Undergraduate Application Checklist

For your application to be reviewed by the admissions committee, all of the following items must be sent with your application:   

• Completed online application
• Transcripts
  • All high school or secondary school transcripts and certificates and/or diplomas 
  • All college and/or university transcripts (if applicable)

    Photocopies are acceptable to apply.  You will be required to submit official, final copies before registering for classes.

• Dean of Students Form
  Applicants who are transferring from another U.S. college or university must complete and return the Dean of Students Form (PDF). 
• Financial
  • Completed financial certification form (PDF) 
  • Official documentation of your financial support current within the last 3 months
  • Citizens of Saudi Arabia:  click here.
• Writing Sample
  Please write an original essay of 250-500 words on one of the topics below.  Please note that any essays found to be plagiarized, or are in any way found to not be your original work, will be cause for rejection of your admission application.
• Discuss a meaningful contribution you have made through involvement in school, church or community activities.
• Describe an event, a person or an educational experience that has had a major impact on your life and why. 
• Passport
  • A copy of the picture page from your passport
  • Copies of the picture pages from your dependents' passports, if they will be accompanying you on F-2 or J-2 visa status 
• Optional submissions
  International Student Scholarship requirements 

The admissions committee may offer conditional admission to applicants who submit the above items and who meet St. Thomas's academic requirements.

 

You must also send all of the following items before St. Thomas will issue you an I-20 form. Please send as many of the following items as you can with your application:   

• English
  Official documentation of English language proficiency
• Immigration paperwork
  • Applicants who are already inside the U.S. must submit a copy of their current visa and a copy of their I-94 card.
  • Applicants who are already inside the U.S. on a J-1 visa must submit a copy of their most recent DS2019 form.
  • Applicants transferring an F-1 visa from another U.S. school must submit a copy of their most recent I-20 form and a SEVIS Transfer Form (PDF). 
• Pre-registration submissions
  • Confirming deposit, questionnaire, and payment agreement form 
  • Housing application (optional)

You must send all of the following items before you can register for classes at St. Thomas:   

• Transcripts
  • All official high school or secondary school transcripts (final) and certificates and/or diplomas
  • All official college and/or university transcripts (if applicable)

  

You can mail your application materials to:

Office of International Recruiting and Admissions
Mail #44C-1
2115 Summit Ave
St. Paul, MN 55105
USA