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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT,.NOVEMBER 11, 1983
selecting the 1984 freshman class. It may seem early to all of you, but it
isn't. There is preliminary work which needs to be done by the prospective
students before the college administration can select the incoming class.
The students would all like to receive word of their selection early. Un
fortunately, we often do not accept early. As a result, some scholarships
are forfeited or possible students lost for a year before they begin their
Ambassador career.
All of you church pastors should know that ideally your young people should
have already taken their SAT or other tests. The Sabbath is often a problem
and special scheduling must be arranged in order to take it at another time.
(See notice of SAT dates on page 16 of the October 24 WORLDWIDE NEWS.) If
the young people delay, those test results will be too late to allow con
sideration for an early acceptance. Please encourage them to take care of
this necessary step as quickly as possible. The SAT scores are a required
part of the application. They should also write to the campus of their
choice immediately for an application for the coming school year. Then, of
course, they should return it as quickly as possible. The application can
and should be returned even if they haven't as yet taken the SAT. As soon
as those scores are received, the consideration of the application can
begin.
The more early applications we receive the more the workload can be
balanced and early notification sent out. It goes without saying that they
should also be planning for and working out the financial arrangements for
their tuition. The deadline for the acceptance of applications for both
campuses is March 1. I would hope there could be a number of acceptances
made prior to that date. It then becomes a matter that the longer a pros
pective student delays his or her application, the lower the likelihood of
acceptance.
Another point I would like to mention is your evaluation as the church
pastor.
Those evaluations are very important and are carefully con
sidered. I have had a few comments from pastors who have said, "Why bother.
I recommended six of what I thought were very fine students and none of them
were accepted. Does my evaluation mean anything?" Yes, it does. However,
you are often not aware of their real scholastic aptitude or their
financial status. They may tell you they do well in school and yet the
information we receive indicates something else. Or it may simply be that
there were so many who were actually much better and the better were
selected. Whatever the case, your evaluation is important, and, of course,
we would like to receive it as quickly as possible. Mr. McNair and I both
know the demands on your time since we have both been church pastors and had
to fill out the same forms. Be assured we really do appreciate your help
and carefully look at your evaluations.
An announcement to your young people reminding them of the need to schedule
SATs and begin work on their applications for college would be a great help
to getting the selection of the 1984 class off to a running start. Thanks
for your help.
One final note. I have had a number of questions asked me about interna
tional students in the past year. For any who might be interested, the Big
Sandy campus will once again be accepting international students this year.
--Leslie L. McCullough, Deputy Chancellor