International Student Advice

[joebloggs]

Thanks for help,

Ive managed to get through to someone they provided me some information I have emailed back asking a few question that I hadn’t considered originally.  If anyone is able to answer from experience I’d appreciate it while I wait for an official response.

From what I’ve been told I won’t know exactly how many credits I will transfer until my evaluation is completed  after paying for my UK Quals to be emulated by WES and then sent to the, considering my circumstances. This will have a major effect on how much the BABA will cost me and therefore my ability to afford it right now versus putting it off for a while.

At what stage in the application process are you committed to paying the 1400 USD session fees and attending and also at what stage are you not able to transfer in any newly completed ACE Credit without permission is it from when I submit my application or at a later point in the process?

[ss20ts]

Thanks for help,

Ive managed to get through to someone they provided me some information I have emailed back asking a few question that I hadn’t considered originally.  If anyone is able to answer from experience I’d appreciate it while I wait for an official response.

From what I’ve been told I won’t know exactly how many credits I will transfer until my evaluation is completed  after paying for my UK Quals to be emulated by WES and then sent to the, considering my circumstances. This will have a major effect on how much the BABA will cost me and therefore my ability to afford it right now versus putting it off for a while.

At what stage in the application process are you committed to paying the 1400 USD session fees and attending and also at what stage are you not able to transfer in any newly completed ACE Credit without permission is it from when I submit my application or at a later point in the process?

Don't apply until you're ready to begin the UMPI classes. Once you apply, it takes a few weeks to be accepted and the transcripts evaluated. Once you're accepted, you're basically enrolled and ready to begin the next term and you'll pay your tuition then. Once you're accepted you need permission to transfer in any courses outside of UMPI. 

Do you know which concentration you want? I can send you a list of courses to complete on Sophia, InstantCert, and Study.com so you'll be really close to the 30 credits minimum requirement. You will need ULs to be taken at UMPI in and out of the major so that's something to keep in mind.

[joebloggs]

Thanks for help,

Ive managed to get through to someone they provided me some information I have emailed back asking a few question that I hadn’t considered originally.  If anyone is able to answer from experience I’d appreciate it while I wait for an official response.

From what I’ve been told I won’t know exactly how many credits I will transfer until my evaluation is completed  after paying for my UK Quals to be emulated by WES and then sent to the, considering my circumstances. This will have a major effect on how much the BABA will cost me and therefore my ability to afford it right now versus putting it off for a while.

At what stage in the application process are you committed to paying the 1400 USD session fees and attending and also at what stage are you not able to transfer in any newly completed ACE Credit without permission is it from when I submit my application or at a later point in the process?

Don't apply until you're ready to begin the UMPI classes. Once you apply, it takes a few weeks to be accepted and the transcripts evaluated. Once you're accepted, you're basically enrolled and ready to begin the next term and you'll pay your tuition then. Once you're accepted you need permission to transfer in any courses outside of UMPI. 

Do you know which concentration you want? I can send you a list of courses to complete on Sophia, InstantCert, and Study.com so you'll be really close to the 30 credits minimum requirement. You will need ULs to be taken at UMPI in and out of the major so that's something to keep in mind.

The concentration I am aiming for is Leadership & Managment. That would be reallly good thank you.

[ss20ts]

The concentration I am aiming for is Leadership & Managment. That would be reallly good thank you.

I'll send you a pm.

[joebloggs]

I’m ready to start the application however it wont let me progress from the page without inputting a Social security number, obviously not being usa citizen/resident i dont have one any idea what I should put in their? I have emailed but not yet had an answer?

[ss20ts]

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[joebloggs]

Update for you all I managed to submit an application and have started the process. Ive been able to send my masters and the other Roughly equivalent to Associate degree qualification away to WES for evaluation. They won’t however complete the evaluation and submit it to UMPI until I have supplied all 3 qualifications paperwork but the uni where I completed my Bachelors degree is having a hard time understanding what they need to do (they say they’ve never been asked to submit a transcript to WES Before which I highly doubt).

So I’m not sure how long my degree evaluation by WES will take before it’s submitted to UMPI for transfer credits and enrolment. Im completing more courses on Sophia and currently doing American government on instantcert just to pass the time and they will be submitted to UMPI at the same time as my UK Quals when ever the conversion is completed by WES.

Any suggestions about other things I could do to pass the time that may be useful as I’m unsure actually how many credits I will have that UMPI will be willing to transfer to the BABA as Uk degrees are so different to USA in how they work being very much more specialised with less generalisation.

[rachel83az]

I think UMPI should waive the GEC requirements if you have a degree already. But you might want to have Biology 101L ready to go to UMPI just in case.

[ss20ts]

I think UMPI should waive the GEC requirements if you have a degree already. But you might want to have Biology 101L ready to go to UMPI just in case.

That's only if they accept the international degree which the OP won't know until the WES process is completed and UMPI receives it. It can take quite awhile (a few months) from what other students have told me. Doing the bio lab class is a good idea. If it's not needed then nothing is lost, but if it is needed and it's not done it could delay the enrollment.