Frequently Asked Questions for Summer 2023
You can email us at iss@andrews.edu. If you are on campus, you can also visit our office (Administration Building 307) during regular office hours: Monday–Thursday 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and 1:30–5 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m.–Noon.
Does Andrews University provide transportation to/from local and regional airports and bus stations?
The Andrews University Transportation office can arrange a pickup at the South Bend International Airport. For more information, and to confirm the associated fees, please contact the Transportation office directly by going here.
Will Andrews University offer remote/online classes in addition to in-person classes in Summer 2023?
Andrews will offer in-person classes in Summer 2023 with some limited remote options via online platforms. For details about specific classes, and whether or not you can take classes remotely, please check with your academic advisor.
If you have an I-20 and were enrolled full-time in Spring 2023 and intend to enroll full-time in Fall 2023, the summer is flexible: you can take the summer off, you can work and not take classes, or you can take classes, including remote/online classes.
If this summer is the first time you are studying on the Andrews University campus, your I-20 requires you to take a full load of classes during this first summer (even if you actually started your studies online before coming to campus). Only one online class can count toward full-time status; the other classes must be face-to-face.
If you are a returning or new graduate international student or a returning undergraduate international student, please contact your academic advisor directly.
If you are a new undergraduate international student (i.e., spring 2023 is your first semester as an undergraduate student), please reach out to Aaron Moushon, director of Undergraduate Education, at moushona@andrews.edu as a first step in the registration process.
For questions about on-campus residence halls, please email rhhousing@andrews.edu. For questions about University apartments, please email universityapartments@andrews.edu.
The Center for Intensive English Programs (CIEP) plans to offer a blend of in-person and online classes in spring 2023. For more information, please email ciep@andrews.edu.
The best way to contact CIEP is through email at ciep@andrews.edu.
Please visit the U.S. Department of State Visa Appointment Wait Times webpage. Once there, select the U.S. Embassy or Consulate nearest you to see the estimated wait times for Student/Exchange Visitor Visas.
Due to the safety measures pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic, international exams have been adjusted around the globe. As a demonstration of our commitment to you, we are admitting undergraduate international students based on the emergency COVID-19 admission recommendations decided by each country.
List of top examination bodies around the world:
1. International Baccalaureate Diploma (updated March 26)
Offered around the world
- The IB examinations scheduled between April 30 and May 22 will no longer be held.
- Students will be awarded either a diploma or a course certificate that reflects their standard of work. The achievement will be based on the students’ coursework and the established assessment expertise, rigor, and quality control already built into the programs.
2. Ofqual — regulates qualifications, examinations, and assessments for GCSE’s, AS, A-levels, etc./Pearson’s BTEC (updated April 3)
Offered in the UK and around the world.
- Summer 2020 exam series has been canceled.
- Students due to sit the exams would be awarded a grade based on an assessment of the grade they would have been most likely to achieve had exams gone ahead. Results would be issued to this year’s cohort based on a range of evidence and data, including performance on mock exams and non-exam assessment and the approach will be standardized between schools and colleges.
- BTEC is following the guidance for GCSE and A-Levels and BTEC examinations will not take place in May or June this year.
- As of April 3, they are working with other Awarding Organizations and Ofqual to agree and finalize arrangements for qualifications with practical units or work placement requirements and will update you as soon as possible.
3. Cambridge International Exams — Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge O Level, Cambridge International AS & A Level and Cambridge Pre-U (updated March 23)
Offered around the world.
- Exams for an international curriculum taught by more than 4,800 schools in over 150 countries have been canceled.
- The decision on grades to be awarded to candidates will be made by Cambridge, using our own evidence combined with evidence from schools. They approach schools to collaborate and make evidence-based decisions about grades for each candidate in each subject they have entered for in the May/June 2020 exam, for example, mock exams, coursework, assignments, etc.
4. The Caribbean Examination Council (CSEC, CAPE, CVQ, etc) (updated March 23)
Offered in 16 Participating Countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos Islands.
- The Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®) will be using a strategy that will employ e-Testing modality in order to reduce the examinations administration processing time resulting in the shortest turn-around time for marking and the release of examination results.
- Proposed revised administration schedule for the May/June 2020 examinations is July 2020 but they continue to be guided by national protocols across the region. Reordering official certificates—as of March 23, CXCs transcript and certificate order services has been suspended until further notice.
5. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) (updated March 20)
Offered in the five English-speaking West African countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Liberia.
- The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has postponed the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination indefinitely, earlier scheduled to commence on April 6, 2020.
- The timetable for the examination would be reviewed after the coronavirus pandemic situation improes
Please contact us by email if you have any questions or concerns. You can send your questions to the International Credential Office.
It will not affect our admission decision, which may be made based on unofficial educational records, such as your digital record, unofficial transcript or examination slips. An official transcript is needed after admission.