What is the Admission Process?

Admission procedures for international students include verification of the applicant's academic ability, English language proficiency and financial support in order to issue a Form I-20. Form I-20 is required for applying for an F1 Visa.

Carthage will only consider a student for admission when all items listed below have been received.

The application process is as follows:

• Submit the Carthage application for admission. You may apply for admission online at www.carthage.edu/apply
• Submit the non-refundable application fee of U.S. $30 with your application for admission to Carthage. We recommend that you do not send cash by mail.
• Submit all official transcripts including diploma certificate from your secondary school program.
• For students who have attended a post-secondary program: submit all official, translated college/university transcripts for evaluation to an evaluation organization such as Educational Credential Evaluators (www.ece.org) or World Education Services (www.wes.org). If submitting to ECE, please be sure to request a catalog match. It is necessary to obtain information about actual courses that may are completed equivalencies to that which Carthage offers.
• Submit official TOEFL or SAT-1 test score report. Carthage's code is 1103.
  • You can arrange to take the TOEFL by contacting www.toefl.org or by writing to TOEFL Services, Educational Testing Service, P.O. Box 6151, Princeton, NJ 08541-6151, U.S.A., or by phoning +1 (609) 771-7100.
  • You can arrange to take the SAT-1 by contacting www.collegeboard.com or by writing to College Board Admission Testing Program, P.O. Box 6200, Princeton, NJ 08541-6200, U.S.A., or by phoning +1 (609) 771-7600.
• Submit certification of finances form. All monetary amounts listed on the certification of finances form must be certified by bank officials. If you have a financial sponsor that person must submit the sponsor statement. All monetary amounts must be certified by bank officials.