Students educated outside the U.S. for secondary school (high school) are required to submit an exam score that meets our English proficiency requirement. If your English proficiency scores are below the minimum requirement, you might be considered for Conditional Admission.
Students can demonstrate proof of English proficiency by one of the following:
| TOEFL | 80 on the IBT TOEFL with no subsection lower than 17 | ETS TOEFL
School Code: 1165 |
| IELTS Academic | 6.5 on the IELTS Academic | IELTS |
| Duolingo English Test (DET) | 115 on the DET | DET |
| SAT | minimum evidence based reading and writing score of 540 | CollegeBoard SAT
School Code: 1165 |
| ACT | minimum reading score of 18 and English score of 20 | ACT
School Code: 1012 |
| PTE Academic | minimum English academic score of 53 | N/A |
| Revised TOEFL Paper-delivered Test | 59 on the PdT overall with no subsection lower than 17 | ETS TOEFL
School Code: 1165 |
TOEFL, IELTS Academic and PTE Academic exam scores are valid for two years. SAT and ACT exam scores are valid for five years. Scores that are older will not be accepted.
We will waive the English proficiency exam requirement for students who have completed the following coursework and achieved the minimum following results:
| International Baccalaureate (IB) English A: Language & Literature | IB grade of 5 or letter grade equivalent (HL and/or SL) |
| Advanced Placement (AP) English Language & Composition | Score of 4 on the exam AND/OR a grade of B in the class |
| British Curriculum (I)GCSE (O levels) English First Language | Result of D (letter scale) or 3 (number scale) |
| British Curriculum GCE (AS/A levels) English Language and/or English Language & Literature | Result of C |
Exception: Students whose secondary education (for all years of secondary/high school) took place in one of the countries below are exempt from the English proficiency requirement. Students born in one of these countries, yet educated elsewhere for secondary education, are required to satisfy the English proficiency requirement.
Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada (English speaking provinces), Cayman Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Islands, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Solomon Islands, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos, Uganda, United Kingdom (including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), Vanuatu, Windward Islands, and Zambia.