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Transfer Students Transfer students must present the same application forms and transcripts as those applying for freshman standing. The tran script from the last school attended must bear the statement of honorable dismissal. Biola College will accept correspondence credit only from re gionally accredited schools. The maximum credit allowed is 15 semester units of credit. Students transferring from accredited schools will receive credit for courses which are equivalent to Biola's requirements for grad uation. Students transferring from non-accredited institutions may receive credit in Bible and related subjects by validation examina tions or by satisfactory completion of twelve units of work taken during the first semester. Provisional credit for liberal arts units will be granted in accordance with policies of the state college or university of the state in which the institution is located from which credit is being transferred. Transfer students are not required to take the College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test if they have taken 24 semester units or more of transferable college work from an accredited institution. A student transferring from an institution which is not a member of the regional accrediting association must take the College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test. Transfer students who have taken regu lar freshman college English with a grade of C or better are not required to take an English achievement test. Transfer students with a regular college course in mathematics with a grade of C or better are not required to take a mathematics achievement test. Transfer students who have no college credit in either of these subjects are urged to take the College Board achievement tests in English and Math I. A minimum grade average of "C" is required for admission with advanced standing. Students entering the College with advanced standing must meet the residence requirements for graduation: the Senior year of residence with at least twelve units of classroom work per semester and, a minimum of 15 units of upper-division work in the major field, in the baccalaureate program. SPECIAL STANDING. Those who present reasons satisfactory to the Admissions Committee are privileged to take an elective course consisting of a minimum of five hours of class room work which includes at least one Bible subject. Unless sufficient reason is presented, a student is not allowed to remain in this classifica tion for more than one year.
Admission of Foreign Students English Profidency
It is essential that students from other countries be able to understand directions and lectures in English and also be able to
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