申请了UMN CS的学长学姐看过来

想问一下往届申请UMN CS的学长学姐，WES认证是必要的吗？有没有学长学姐没有认证给ad的。谢谢啦！
UMN的官网上是这样子写

For applicants submitting transcripts from non-U.S. universities, it is required to submit a course-by-course credential evaluation alongside the transcripts that are uploaded to applications from a credential evaluation service. We prefer World Education Services (WES), however, we will also accept Education Credential Evaluators (ECE ).

因为目前打算申请的项目中好像只有UMN需要WES，如果一定要的话，可能会选择战略性放弃这个项目{:4_85:}