Admission Requirements for Bachelor of Business Administration Core Program

• Applicants must submit the following credentials:
   
  • Official transcripts of all college courses taken.
     
  • Official high school transcript (if transferring less than 24 semester hours of college credit)
     
    • must include graduation information
       
    • must include official GED scores if applicant did not graduate from high school
       
• Two written recommendations from persons qualified to judge the applicant’s professional expertise, character, and capacity for college-level study. One must be from a supervisor.
   
• Students without transferable college credit must submit a letter along with their application materials stating why they wish to pursue a degree at Montreat College and outlining the skills and experience they would bring to the program.
   
• Verification by the American Council on Education (ACE) of any eligible CLEP and DANTES examinations and non-collegiate military training (a maximum of 30 semester hours considered for transfer credit).
   
• Applicants must have a minimum of 54 semester hours (to include a minimum of 50% general education credit) of transferable credit earned from a regionally accredited college or university. Only grades of “C” or above (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) are eligible for transfer consideration.
   
• Applicants must have an overall grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale or higher in previous college work attempted.
   
• Applicants must be at least 23 years old and have a minimum of two years of relevant work experience.
   
• Applicants must have an openness to the college’s mission of the integration of Christian faith and learning.
   
• Applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate the ability to read, write, and understand English and submit evidence of proficiency in English by scoring 500 or above on the Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) or 173 on the computer-based test.
   
• Applicants may transfer a maximum of six semester hours (or two courses) into the bachelor core curriculum. To be considered transferable into the core, a course must have been taken at a regionally accredited college and the student must have an earned grade of “C” or better. The course must be at the same level and be equivalent in content to the Montreat College course. It is the responsibility of the student to provide proof that courses are equivalent (i.e., provide course descriptions, syllabus).
   
• In order to evaluate competency in writing and grammar skills, applicants will be required to take and pass an English diagnostic test during GE 322 before proceeding with the next courses in the bachelor curriculum. Students who have completed EN 111 at Montreat College should have already taken and passed the English diagnostic test.