Applicants who cannot meet the specific or equivalent prerequisites will be admitted to provisional standing until deficiencies have been removed. All deficiencies, which must be cleared by the beginning of the sophomore year, may be made up by taking college courses which cover the required material. Credits earned to cover a high school deficiency cannot be applied toward graduation from college.
Procedure The following must be filed in seeking admission:
I. The personal application form, including an identification picture. The application for admission must be accompanied by a $ I 5 nonrefundable application fee. ($20 fee for the fall of I974). 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 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 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 date. Notification Except for early admission, letters notifying applicants of their admission status for September are mailed on a rolling basis beginning in the late fall or early winter. Appli cants who are granted acceptance are required · to validate their acceptance by the pay ment of a non-refundable security 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 security deposit but does not enroll will have this deposit retained to his credit for one year. Failure to make this tuition 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. Early Admission Biola College has provision for early admission for freshmen (fall semester). Applicants for early admission should file their application prior to November I for the following fall. 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 for early admission. If an early admission applicant does not meet the academic requirement, he will be considered for regular admission upon receipt of his seventh semester high school transcript.
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