Shoreline Community College

The college’s on-campus accommodation is available to all students at Shoreline starting in September 2019. Located at the very front of the college’s 83-acre forested campus, the brand-new student housing building is less than a ten-minute walk from any classroom on campus. This building—known as 7000 Campus Living—will feature 68 individual units with options for single or shared bedrooms, with beautifully furnished living rooms and kitchens, and generous common space for all Shoreline students to study and make friends.

With on-campus accommodation students have access to and assistance from college staff, which is beneficial during the settling in period. Students also have the added bonus of being in a safe environment with 24-hour security and emergency help. Living on campus has many benefits for students and research has shown that it contributes to improved wellbeing and better academic performance.

International students have numerous study options at Shoreline Community College:

• University Transfer – Students can study the first two years of a degree program and transfer their credits to complete a bachelor’s degree at a top U.S. university.
• Career Training – Through Professional/Technical programs, students can develop their practical skills and graduate career ready after two years.
• Certificates – Students can transition into a different professional role or enhance skills for their current role through these shorter certificate options.
• College Readiness – Students can develop skills for college-level English or math or enroll in an intensive English language (ESL) program.
• High School Options – Students can use credits from their college courses to earn a U.S. high school diploma.

Areas of study at Shoreline include arts, communication, business, healthcare, medical, science, technology, engineering, math, social sciences and education.

Shoreline also offers an Honor’s College program, where students can challenge themselves by engaging in research with professors. Benefits of this program include guaranteed smaller class sizes with more rigorous coursework, research projects, presentation opportunities at prestigious universities, additional support during the university transfer process, and more connections in the academic community. Through the transformative Honor’s College experience, international students will stand out when applying to transfer to a top four-year university.

Applying to Shoreline Community College is simple and straightforward. In most cases, all application materials can be submitted online. No SAT is required for admission.

There are four requirements for all students:

1. Online Application
2. Academic Records
3. Financial statement
4. 50 USD Application fee

All documents can be emailed to the college.

While it is encouraged, international students are not required to take the TOEFL or any other English proficiency test to be accepted at Shoreline. If students choose not to take an exam in advance or do not place at an academic level, there is an English language placement test they will take during International Student Orientation to determine their English level.

International students who have previously taken an English proficiency test may be able to enroll directly into college-level English or the advanced English language course, English for Academic Purposes (EAP). Students in EAP can also take college classes at the same time.

Students who receive the minimum IELTS scores, or equivalent, will be guaranteed a place in:

• 5.5 overall, with 6.0 in writing – English 101
• 5.0 overall, with 5.0 in writing – EAP

For test scores lower than these, students will take the English language placement test at orientation.

International students will benefit from low tuition costs at Shoreline Community College that are, on average, around 50% to 70% percent less than at public and private four-year universities.

Shoreline offers a number of scholarships to new and continuing international students to help them pay tuition fees. The scholarships on offer range from 500 USD to 1,200 USD. The scholarship awards are made on the basis of academic excellence and the demonstration of English language proficiency. New international students will automatically be considered for scholarships when applying to Shoreline, without the need for a direct or alternative scholarship application process.

To align with visa regulations, Shoreline requires applicants to demonstrate that they have sufficient financial resources to be able to live and study in the U.S.

The safety of the entire college community is of paramount importance to Shoreline. Therefore, it has the security in place to ensure that everyone has a safe, welcoming and comfortable time on campus and beyond.

The Safety and Security department works alongside all areas of the college, providing security services 24/7 in order to create a safe environment for the college community. Services include:

• Security officers working on campus all day, every day
• Campus patrol and surveillance
• Daily inspections of equipment, buildings and systems
• Educational programs to promote awareness
• Campus parking maintenance and permit program
• Response to accidents and calls for aid
• Crime prevention
• Violence reduction
• Reporting system
• Policies, procedures, educational training and community involvement

International students who choose to study the first two years of an undergraduate degree at Shoreline will receive guidance to help them transfer to an esteemed U.S. university. There, students will complete the last two years of their degrees.

Shoreline has numerous Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) partnerships with well-known and high-quality universities. However, students can transfer to any university they qualify for and have transferred to almost 200 universities in all 50 states and even other countries.

Some of the universities Shoreline students transfer to include:

• University of Washington
• Seattle University
• University of California-Berkeley
• University of California-Los Angeles
• Arizona State University
• Washington State University
• University of Minnesota
• University of Michigan
• New York University
• University of Texas-Austin

Graduates of Shoreline have also found post-graduation work experience — known as Optional Practical Training (OPT) — at well-known companies including T-Mobile and Microsoft.