All Pellissippi State students who want to receive credit for courses taken at an international college or university must submit the required documents to an approved credential evaluation service. This process ensures that students have access to a fair and accurate assessment of the credentials by experienced evaluators. The following guidelines have been set for international credential evaluations at Pellissippi State:

• It is the students' responsibility to initiate the evaluation process with the evaluation service. Please be aware that these services will charge a fee to the student. Please contact them to verify the current fee amount.
• After the evaluation service receives all of the required documents from the student, they will submit an evaluation report to Pellissippi with their recommendations for academic credit.
• Pellissippi will apply credit from the evaluation report according to the student's major. In some cases the college may require course descriptions or other additional information provided by the student's international college or university.
• Pellissippi reserves the right to interpret the evaluation report and to determine Pellissippi's course equivalencies. Some courses such as English 1010, for example do not have equivalencies at international universities.
• Any questions about this process should be directed to the international admissions coordinator.

Credential Evaluation Services:

Josef Silny & Associates, Inc.
International Education Consultants
7101 SW 102 Avenue
Miami, FL 33173
Phone: (305) 273-1616
Fax: (305) 273-1338
Email: info@jsilny.com
www.jsilny.com
Current Cost: $120.00 USD

Office of Int'l Education Services
AACRAO
One Dupont Circle, NW; Suite #520
Washington DC 20036-1135
Phone: (202) 296-3359
Fax:
Email: oies@aacrao.org
http://www.aacrao.org/credential/index.htm
Current Cost: $190.00 USD

World Education Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 745
Old Chelsea Station
New York, NY 10113-0745
Phone: (800) 937-3895
Fax: (212) 966-6395
Email: info@wes.org
www.wes.org
Current Cost: $150.00 USD

Please visit the web sites of either of these services to learn more. A course-by-course evaluation will be required in order to receive transfer credit. If you have any questions, please contact Admissions at 865/694-6568 or email: admissions@pstcc.edu.