International Student (Singapore)

[tryingohsohard]

You can get in contact with UMPI staff, but they don't make the option easily available through their website. Both ashkir and ss20ts are former UMPI students who should better know who to contact regarding questions you might have.

Unfortunately, we haven't had a lot of students from Singapore (yet), so we're not as knowledgeable about what or what might not be needed for admission to YourPace. Most countries have a "school leaving certificate" or something along those lines to prove that they have finished the first 12 or so years of school and have graduated from secondary school. Singapore is confusing enough that I can't find any straight answer on the subject of what is actually needed and not just telling you to take the SAT exam, etc. (UMPI doesn't require the SAT for YourPace) and pay the site for information. Yikes! No.

That said, for evaluation, I think you only need to pay for the generic evaluation and not the course by course. Someone just needs to say "Yes, tryingohsohard has actually finished the Singaporian equivalent of high school. They're good to go to university." (In the US, Associate degrees are considered university-level.) It'd be different if you were trying to transfer Singaporian university credits to UMPI.

You are enrolled once you say you want to attend. Summer 1 session just started. If you applied for Summer 2, you can tell them that you want to defer enrollment until Fall 1 because you want to finish up some additional credits first. That's fine.

Thanks for replying Rachel.
initially i was worried that if i were to start application process and was accepted(fingers crossed), i would not be able to freely transfer my credits from elsewhere.
I will now go through the provisional evaluation and start my application process and only once i am accepted , then i will start my sophia/study journey.
Will i be able to keep defering enrollment once accepted till i get the enough credits?
However, thank you so much for clearing that up for me.

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Thank you so much Rachel! That’s very helpful and I really appreciate the effort you took to reply me .

So there is absolutely no way to really contact their real staff until you are successfully in the program at this moment? If it’s true, this is really unfortunate .

In Singapore, you will have to go through O level -> Polytechnic (Diploma)(US Associate Degree Equivalent-> Bachelor Degree
however we do have A Level which is equivalent to a U.S. high school diploma. Thus in this case O level might just fall short or just barely meet the requirement which I would probably have to send it for evaluation as you advised

I narrowed down to IEE as an evaluation company, is a general report enough or do I have to do the education course report?
https://myiee.org/pricing


1st - get my credentials evaluated
2nd-send in my reports and application.

May I ask  , at which stage am I considered enrolled?
once I send in my application?
If unfortunately I do not make the criteria would I be able to appeal in any way?

Thank you again for taking your time out to help !

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You have to be accepted before you're enrolled. Just submitting an application just mean you're accepted. It means you've applied. The application process takes a couple of weeks. Before applying I would contact Shea who is the YourPace Admissions Coordinator to find out what specifically they will require as an international student. You can reach her via email. shea.cushman@maine.edu You need to ask her which agency UMPI requires international transcripts to be evaluated by. There are a few options.

Thank you so much for your advise .
Shea had replied to me earlier on when i was enquiring and she asked the "contractors" take over.
"You have to be accepted before you're enrolled. Just submitting an application just mean you're accepted. It means you've applied." i think this just nailed it for me , i will get things moving and hope for the best.
Thank you!