First-Time Undergraduate Students
High School: Students still enrolled in high school must submit a current academic transcript and upon completion of high school must submit their final transcript prior to enrollment at Stratford University. High school students interested in obtaining information about enrolling at the University should contact the high school admissions officers at the appropriate campus.
Adult Learners: Students of all ages and backgrounds may apply to Stratford University as long as they meet the admissions requirements. Students eligible for domestic undergraduate admission to Stratford University must have a high school diploma or equivalent. High school credentials issued from an international school are acceptable if the credential is equivalent to a U.S. high school diploma as determined by a credential evaluation. General educational development or GED certificate has the recognized equivalent of a high school diploma. Home-schooling at the secondary level as defined by state law; or completed secondary school education in a home-school setting which qualifies for an exemption from compulsory attendance requirements under state law, if state law does not require a home-schooled student to receive a credential for their education is equivalent to a high school diploma.
- For Virginia campuses, permissible documentation of high school graduation or equivalent may include a copy of or original high school transcript or diploma; GED transcript or certificate; documentation of home-schooling following the guidelines of the state in which the home-schooling was completed; or a college transcript or honorable discharge DD-214 indicating high school completion. The University recognizes a completed associate’s degree or higher from an institution accredited by a DOE recognized accreditor as equivalent to U.S. high school graduation and must be documented with an official transcript.
- Students submitting international educational credentials must provide an original or certified copy of the documentation, along with an official evaluation from an evaluation agency that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services - NACES (www.naces.org) or the Association of International Credential Evaluators – AICE (www.aice-eval.org), or completed by the American Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) own International Educational Services. Education credentials recorded in a language other than English must be accompanied by an official translation completed by one of the aforementioned agencies. The evaluation alone will not serve as a translation.
It is the student’s responsibility to provide this documentation within 30 days of the first day of the term in which the student begins if it cannot be submitted prior to admission. A student who does not or cannot provide the documents may be dismissed from the University. If a student’s currently legal name is different than what is on the high school documentation, the student must provide a written statement indicating the difference and reason for the difference.