ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Northwest Baptist Seminary seeks to accept only students who desire
God's leading in their lives. Prospective students should desire to develop
their spiritual lives and skills for ministry in order to be prepared for any
ministry to which God may lead.
Northwest Baptist Seminary admits students of any gender, color,
national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and
activities generally accorded or made available to students at seminary.
NBS does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and
education policies, financial scholarships, and aid programs.

 

ADMISSION STANDARDS

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER
Applicants for admission must testify that they are personally trusting
in Jesus Christ as Savior and are endeavoring to live in submission to the
will of God as manifested in obedience to the Word of God. Standards of
Christian conduct required of students at NBS are set forth in the Student
Handbook.

 

DOCTRINAL AGREEMENT
Applicants for admission must testify that they are in essential
agreement with the doctrinal statement of this seminary.

 

ACADEMIC PREPARATION
Applicants must have earned a baccalaureate degree, or its full
academic equivalent, to be admitted into one of the graduate degree
programs. Others may enroll in one of the certificate programs or as nondegree
students.

 

PRE-SEMINARY EDUCATION
Applicants for admission to Northwest Baptist Seminary should take
college courses which provide for an understanding of people and nature,
an acquaintance with the culture and ideas of contemporary society, and
the ability to communicate clearly and accurately in the English language.
Undergraduate programs should include courses in English grammar,
composition, literature, speech, general philosophy, logic, psychology,
natural science, and history-especially ancient and world history.
Students who desire to enroll in Greek or Hebrew syntax and exegesis
must pass an entrance examination in that particular language.

 

POLICY FOR ADMISSION OF NON-BACCALAUREATE STUDENTS
The percentage of special (non-baccalaureate) students in the student
population shall not exceed fifteen percent of the total number of active
students. Active students are those who have been officially admitted and
who have not failed to register for the last three consecutive quarters.

 

READMISSION TO THE SEMINARY
Students who do not register for three consecutive quarters must apply
for readmission before matriculating again. The regular application form
must be updated along with transcripts of additional work taken elsewhere.
Students are subject to the requirements of the catalog and its programs in
force at the time of reentry.

 

  

   

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