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What is a US Citizen and Legal Permanent Resident?
These two categories of student are considered domestic.
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What is the personal essay?
This admissions document has the exact same requirements for international and domestic students.
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What is an I-20?
This is the primary document to show that a student has been accepted to a U.S. school and is needed to pursue a F-1 visa with a local U.S. consulate.
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What is the FAFSA?
This document is required for an domestic student to receive financial aid but not for an international student.
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What is $350?
This is the amount of the SEVIS fee.
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What is an F-1 student?
This student is looking to attend LU and lives outside of the United States. He or she is our most common type of international student. This student plans to study full-time.
Note, students inside of the U.S. may also be in this visa status. |
What is NACES?
International transcripts are required to have this type of evaluation.
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What is a copy of the passport and affidavit of financial support?
These are the documents necessary to be considered for an I-20.
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What is the Liberty Champion Award?
This scholarship is made available to all undergraduate international students.
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What is the International Student Center?
This is a great resource for students and is a home away from home.
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What is an F-2 student?
The student is a dependent of an F-1 visa holder. This student is considered international and may attend school part-time.
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What is high school coursework completed in Ontario, coursework completed at a U.S. accredited high school, Korean GEDs, and course work completed at an accredited institution in a U.S. territory?
Name two of the exceptions to the NACES evaluation requirement.
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What is Canadian Students?
These are international students who are coming from outside of the USA but do not need to apply for a visa.
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What is the Valedictorian/Salutatorian Scholarship?
Students must submit SAT/ACT scores to be considered for this scholarship.
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What is 700?
Liberty has over this number of international students.
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What is Adjudication Status?
This student is in the process of obtaining a green card. This student is not a U.S. Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident of the U.S.
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What is students who have attended high school or college in the USA for 2+ years, LUOA students with 2+ years of coursework, Students who have completed secondary education at a U.S. accredited high school overseas, if the student is from an exempt country, if a student completes 2+ years of a study in a exempt country, or If a student attended high school or college where the medium of instruction was English?
Name two of the exceptions to the Official Test of English Proficiency test score requirement for international undergraduate students.
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What is an I-94?
This is a port of entry record.
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What is an Asylum seeker/Refugee?
This student is considered a federally eligible non-citizen, may apply for FAFSA, and may be eligible to receive federal aid.
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There are certain degree programs that international students are not allowed to apply for. Name Two.
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What is DACA? (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)
This student is an international student living in the United States. This student arrived to the U.S. as a child, has a social security card, but is not a U.S. citizen or Legal Permanent Resident.
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What is Test of English as a Foreign Language, TOEFL Essentials, International English Language Testing System, Pearson Test of English, International Test of English Proficiency, Language Consultants International, ELS Educational Services, Duolingo English Test
These are three of the tests that would qualify as an Official Test of English Proficiency.
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What is the SEVIS Verification Form?
This document is required for students who are inside of the U.S. and provides proof of a student's eligibility to transfer SEVIS records.
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What is the requirement to purchase health insurance?
This is an expense that international students only will incur.
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What is Optional Practical Training (OPT)?
This is a 12-month period in which international students who are currently enrolled or have graduated from a U.S. college or university are given special work authorization. It is designed to allow students to gain valuable working experience in the area of their most recent degree.
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