ROSEMEAD SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
As in most graduate programs in psy(6) Appear for a personal interGENERAL ACADEMIC
• University of California,
INFORMATION
chology, competition is keen and enrollview with the Admissions Committee
Riverside, CA
+ Upland School District, Upland, CA
or its representative. Arrangements are made by the committee following a preliminary screening of applica tions. Only those who are finalists in Rosemead's admissions procedure , determined by the preliminary screen ing, will be scheduled for a personal interview. For finalists from the gen eral Southern California area, inter
ment is limited. In order to be admitted to full graduate standing the applicant
Classification of Students
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Graduate psychology students meeting all entrance requirements will be classified as regular graduate students. Students who do not fulfill all entrance requirements may be admitted on a provisional status until they correct the deficiency. Any such deficiencies must be removed within one calendar year of a student ' s admission as a provisional student It is only in rare instances that a student
Research Center, Los Angeles, CA
must comply with the following:
• V.A. Center, Temple, TX • V.A. Hospital, Portland, OR • V.A. Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Possess a baccalaureate
(1)
degree from an accredited college or university with an average grade of at least "B" for the junior and senior
• V.A. Medical Center,
American Lake, WA
years, i.e., 3.0 an a 4.0 scale.
• VA Medical Center, Cincinnati,OH • VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
(2) Present an undergraduate
program with either a major in psyviews are held on campus at La
•+ V.A. Medical Center,
chology or its functional equivalent
Mirada. Arrangements will be made
Loma Linda, CA
(30 semester hours of credit in psyby the chairperson of the Rosemead
• VA Medical Center, Perry Point, MD • V.A. Medical Center, Sepulveda, CA • V.A. Medical Center, Topeka, KS
chology). This should include at least one course in: General (introductory)
Admission Committee for those outwill be accepted on provisional status.
side the Southern California area.
Students will be classified in the
psychology; statistical methods; experInterviews are conducted in a number
program as follows:
• V .A. Outpatient Clinic,
imental psychology; abnormal psyof cities throughout the country, genFirst year
30 graduate units or less
Los Angeles, CA
chology; theories of personality; and learning. Developmental psychology
erally between January 15 and Februcompleted
•t V.A. Medical Center,
ary 28. Anon-refundable fee of $75 is
Second year 60 graduate units or less
Long Beach, CA
is an admissions requirement. If studue and payable following arrangecompleted
• V.A. Medical Center., Salem, VA
den ts have not taken the course
ments for the interview.
90 graduate units or less
Third year
• Vanderbilt University, TN
before.they are admitted into the proIt is the responsibility of the applicompleted
• Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
gram, they must take it at the undercant to make sure that all application
Fourth year 120 graduate units or
Washington, DC
graduate or graduate level before completion of the doctoral program. Also strongly recommended are
materials have been received. If there is any doubt , the applicants should write to the University Admissions
less completed
• Western State Hospital, WA + Whittier Area Cooperative-Special
Class work complete and internsh ip in progress
Fifth year
Education,Whittier, CA
courses in measurement theory, hisOffice for verification.
Dissertation All requirements met
+ Whittier City Elementary School
tory of psychology; physiological psy(ABO)
except for dissertation.
District, Whittier, CA
Application Deadline
chology or a year of biology/zoology. If possible, undergraduate courses in
Grading System
+ Whittier College, Whittier, CA + Whittier Union High School,
Since enrollment is limited and
Old and New Testament survey and admis.sion is on a selective basis, appliraStudents wishing to obtain a grad hermeneutics will strengthen the stutions should be made as early as possiuate degree must maintain a consis
Whittier, CA
• William Beaumont Army Medical
tently high academic performance
ble. The application deadline is January
dent's preparation for Rosemead. (3) Submit scores on the Gradu ate Record Examination Aptitude Test and Psychology Advanced Test.
Center, TX
15. Decisions are made only on comthroughout their program. An overall
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B average, i.e. , 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, is required for all degrees. Only grades
pleted applications. Rosemead currently
OH
admits new students for the degree pro • Yale University School of Mediof "A," "B," "C" earn graduate credit. grams only in the fall semester each Information regarding testing dates cine, New Haven, CT Grades of all students are and location may be obtained by writyear. Applications submitted after the recorded in the registrar ' s office . ing to the Educational Testing SerJanuary 15 deadline will rarely be consid + Practicum Agencies Grading is on the following basis: vice , Box 955, Princeton, New Jersey ered for the following fall semester. • Internship Agencies Grade Grade points 08540. No applicant is exempt from Notice of Decisions A Superior achievement 4.00 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS submitting GRE scores which must be The Admissions Committee will A- 3.67 received prior to the deadline date of Rosemead seeks to admit appliprocess applications as quickly as posB+ Above average achievement 3.33 January 15. cants whose backgrounds clearly sible following the January 15 deadB Average achievement 3.00 (4) Submit completed profile (not demonstrate scholarly aptitude, a line, though time must be allowed for B- Low average achievement 2.67 commitment to the historic Christian answer sheet) of the Minnesota Multicompletion of personal interviews. C+ Minimum passing performance 2.33 phasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). faith, personal character and integrity, Certificates of Acceptance will be C Minimum passing performance 2.00 This test should be taken at a college and a positive service-Oriented motivamailed on or before April 1. InformaC Minimum passing performance 1.67 tion toward the field of clinical testing service or from a licensed psytion concerning the status of an appliF Failure 0.00 chologist. Since this test material is psychology. As an evangelical A "W" indicates an official with Christian institution, Biola University drawal from a course and does not cation will not be given except by let confidential , Rosemead will not make ter from the dean following action by requires that an applicant has been a affect the student's grade average. copies of tests sent for admission purthe Admissions Committee. Becawe Christian for at least one year prior to poses at any time. Applicants are A "UW" indicates an unofficial of the large number of applicants, admission . Biola does not discrimireferred to the agency from which the withdrawal. Students who register for information cannot be given by tele nate on the basis of the applicant's testing was administered if they desire phone. In the event that an applicant a class but do not attend it are auto race, color, sex, handicap, or national a clinical interpretation. matically given the grade of "UW" has not heard from the committee by or ethnic origin. (5) Submit five letters of recomwhich will influence the grade average May 1, written inquiry may be made. Persons interested in attending mendation on forms supplied by the the same as an "F." Rosemead should request application school. Three of these are academic Admission of lntematlonal Students Atemporary mark of "RD" (Report forms from the Director of Admisreferences and two are character refSee University Admission and Delayed) will be used in special cases of sions of Biola University. erences (pastor and personal friend) . Registration sections of this catalog. extreme hardship where an extension
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