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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, June 13, 1980
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But what can we do when we have about three times as many students wanting
to enter Ambassador as we are able to accept--and still keep the total
enrollment down to 500? Obviously, this poses a serious problem.
We have tried to solve this problem as fairly as possible by asking God to
guide us in our selection of future students, and by diligently screening
all applications.
Here, basically, is the way we go about selecting students for the College:
Firstly, we rely heavily on the local minister's evaluation--to get his
input when possible. Over the years we have found ministerial evaluations
of prospective students to be quite valuable.
Secondly, we consider such important matters as character, motivation,
leadership, personality, and financial ability.
Thirdly, we have to use all the information at our disposal to determine,
in an objective way, whether or not the applicant actually has the ability
to do college-level work. And since many prospective students have not
done all that well in high school, this can pose serious problems relative
to their being accepted at Ambassador.
When we determine that a student can do college level work, if we are con
vinced he has good character, personality, leadership ability, and is
highly motivated, then we will often accept such a prospective student-
even if his college application indicates that he may not do exceptionally
high level academic work.
On the other hand, if we have a prospective student who can make straight
As, but appears to have weak character, little or no motivation, a dull
personality, or mediocre leadership ability, we will not accept him/her
into Ambassador.
In other words, we would prefer to accept a student who has average
scholastic ability, but is highly motivated, has good character, person
ality or leadership ability than to accept a straight A student who is
rather weak in the more important areas.
Prospectfve students who have already been accepted into Ambassador for
the 1980-81 college year, which will begin in August, should not pose any
problems for the ministry. And hopefully you will not have much, if any,
difficulty handling those students who (for various reasons) were not
accepted. I am sure you will encourage them every way you can.
Encouraging "Deferred" Students
Here are our suggestions as to how you might handle those students who
have been "deferred" (who might have been accepted but will not be able to
enter A.C. this fall because of very limited space).
We hope you will do all you can to encourage such prospective students-
trying to keep them as positive and "turned on" toward the College as you
can. Furthermore, you can inform them that they will be considered first
next year--when we begin looking over the applications for admission to
Ambassador for the 1981-82 college year!