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Application Checklist: Materials Required for Admission


FIRST-YEAR STUDENT

Completed application form*

$40 dollar application fee payable to the University of Southern Maine

Completed personal statement (essay)

Official transcript mailed by your high school listing all courses and grades received to date or official GED results

Official SAT or ACT results sent directly from testing agency or included on official high school transcript

Completed counselor statement (please refer to the Request for Academic Records form on the enclosed application) or letter of recommendation from your guidance/college counselor

Official Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) results (required of those applicants whose primary language is not English)

TRANSFER STUDENT

Completed application form

$40 dollar application fee payable to the University of Southern Maine

Completed personal statement (essay)

Official final high school transcript or official GED results (unless applicant has completed an associate's or bachelor's degree at the time of submission)

Official transcripts from all colleges attended

Official SAT or ACT score results. SAT and ACT scores are waived for individuals whose high school graduation date was three or more years ago and/or for those with 30 or more earned college credits from a regionally accredited institution

Official Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) results (required of those applicants whose primary language is not English)

ADULT STUDENT

Completed application form

$40 dollar application fee payable to the University of Southern Maine

Completed personal statement (essay)

Official final high school transcript or official GED results

Official transcripts from all colleges attended

List of work/life experience or current resume. See application form

Official Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) results (required of those applicants whose primary language is not English)

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT

Completed application form

$40 dollar application fee payable to the University of Southern Maine

Completed personal statement (essay)

Official English translations of secondary school transcripts, exam certificates, and college level transcripts

Declaration of finances form accompanied by the appropriate financial documentation

Official Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) results (required of those applicants whose primary language is not English)

REACTIVATING STUDENT

Completed Reactivation/ Readmission form

$20 dollar application fee payable to the University of Southern Maine

Completed personal statement (essay)

Any new transcripts from course work you have done since applying to or attending USM

*Member of the Common Application. USM also accepts this form in lieu of its own, giving equal consideration to both. USM also accepts applications in the following formats: College Link and Next Stop College.

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