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26 Feb, 6 tweets, 4 min read
Some clarifications on the WES USA evaluation process

1) WES USA evaluation is different WES Canada evaluation used for immigration

2) For grad. studies in the USA, WES (course-by-course evaluation) is usually employed. wes.org/about-wes-cred…
3) The WES evaluation isn't accepted for all schools in the US. You should do it only if required by the university (see image).

4) Some schools have an internal transcript evaluator. In this case, your unofficial/official HND or Bsc transcript must be provided. For this,
it may not be comparable to what is obtained from WES. Some schools would even ask for a "SCHOLARO GPA" equivalent of your transcript when applying. scholaro.com/gpa-calculator/

5) To the best of my knowledge, WES USA evaluated transcript isn't acceptable to any country worldwide
except the US. Other countries have their mechanism for transcript evaluation.

6) If you insist on doing a WES US evaluation, you'll need to search tirelessly for the school that accepts it. An explanation of the miraculous improvement upon WES evaluation has been done
by @Okpala_IU

7) If you can't do a WES evaluation, there are still schools out there that can accept what you have (2.2 or HND). You just have to address any transcript loopholes in your SOP, get high test scores, and
strong references. Summarily, be sure you understand the school requirement before you go for that WES evaluation.
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