Admissions

Undergraduate International Admissions

Application Process (PDF)

Requirements for Admission:

 

1. Application - You may apply for admission online (with a major credit card).  You may also download a printable copy of the application form, print it out, and mail it to C-N.  Or, you may request that a paper form be sent to you by post.  To apply on-line, click on the following link: APPLY NOW.

 

2. Application Fee - The Application Fee for international students is $50.00 (fifty dollars U.S.).  If you use the online application process, you must provide a major credit card number in order to submit the application.  If you download and print a paper application or request one by mail, you may pay the application fee by means of a check drawn on a U.S. bank, by international money order, or by writing your credit card number on form itself.  Please do not send cash by mail.

 

3. Official Transcripts - You should submit official transcripts of both your high school (secondary school) and any university-level studies completed.  Original transcripts are preferred, but if these are not available, certified copies may be sent.  These should be accompanied by certified English translations.  Applicants for the undergraduate program must also send transcripts of university-level studies to a professional evaluating agency for a Course-by-Course Evaluation and request that the evaluating agency report the results to Carson-Newman College.  A listing of evaluating agencies are located at the bottom of this page.

 

4. Official Test Results Report - Carson-Newman requires official score reports of the results of a standardized test for admission to the undergraduate program.  We prefer the ACT, but we recognize that this test is not offered in many countries.  We will also accept the SAT 1.  Because many international students speak English as a second or third language, and because this may affect the results of not only the verbal but also the math and science reasoning sections of these exams, C-N will also consider for admission international students for whom English is not their first language based upon the results of IELTS, the STEP, or the TOEFL exam.  Students admitted without an ACT or SAT exam score report will be required to take a math placement exam upon arrival and before being allowed to register for a math course.  Any student who hopes to participate on a varsity sports team is required by the NCAA to submit an ACT or SAT 1 exam to the NCAA Clearinghouse.  The team Coach, the Athletic Director, or the NCAA Compliance Officer can provide additional information concerning the NCAA Clearinghouse.  Our institutional codes for these exams are: ACT - 3950, SAT and TOEFL - 1102.