English Proficiency Exemptions
Undergraduate Admissions - International Students
Students from the following countries are exempt from providing English proficiency testing:
- American Samoa
- Anguilla
- Antigua, Barbuda
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Botswana
- British Indian Ocean Territories
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Island
- Christmas Island
- Cook Islands
- Dominica
- Falkland Islands/Malvinas
- Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Grendada
- Guam
- Guyana
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Marshall Island
- Mauritius
- Micronesia, Federated States
- Montserrat
- Namibia
- Nevis, Saint Kitts
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Philippines
- Pitcairn
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Helena
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent, Grenadines
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Trinidad, Tobago
- Turks, Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
- U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
- Virgin Islands, British
- Virgin Islands, U.S.
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Testing waivers will be considered for students who meet the following criteria:
- Scored 550 or higher on the SAT Evidence-Based Reading, OR Score 43 on ACT English + Reading.
- Scored well on the English section of an international examination like GCE, IGCSE, IB, etc.
- Attended two or more years of study at a high school in the United States.
Please contact intladm@clarkson.edu to request consideration of your testing waiver request.