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Admission Types and Requirements
International Freshman
Definition
of International Freshman 
International
Freshman is a nonresident of the US who holds high school diploma and are
preparing to enroll as Bachelor’s degree seeking students.
Application
Requirements
Required Materials:
Application
Can
be found here.
Application
Fee
Students must pay a
nonrefundable $30.00 fee. This can be a US money order or international money
order for US dollars from a US bank. Make the check or money order payable to
Otterbein University. DO NOT SEND CASH OR COUPONS. If you don’t have a
bank account in the US, you can pay it online by credit card.
Secondary
Transcripts (High School Transcripts)
Send original or
certified true copies of the original official
transcripts/documents for course work from the final four years of high
school/secondary school (grades 9-12). An official translation in English must accompany all transcripts.
Transcripts are documents that list the courses you took, grading scale, and
the marks/grades you obtained after completing these courses. If you took college courses while in high school, you must
submit official transcripts of your college course work. DO NOT SEND PHOTOCOPIES.
Sponsor’s
Guarantee
You and your sponsor
must complete this form.
If you are paying tuition from your own personal funds, only complete the
“Source of Support” section on page 2.
Bank
Statement
Sponsors must ask
their bank to certify in a letter or bank statement that sufficient funds for
educational expenses are available to meet the expenses for one academic
year. Unsponsored students must send a bank statement from their own
bank. DO NOT SEND PHOTOCOPIES.
English
Testing Results
Provide an official
report sent from either the Educational Testing Service (TOEFL) or
International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Otterbein’s code
is 1597. You may send a copy of your results temporarily, but you must have
the official report sent before you will be allowed to register for classes
at Otterbein. For matriculation as a degree seeking student, the minimum
TOEFL score required for the paper-based test is 550; you need a minimum of
213 for the computer-based test; and a score of at least 79 is needed for the
Internet-based test. The minimum IELTS score is 6.0.
SAT/ACT
International
students who graduated from a US high school are required to submit an
official SAT or ACT scores with writing. Official scores must be reported directly
from the testing agency; self-reported scores and copies are not considered
official.
Visa
Information
A photocopy of your
passport information page, US visa and I-20/DS-2019. (IAP-66 if you are
currently in the US)
Deadline:
Fall
Semester: April 1.
Spring
Semester: November 1.
Financial Requirements:
Tuition, on-campus
room and board charges for the 2014 - 2015 academic year are
listed below. Please note the room and board rates represent base amounts.
Actual charges may vary depending on your room assignment. Additional charges
may include private (applied) music lessons, equine science fees, nursing
fees and science lab fees. Please refer to the fee schedule in the Otterbein
College Course Catalog and master schedule of classes for details.
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Full-time tuition
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$31,424
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On-campus room
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$4,828
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On-campus board
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$4,210
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Total
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$40,462 | Estimated Additional Costs
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Books
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$1,101
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Transportation
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$816 - 1,356
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Miscellaneous
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$1,494 - 1,983
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The bank statement
must show sufficient funds (total amount above).
Note about Foreign Language Documents
Foreign language documents
must be translated into English by the issuing institution, an authorized
translator, or a teacher of the language.
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