tuition for your fifth year will be calculated at the higher
rate in effect during your fifth year.
dProposed
Fees, subject to change
eDouble
room with meals. Additional costs will be incurred during university
holidays or break periods.
fCESL
is the Center for English as a Second Language, which provides English
Language training for students who have not submitted an appropriate
TOEFL score.
Fees, and housing
rates may be changed without notice by the Southern Illinois University
Board of Trustees. Tuition rates are guaranteed for 48 months from
student's initial enrollment.
You must include
a bank statement or letter from your sponsor, with the financial statement
attached, and return it with your admission application. (Your bank
statement is a letter from a representative of the bank where you,
your parents, or your sponsor maintain an account.)
Educational
Records
You must submit
official transcripts, certificates, or mark sheets from all the secondary
schools/colleges and universities you have attended. Also submit the
official results of any national examinations, if these are given
in your country. If you completed high school in the U.S.A. or in
an American high school system, submit scores from the American College
Test (ACT) or the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Other students may
submit SAT scores for admission consideration, but they are not required
to do so.
If you submit
unofficial records (those which do not bear the original signature
of the institution's representative) you will delay admission consideration
because these documents cannot be used. You must submit credentials
that have been signed by the registrar, headmaster, or dean of the
institution issuing the documents. Photocopies will be accepted if
they bear the institution's original seal and the original signature
of the school official certifying the documents. Transcripts and other
records attested as certified by a notary public or solicitor (non-institutional
official) will not be accepted as official. Original certificates
and/or transcripts can be returned to you unless the institution submitting
the documents indicates that they are not to be given to you. Applicants
from Pakistan can obtain assistance in certifying academic records
from the United States Educational Foundation.
It is necessary
to verify the results of the West African School Certificates. If
you have earned this certificate or comparable certificates, you need
to apply for admission at least six to nine months in advance of the
semester in which you hope to enroll.
English
Proficiency--Official TOEFL
You must also
demonstrate English proficiency before you can enroll in SIUC courses.
If your score from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
is 520 or higher on the paper-based test (190 or higher on the computer-based
test), you will be granted unconditional admission to SIUC and can
begin your academic work. Applicants whose TOEFL score is less than
520 (paper) or 190 (computer), will be admitted contingent upon completion
of an English test administered by SIUC's Center
for English as a Second Language (CESL). Students who fail to
submit TOEFL scores, or who do not submit acceptable TOEFL scores,
will be required to attend courses at the Center for English as a
Second Language (CESL) at your own expense, and remain in the program
until your English proficiency improves to the level required for
University enrollment.
The code number
for submitting official TOEFL scores to SIUC is 1726. For information
about the TOEFL contact:
Test of English as a Second Language
ETS, Box 899
Princeton, New Jersey, 08540 USA
Phone Number: 609-921-9000
Web Site: http://www.toefl.org
Financial
Assistance
A limited number
of competetive partial tuition-only scholarships are granted on a
semester basis to international students. Several are restricted to
students who have been enrolled at SIUC for a minimum of one year.
Please review financial
assistance details.
On-campus student
employment is available. If you work 15 hours per week throughout
the fall, spring and summer sessions you can anticipate earning slightly
more than $4,000.
After you have
completed one year of study you may request permission to obtain part-time
employment off campus. For this you will need special authorization
from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services as well as from
SIUC's office of International Students and Scholars.