Procedure The foIJowing must be filed in seeking admission:
I. The personal application form, including an identification picture. The application for admission must be accompanied by a $20 nonrefundable application fee.
2. An official high school transcript. The applicant should request the high school to send this directly to the Dean of Admissions. 3. An official transcript sent directly to the Dean of Admissions from each school the applicant has attended since high school. This includes schools attended for even part of a semester. 4. Two personal references: one from the applicant's pastor or - some one on the pastoral staff who knows the applicant and one from the school last attended or from an employer if the applicant has been out of school for at least one year and has been working . 5 . The scores of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) of the College Entrance Examina tion Board must be submitted. Information regarding testing dates may be secured from a high school counselor or from the College Entrance Examination Board , Box 592 , Princeton, New Jersey, or Box 1025 , Berkeley , California . Applicants are en couraged to take the SAT no later than the January testing date. It is better if the test is not postponed beyond the March testing dat e. Notification Letters notifying applicants of their admission status for September are mailed on a roll ing basis beginning in the late fall or early winter. Freshmen applicants with at least a 3.0 (' 'B" ) average through grade eleven may be notified of acceptance prior to receipt of their seventh semester transcript. Applicants who are granted acceptance are required to vali date their acceptance by the payment of a non-refundable enrollment deposit of $50. This deposit will be retained to the applicant's account for pre-registration each spring until his final semester of enrollment at which time it will be credited to his account. It is the student ' s responsibility to inform the registrar that a particular semester is his final semester at Biola. An applicant who has paid the $50 enrollment deposit but does not en roll will have this deposit retained to his credit for one year. Failure to make this deposit by the time specified may result in a cancellation of admission. 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 students under the age of eighteen . Transfer Students Transfer students must present the same application forms and transcripts as those apply ing for freshman standing . The transcript from the last school attended must bear the statement of honorable dismissal. Transfer students with less than 30 semester units of regular college work must qualify for admission on the basis of both their high school and their colJege record. A minimum grade average of "C" (2 .00) is required on all work attempted at the college level. Those transferring with 30 semester units or more of college work will be considered on the basis of their college grades.
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