English Proficiency

We have partnerships with the language centers listed below. Completion of the levels indicated will satify our English language requirements.

• CLASP - Level B2
• International Language Institute of Massachusetts - Full-Time Intensive English Program - Level B2
• ELS - Level 112
• Embassy English - Advanced C1
• New England School of English - Level 10 with a 2.7 GPA
• Stafford House - Level 6
• BridgePathways - Level 5
• Inlingua - Upper B2 with a letter of recommendation
• A.C.E. Language Institutes - Level 6
• Kaplan International - Advanced Level
• EF English First - Level C1-1

Undergraduate students can use any of the following standardized tests* to meet our English language requirement:

• SAT - 450 on the English Based Reading and Writing section
• ACT - Verbal score of 18
• TOEFL - 74 IBT
• IELTS - 6
• PTE Academic - 50
• STEP Eiken - Pre-1
• iTEP - 4
• Duolingo - 100 DET

Graduate students can use any of the following standardized tests* to meet our English language requirement:

• TOEFL - 80 IBT
• IELTS - 6.5
• PTE Academic - 56
• STEP Eiken - 1
• iTEP - 4.5
• Duolingo - 105 DET

• An IB grade of a 5-7 (A or B) in English or a score of 4 or better on the “English A: Higher Level examination
• A grade of a 3 or better on the AP English examination
• GCE, GCSE, IGCSE, WASSCE, or A Level Certificate with a grade of C or better in English (undergraduate only)
• Students who received their education in Ghana or Nigeria and have graduated within the last three years can submit a "Medium of Instruction" letter from their university
• Completion of three years of high school in the U.S., dependent upon the overall grades and whether the courses were ESL-based
• One semester of University in the U.S. with a C or better in a 100-level college English course
• Origin from a country in which English is the primary language:
  • Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom