Accompanying the letter of acceptance will be a health form which must be properly completed by both the applicant and the applicant's physician. A medical consent form is also required of single student's under the age of twenty-one.
Early Admission Biola College has provision for early admission (fall semester). Applicants for early admission should file their application prior to November 1 for the following fall to be considered for early admission. Only those having an academic grade point average of 3.00 (B minimum) or better through their junior year of high school will be considered. In accordance with the policy established by the College Entrance Examination Board, applicants who are granted early admission and accept that admission from Biola College are bound (1) not to apply to any other schools, (2) to cancel any applications filed at other schools. Transfer Students Transfer students must present the same application forms and transcripts as those applying for freshman standing. The transcript from the last school at tended must bear the statement of honorable dismissal. Biola College will accept correspondence credit only from regionally 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 graduation. Students transferring from non-accredited institutions may receive credit in Bible and related subjects by validation examinations 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 regular fresh man 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 Mathematics I.
A minimum grade average of "C" is required for admission with advanced standing.
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