Requirements
Applicants seeking to earn a diploma or degree are required to complete and submit the following forms and documentation for full acceptance.
Application for admission
All applicants must submit a completed, official Application for Admission, accompanied by a non-refundable application fee. This fee is required for priority review and response by an Admission Coordinator.
Personal Essay
All applicants must submit an essay addressing three primary issues: (1) Details of applicant's conversion experience and ongoing relationship with God; (2) If applicable, a description of the circumstances involving the applicant's call to ministry; and (3) An account of the applicant's educational and vocational goals and future ministry plans.
Official Transcript(s)
Applicants are responsible for providing official transcripts from all previously attended educational institutions. Full acceptance is NOT granted until this requirement
is fulfilled.
Undergraduate Applicants:
Entering Applicants
Undergraduate applicants must submit an official high school transcript certifying graduation and credits completed. Applicants who have not completed high school must furnish the College with the official report of the General Education Development Test (GED). Applicants without a high school diploma or the GED may be admitted to the diploma program. Upon the successful completion of the GED, a student may request to transfer from the diploma program into a degree program.
Transfer Applicants
Transfer students must submit official transcripts from every post-secondary school attended. Transfer students with 15 or more hours of transferable credit are not required to submit high school transcripts. Transfer applicants must enroll with at least a 2.0 CGPA in order to be granted full academic acceptance, though a 2.5 CGPA is required for receiving financial aid.
Graduate Applicants:
Entering Applicants
Graduate school applicants must submit official transcript records of all undergraduate credits. Any applicant seeking admission must possess an accredited Bachelor of Arts, or its equivalent, and meet applicable minimum GPA requirements to be granted full acceptance (2.5 for M.A.C.L. and M.Div. degrees, and 2.75 for other M.A. degrees).
Since the Master of Arts and Master of Divinity (Advanced Standing) degrees are highly specialized programs, those students who do not possess a major in Bible must complete all or a portion of the 39 hours of prerequisites for graduate students in a biblical field (M.A.C.L. prerequisites consist of 12 hours of study).Transfer Applicants
Transfer applicants for the graduate school must submit official transcripts from every post-secondary school attended, even if there is no transferable credit. Transfer applicants must meet applicable minimum GPA requirements to be granted full acceptance (2.5 for M.A.C.L. and M.Div. degrees, and 2.75 for other M.A. degrees).
Standardized Test Results:
Undergraduate Applicants
Entering freshmen and transfer students must submit official results of the SAT or ACT, unless the student is more than 25 years of age, or has 15 hours or more of transferable credit. For the transfer student, these scores may be submitted on an official college transcript.
Graduate Applicants
Applicants must submit official results of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) prior to or within the first semester of matriculation if they desire to pursue the Master of Arts degrees in Counseling, Jewish Studies, Ministry, or Theological and Biblical Studies. Applicants should have a minimum cumulative score for full acceptance (300 Verbal, 300 Quantitative, 3.0-6.0 Analytical Writing). Applicants for the Master of Arts in Christian Leadership program (M.A.C.L.) and Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degrees are not required to submit GRE scores.