College Admissions: Bridging the Language Gap
International students can face many kinds of barriers in applying for admission to colleges and universities in the United States.
One of the difficulties most students from non-English speaking countries face in the U.S. is a language barrier.
acceptlanguageMany such students feel they have little or no chance of gaining admission to an American school because of their poor English skills. But what if that barrier was removed from the application process?
Rob Hardin, assistant director for international student recruitment at the University of Oregon, says this is the goal of a special path to American higher education called conditional admission.
Hardin says most colleges and universities in the U.S. want international students on their campuses, as it “enhances the student experience“, but they only accept applicants whose
TOEFL score reaches a certain level. But now, conditional admission permits students to ask for special consideration.
If a university approves a student for conditional admission, he or she is placed in a special English-language education program before they start their degree program.
Hardin says many international students prefer to study English in their native countries. However, he argues that conditional admissions programs offer more than a traditional language school can. He says that students often grow their language skills much faster while living at an American college and using its resources.
But Hardin also notes that international students should not expect every college and university in the U.S. to offer these programs. This is especially true of the top schools that get the most attention worldwide.
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