social studies, mathematics, science (including a laboratory science), foreign language, and related areas. Prospective students interested in the nursing program must take chemistry in high school. Applicants are urged to have at least two years in one foreign language in high school. Those with no foreign language in high school or wishing to begin a new language in college to meet the general education requirement, must take twelve units (3 semesters) of a foreign language for most majors. Catalog information regarding each major will indicate any exceptions to this rule. Applicants entering with high school deficiencies will be admitted to provisional standing until the deficiencies have been removed. Credits earned to cover a high school deficiency cannot be applied towards graduation from college. Transfers with sufficient acceptable units to be classified as juniors will be considered as having no high school deficiencies. Procedure The following must be filed in seeking admission: 1. 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 someone 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 Examination 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 encouraged to take the SAT no later than the January testing date. It is better if the test is not postponed beyond the April testing date. Notification Certificates notifying applicants of their admission status are mailed on a rolling basis. 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 validate their acceptance by the payment of a non-refundable enrollment deposit of $50. Accompanying the certificate 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. Enrollment Deposit Applicants who have been granted acceptance are required to remit a $50 enrollment deposit which is retained in a special account to the student's credit until the final semester of enrollment at which time this deposit may be credited to the student's regular account for that semester or refunded if the school account is paid in full. · This $50 enrollment deposit is retained as a continuing pre-registration deposit to assure the enrolled student of a place in the student body. A student who pre-registers and fails to give proper notification that he will not be enrolling will forfeit this $50. Students who pre-register for the spring semester and fail to notify the registrar before December 31 that they do not plan to enroll for the spring semester or simply do not complete registration for the spring semester forfeit this $50. Students who pre-register for the fall semester and fail to notify the registrar before July 31 that they will not be enrolling or fail to appear for registration in the fall will forfeit this $50. Whether an individual is coming as a freshman or transfer student into Biola College through admissions or is a continuing student who has pre-registered it is important that Biola College be informed of any change in plans regarding enrollment. Failure to notify by July 31 for the fall semester or by December 31 for the spring semester means forfeiture of the enrollment deposit. Transfer Students Transfer students must present the same application forms and transcripts as those applying 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 college 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. Evaluation of transcripts is based upon the Report ofCredit Given by Educational Institutions published by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. Transfer students coming from institutions which are not accredited nor recognized may be given the opportunity to validate credits through the College Level Examination Program. Provisional credit for liberal arts courses from non-accredited institutions will be granted in accordance with the policies of state colleges or universities of the state in which the institution is located from which credit is being transferred. Provisional credit is considered validated only when the student performs at the "C" level or better following his enrollment in Biola College. Transfer students will not be required to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test if given junior classification upon entrance (requires 57 semester units of accepted credits). Biola College will accept correspondence credit from regionally accredited or recognized schools. The maximum allowed is 15 semester units of credit. The maximum limit for recognized correspondence courses in Bible is six units. Re-Admission A student who has attended Biola College and has dropped out for one semester or longer will be required to file an application for
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