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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Do any of you charge an application fee or processing fee for international admissions? We have had an unusually large number of students applying from Nigeria over the last year. Only one of them have gotten a visa and arrived on campus. Another thing that has me concerned is that often times they will have the same mailing address as other Nigerian applicants. The few that I have talked to on the phone claim to not have any friends that have applied to our university even though they are using the same address. Is it common for them to go to some sort of placement agency to find a school in the U.S. and perhaps the addresses I’m seeing are the placement agency? Also, when I (or our admissions office) get an email from one Nigerian applicant, it is typically followed by 4-5 emails from other Nigerian applicants with almost the exact same message. Our international student population are typically student athletes or have some sort of connection to USAO (i.e. friend or relative attended here and recommended us).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#136B2A'>Chelsea Phillips<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#136B2A'>Registrar/Director of Enrollment & Records<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#136B2A'><a href="http://www.usao.edu/"><span style='color:#136B2A;text-decoration:none'>University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#136B2A'>405-574-1205 (office)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#136B2A'>405-574-1220 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><img border=0 width=297 height=60 style='width:3.0937in;height:.625in' id=c6388282-4613-4f84-a774-2fb26f246de4 src="cid:image001.jpg@01D21581.858BC5A0" alt="cid:16D7802A-BD66-411D-B03E-8C59B4BF1350"></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray'>This e-mail (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is confidential and/or protected by legal privilege. Any unauthorized review, use, copy, disclosure or distribution of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the appropriate party at USAO, and immediately destroy all copies of this e-mail. USAO does not accept any liability for breach of security, error or virus that may result from the transmission of this message.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>