apply for school in USA

[Maryamm 1]

hello there, i am not sure if it's the right place to ask but i really need help here.

so i have a Bachelor's degree from a University in my homeland, now I'm living in the US and planning to apply for school to get a better future carreer (i hope), in my head now, i feel i wanna go for Health Care. i have just checked a website of a university, and i read the candidates must have all these requirements, one of them is:

Bachelor's Degree: A baccalaureate degree in any major from an accredited institution of higher learning is required. It is desirable that the degree include a breadth of liberal arts courses.

from that, i assume that i need to do something called --credential evaluation? since i got my degree from outside the US.

am i right? can somebody tell me more about it, please? i did read about it, but what i mean here is, if one of u experienced it, please share, please (the system is just a lil bit different compare to the one we have there in my country.

thanks for your time/help

[KaeR 1]

I got my MSc from my country and when I applied for PhD I only presented my diploma and the official transcript (back in my times it was called a supplement in my country but it looks like an official transcript here).

Edited September 13, 2013 by KaeR

[Maryamm 1]

is your diploma in English? so didnt need it to be translated?? thanks

[KaeR 1]

is your diploma in English? so didnt need it to be translated?? thanks

I got it translated but my school was offering it in English (or for some small fee) up to 6 months after graduation. I needed it after 6 months so I got it officially translated. My friend (now a USC) graduated in the same country before they started issuing a supplement (it was introduced to match the EU standards) so he got accepted to a graduate program here in the US based on some other documentation like his student record I believe. I may ask what he presented to the school.

Edited September 14, 2013 by KaeR

[Maryamm 1]

thanks my other question is, would u know if i can just use my High School Diploma? because i translated it into English so all I have to do is going to WES for credential evaluation. if i use my bachelor's one, i need to translate it 1st. oh well..

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Talk to your school about what service they use to evaluate foreign schools. There are a couple. Joseph used IERF and they take his degree and the classes he took and their knowledge of the school and translate that into classes he would have taken and grade he would have gotten. Different organizations specialize in different degrees.

[KaeR 1]

thanks my other question is, would u know if i can just use my High School Diploma? because i translated it into English so all I have to do is going to WES for credential evaluation. if i use my bachelor's one, i need to translate it 1st. oh well..

The main question is: where are you trying to get? If you're going for another BS/BA then your previous degree IMHO doesn't really matter unless you want to transfer some credits. If you're trying to get to a graduate program then you do it based on your previous degree and then your HS diploma doesn't really matter.

Edited September 15, 2013 by KaeR

[Novembro 1,763]

Talk to your school about what service they use to evaluate foreign schools. There are a couple. Joseph used IERF and they take his degree and the classes he took and their knowledge of the school and translate that into classes he would have taken and grade he would have gotten. Different organizations specialize in different degrees.

This.

Call and ask to set up a meeting with an admissions counselor. Hash it all out with them! Good luck!