A dmission to Biol □ University is on a selective basis and only those are admi tted who are most likely to profit from Biol □ University's educational program and its distinctively Christian emphasis. Because it is the purpose of Biol □ University to train Christian young people, the applicant should have been a Christian for at least one year. Biol □ University has a strongly evangelical Christian commitment and requires that an accepted applicant be an evangelical believer. However, no discrimination with reference to racial or national background is practiced in the admission poli cies. Biol □ University welcomes all applicants regardless of racial or national origin who are personally committed to faith in Jesus Christ. Students who are interested in attending Biol □ University should request application farms from the dean of admissions. Visits to the campus are encour aged. It isadvisable to write or phone in advance to arrange an appointment if a conference is desired. Each semester, Biol □ University hosts aCollege Day that helps acquaint prospective students with the programs on campus. The dates for these days are listed on the academic calendar. Because enrollment is limited and admission is on aselective basis, applications should be mode as early aspossible. Decisions are made only on completed applications. Admission to the university does not guarantee admission to the nursing programs, music programs, nor to on-campus housing. Applica tion forms for these programs are available from the deportment offices. UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE PROGRAMS See the specific program for additional admission, registration and graduation requirements in the appropriate undergraduote/groduate sections of the catalog. ENROLLMENT DEPOSIT Applicants who have been granted acceptance are required to remit a $50 enrollment deposit which is retained in aspecial account to the student's credit until the final semester of enrollment. (The enrollment deposit for Rosemead appl icants is$ l 00.00. ) It will be applied to any balance owed at the time of departure, or will be refunded if the student's account is paid in full. This $50 enrollment deposit is retained as acontinuing pre-registration deposit to assure the enrolled student of a place in the student body. Students currently enrolled who pre-register for the spring semester and foil to notify the director of records before December 31 that they do not plan to enroll for the spring semester, or simply do not complete registration for the spring semester, forreit this $50. Students currently enrolled who pre-register for the fall semester and fail to notify the director of records before July 31 that they will not be enrolling, or fail to appear for registrat ion in the fall, will forreit this $50. Whether an individual is coming as a freshman or transfer student into Biol □ University through admissions or is acontinuing student who hos pre-registered, it is important that Biol □ be informed of any change in plans regarding enrollment. The enrollment deposit is non-refundable for accepted studentswho do not enroll. RE-ADMISSION Astudent who hos attended Biol □ University and has dropped out for one semester or longer will be required to file an application for re-admission and pay a fee of $5. Students enrolled for any semester, but who fail to pre-register for the following semester, will be charged a$25 re-application fee should they choose to return for that semester. ADMISSION OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND RESIDENT ALIENS English Proficiency: It is essential that students from other countries be able to understand directions and lectures in English and also to be able to express their thoughts clearly in spoken English immediately upon arrival on campus. In order that the applicant's proficiency in English may be determined, the applicant must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) as administered by the Educational Testing Service at the nearest overseas examination center. The minimum score for admission is atotal score of 500 for the undergraduate student and 550 for the graduate student. Undergraduate students whose nativelanguage is other than English must toke and pass EN 107 (English as aSecond Language)
their first semester in residence. Engl ish 11 0A and Bmust be taken fo llowing satisfactory completion of Engl ish l 07. (See page 31.) Students who wish to take TOEFL should obtain the TOEFL Bulletin of Information for Candidates, International Edition. Copies of this Bulletin and the registration form may be obtained in anumber of cities outside the United States. They often are available at American embassies and consulates, offices of the United States Information Service (USIS), United States educational commissions and foundat ions abroad, and binationol centers. Students who cannot obtain locally a TOEFL Bulletin of Information for Candi dates, International edition and registration (orm should write for them well in advance to: Test of English as a Foreign Language, Box 899-R, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A. 08541. Because this test is administered only at certain times, the candidate for admission should make inquiry as to thetesting dotes we ll inadvance of the date of anticipated matriculation in the United States. Financial Responsibility of International Students: All applicants for admission to Biol □ University must establish the degree of their financial responsi bility to meet the costs of on education in the UnitedStates. The student must supply information attesting to his abili ty to provide United States dollars in the minimum amount required to support the costs of tuition and room and board, in excess of the cost of a round trip fare from his native country. Applicants who do not hove the finances to pay all of their expenses must come under the sponsorship of on approved mission or other approved agency. Sponsor ship must include financial responsibil ity toward the sponsored student. Employment: Foreign students admitted to the United States on astudent visa are required by low to be registered as full-time students, carrying aminimum of 12 credit units of academic work. No off-campus employment is permitted such a student without written permission of the United States Immigration authorities. Such permission is seldom granted. VETERANS Biol □ University is approved os odegree-granting institution for the attendance of veterans under Title 38, United States Code. This includes the programs covered in chapters 31, 34 and 35 of Title 38, relating also to the education of disabled veterans and war orphans. The Cal ifornia Department of VeteransAffairs has also authorized the university for the attendance of veterans and veterans' dependents. Veterans or dependents of veterans who plan to enroll in the university ore urged to contact the veterans' secretory in the office of admissions and records well in advance of registrat ion so that the necessary arrangements may be mode with the Veterans Administration or the California Deportment of Veterans Affairs. REGISTRATION Students ore to register in person during scheduled registration days. Late registration will continue through the eighth day of classes. Alate registration fee of $25 will be charged those who fail to register during the scheduled registration days. Registration is not complete until satisfactory financial arrangements have been mode. Students will receive credit for only those courses in which they are officially enrolled in the office of admissions and records. Registration is mandatory for Rosemead students in all phases of the program including students in internship and those who hove completed all requirements except the dissertation. CHANGE OF REGISTRATION Astudent who finds it necessary to drop or add a class must obtain fromthe office of admissions and records the proper form for such a procedure. Astudent who drops a course without fulfilling this requirement will receive a "UW" in the subject. Acharge of $2 is mode for each class change transaction. Addition of classes may be made during the first two weeks of the semester. After that dote courses cannot be added unless approved by the director of records. Courses may be dropped without penalty during the first 12 weeks of classes. If a course is dropped during the first eight weeks of classes, it will not be -recorded on the student's permanent record. Courses dropped between the ninth and twelfth week of classes will hove a grade of "W" recorded .
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