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How to Apply to ACE

Applying from Your Own Country

  1. For students applying from home, applications must be completed at least one month prior to the start of the session. Applying early is recommended. Attending the orientation is required.
  2. Email the following to the ACE Program:
    1. Application Form
    2. Nonrefundable $125 Application Fee
    3. Evidence of Financial Support*
    4. Copy of Passport
    5. Copy of High School Transcripts or Diploma
  3. After we receive all of the above, we will send you an I-20.**
  4. Contact the American Embassy/Consulate to apply for an F-1 student visa. For more information, click Steps to Get Your F-1 Visa.
  5. Arrange arrival transportation and home stay or other housing.

Transferring from Another School in the U.S.

  1. Bring or email the following to the ACE Program:

  • Application Form
  • Nonrefundable $125 Application Fee
  • Evidence of Financial Support*
  • Copy of Passport (including VISA page)
  • Copy of I-94 document
  • Copy of current valid I-20
  • Copy of High School Transcripts or Diploma
  • Transfer Form (our form filled out by your current English school)

  2. After we receive all of the above, you will receive an I-20.**

  3. Attending the orientation is mandatory.

*The U.S. Government requires us to have on file a financial statement verifying availability of sufficient funds (minimum $12,050) for a student's tuition and living expenses. This evidence may be in the form of a bank statement or a bank letter. The account must be a cash-type account (savings, checking, or certificate of deposit). The document should be current within six months of the ACE application.

** An I-20 is a document which allows a foreign national to apply for a student visa (F-1) to enter the United States and begin a course of study.

Campus PhotoEmail application and documents to ace.grossmont@gcccd.edu or mail to

American Collegiate English
Grossmont College
8800 Grossmont College Dr.
El Cajon, CA 92020-1799


We are ready to assist you! 

Sandy Kuntz, International Student Specialist
Telephone: 1-619-644-7293
Email: sandy.kuntz@gcccd.edu
Office location: 38E-101A

Natalia Aylett, ACE Academic Coordinator
Telephone: 1-619-644-7493
Email: natalia.aylett@gcccd.edu
Office location: 50-590Q

ACE APPLICATION DISCLAIMER: 

American Collegiate English and Grossmont College have relationships with international student recruitment agencies that are authorized to help students consider ACE as one of their intensive English training options. A few of these agencies are compensated by ACE for an appropriate student referral who enrolls in ACE. A student’s application is not granted preferential treatment if the student is assisted by an agency. Students are neither required to apply with the assistance of an agency, nor will they be disadvantaged if they do not. Admissions decisions are at the sole discretion of the institution.

Last Updated: 07/15/2020

Contact

American Collegiate English
Building 38E-101A, parking lot #4
Email: ace.grossmont@gcccd.edu
Phone: 1.619.644.7293

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