WES Evaluation: How to get started?

World Education Services or WES is North America's most trusted certification evaluator, which works with over 48,000 global accredited educational institutions. It is a trustworthy organisation that completes the evaluation process within 7 days after receiving and approving all the necessary documents.

So, if you want to apply to American or Canadian institutions, you need to present a GPA or grade point average. The scores must be based on American computations, hence, the scores offered by Indian institutions must be renounced. This is where WES comes to your rescue. The WES evaluation report acts as both a validation of academic merit and a credential evaluation.

Table of Contents

• What is WES evaluation?
• Various steps of WES evaluation
• Required documents and points to keep in mind while submission
• Types of WES degree evaluation

What is WES evaluation?

WES evaluates a student's credentials by comparing their academic achievements to American or Canadian norms. Schools, licensing boards, businesses, and immigration officials can all benefit from this report's improved understanding of educational requirements.

To put it briefly, the WES report will accomplish the following:

• It will verify that the credentials are authentic
• It will list and clarify the credentials
• It may contain the GPA equivalency
• Conduct a verification of the documents' legitimacy

The WES iGPA calculator helps with instant grade conversion and GPA calculation, which will help you as an international candidate in meeting the requirements for admission. It also compares the grades on a 4.0 grading scale.

Also read: What is GPA?

List of universities that require WES evaluation:

• University of California
• Harvard University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Yale University
• University of Pennsylvania
• Chicago State University
• Princeton University

• University of Alberta
• The University of British Columbia
• University of Toronto

Various steps of WES evaluation

The entire process of WES evaluation can be completed in three easy steps:

1. Submission of the application and generation of the WES reference number.
2. Going through the document requirements and then submitting the same, along with the WES reference number.
3. WES will cross-check the documents and credentials, create the report for further assessment and then send it to the recipients.

Required documents and points to keep in mind while submission

The following documents will be required for WES evaluation:

• Degree certificate (either final or provisional)
• University marksheet

You will have to keep these pointers in mind while submitting their documents:

• You must submit the reference number as provided by WES.
• You must not send original documents for evaluation.
• It is important to verify that digitally signed documents can be received from your institution and submitted to WES.
• When the documents are submitted via courier service, shipping charges should be paid.

Types of WES degree evaluation

There are basically three types of WES degree evaluation:

• Course-by-course evaluation: The evaluation yields the equivalence for credentials and GPA in the United States. The grades and courses are also listed. Admission for transfer and graduate educational institutions and licensing boards are all served by it (excluding CPA).
• Document-by-document evaluation: This shows the credential's U.S. equivalence. It is completed for employment, admittance to freshmen universities and US immigration.
• CPA supplemental report: This assesses the accounting and business courses in preparation for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) boards.

So, if you are a person with international credentials who wish to excel in their academic and professional pursuits, a WES evaluation is, in a word, revolutionary.

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