ACRONYMS

AACRAO: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
www.aacrao.org

AAIE: The Association for the Advancement of International Education
www.aaie.org

ABET: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
www.abet.org

AISD: Austin Independent School District
www.austin.isd.tenet.edu

EAIE: European Association for International Education
www.eaie.org

FCSA: Foreign Credentials Service of America
www.fcsa.biz

GIAC: Graduate Admissions - International Applications (University of Texas at Austin)
www.utexas.edu/student/giac/intlinfo.html

GMAT: Graduate Management Admissions Test
www.gmat.org

GRE: Graduate Record Examination
www.gre.org

IIE: The Institute for International Education
www.iie.org

INS: Immigration and Naturalization Services (US)
www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/index.htm

NAFSA: Association of International Educators
www.nafsa.org

NAGAP: National Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals
www.nagap.org

PIER: Programs in International Educational Resources of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies
www.yale.edu/ycias/pier/

SACRAO: Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
www.sacrao.org/sacrao

SBEC: Texas State Board of Educational
www.sbec.state.tx.us

SEVIS: Student and Exchange Visitor Information System
SEVP: (formerly CIPRIS) Student and Exchange Visitor Program
www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/services/tempbenefits/sevp.htm

Texas State Board of Professional Engineering
www.tbpe.state.tx.us

TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language
www.toefl.org

The National Council for the Evaluation of Foreign Academic Credentials
www.ed.gov/nle/usnei/us/natcouncil-info.html

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