{"id":4286,"date":"2022-04-13T10:52:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/optometry\/?post_type=program&#038;p=4286"},"modified":"2023-04-28T13:31:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T20:31:35","slug":"foreign","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"\/optometry\/programs\/doctor-of-optometry\/foreign\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Coursework Evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/optometry\/images\/080422-welcome-week-day-4-morning-16.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Welcome Week\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container pt-56 md:pt-112 pb-144 md:pb-192\">\n      <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between px-12\">\n        <div class=\"sm:w-8\/12 md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 px-12\">\n                      <div class=\"mb-20\">\n              <div class=\"block 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completed outside the United States must be submitted to one of the approved services listed below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wes.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Education Services<\/a>\u00a0(WES)<br \/>\nP.O. Box 5087, Bowling Green Station<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10274-5087<br \/>\n(212) 966-6311<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsilny.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josef Silny &amp; Associates<\/a>\u00a0(JSA)<br \/>\n7101 SW 102 Avenue<br \/>\nMiami, FL 33173<br \/>\n(305) 273-1616<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All foreign transcripts must be evaluated course-by-course with letter grades, pass\/fail, or credit\/no credit, and must specify which courses are considered undergraduate, graduate and professional.<\/li>\n<li>The evaluation service should send\/release the official evaluation directly to WesternU.<\/li>\n<li>Official transcripts for any courses completed at U.S. institutions must be submitted directly to WesternU.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"parent":4263,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4286","program","type-program","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/optometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/4286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/optometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/optometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/program"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/optometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/4286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5392,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/optometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/4286\/revisions\/5392"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/optometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/4263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/optometry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}