Enrollment Requirements
Federal law requires international students admitted to the United States on an F-1 Student Visa to enroll as full-time students, carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours each semester and pursue a "full course of study" towards a specific educational or professional objective. The following information describes the type of student qualified to submit application to Toccoa Falls College.
Freshman: You have not attended college or university or have not graduated from a secondary (high) school.
Transfer: You have attended post-secondary academic institution(s) after high school and have earned at least 24 transferable credit hours.
Second Degree Seeking: You hold a bachelor's degree and will enroll in undergraduate courses to earn another undergraduate degree. Applicants must submit the same documentation and meet the same requirements as an international transfer student.
Applicants may enter Toccoa Falls College at any semester. However, we recommend that students enter the Fall Semester. Toccoa Falls College admits qualified international students, who have submitted all application materials by the following preferred deadlines; however, admission decisions are made as files are completed. The deadlines allow time for overseas mailing, immigration issues, and evaluating credits.
- Fall Semester preferred deadline - July 15
- Spring Semester preferred deadline - December 1
- Application for Admission
Students must complete the online Application for Admission providing all information requested.
- Students must submit a $25 (USD) application fee with the Application for Admission.
- Students can pay the application fee with Visa, MasterCard, or American Express credit cards or by money order.
- The college will not process applications it receives without the application fee.
- Applicants must also submit a testimony of at least 250 words with the Application for Admission. The testimony should describe the applicant's relationship with Jesus Christ, personal experience of conversion, and spiritual growth since conversion.
- Pastoral Reference
The college requires a Pastoral recommendation for all applicants.
- Students must provide the name and e-mail address of the applicant's pastor on the application form. In addition, it is the student's responsibility to download the Pastoral Reference Form and forward to the individual who will be completing the reference.
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
Toccoa Falls College does not offer English as a Second Language (ESL) courses at this time. Therefore, it is required of all international students to submit certified, translated, official copies of all academic records as part of the application review process. Since all instruction, reading, and research is in English, it is essential that all international students be able to understand and speak English fluently immediately upon arrival on campus. International applicants whose primary language of instruction was not English must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The Toccoa Falls College school code is 5799. Official test scores must be sent directly to the Office of Admissions.
- Paper-based TOEFL score of 550
- Computer-based score of 213
Students can obtain information regarding the TOEFL by contacting:
TOEFL Services
Educational Testing ServicesBox 6151
Princeton, New Jersey 08541-6151
www.toefl.org
- Transcripts
High School Students
If the applicant will enter Toccoa Falls College before earning 24 transferable semester hours from any college or university, original or certified copies of the applicant's academic records must be sent directly from the high school or secondary school to the Office of Admissions.- These records should include details of courses taken and grades earned.
- Certified English translations by an official translation service must accompany any records that are not in English. (See recommended translation services below)
University Students
If the applicant attended a college or university following secondary school, an official transcript from each institution that shows courses taken and grades earned must be submitted.
- The transcripts submitted must be either original documents or certified copies of the originals and must be sent directly from the institution to the Office of Admissions.
- Certified English translations by an official translation service must accompany any records that are not in English.
- Transcript Translations
Records not in English must be accompanied by a literal English translation. Translation services may be obtained through the following:
Josef Silny & Associates, Inc.
International Education Consultants
7101 SW 102 Avenue
Miami, FL 33173
United States of America
Phone 305-273-1616
Fax 305-273-1338
E-mail. Info@jsilny.com - Transcript Evaluations
AACRAO Foreign Education Credential Services must evaluate all college or university level work completed outside the United States or Canada.- The evaluation process can take two to six weeks.
- The Office of Admissions must receive the evaluation of your international credits by the application deadline for your anticipated term of enrollment.
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
International Education Services
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 520
Washington, D.C. 20036-1135
Email: oies@aacrao.org
Phone: (202)296-3359
FAX: (202)822-3940
http://www.aacrao.org/OR
World Education Services
Bowling Green Station
P.O. Box 5087
New York, NY 10274-5087
Phone: (212) 966-6311
FAX: (212) 739-6100
http://www.wes.org/application/