Admission is generally offered only to candidates deemed to possess a high potential for success in graduate medical academics. Applicants will be considered for admission to the fall semester.
In order to be considered for admission to the University, a first-time graduate student:
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must have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a regionally accredited or internationally recognized college or university with a GPA of 3.0 or greater on a scale of 4.0, especially in the last two years of study.
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must take and achieve a combined score of 1000 or higher in the verbal and quantitative tests in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
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must have a background in the sciences, including upper-level courses in biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics.
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must provide a dossier of official college transcripts as well as a minimum of three letters of recommendation from faculty in the major department of the applicant’s undergraduate studies. Applicants may submit an assessment
form from the department head on behalf of the department in which the applicant has studied, or letters from employers or supervisors if the applicant has recently been employed in a scientific field.
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must participate in a personal interview, which is arranged by invitation of the Admissions Committee.
Applicants who do not give evidence of being native English speakers or who have not graduated from an institution where English is the primary language of instruction are required to submit scores from the
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The minimum acceptable paper-based TOEFL total score is 600; if the computer-based TOEFL is taken, the minimum total score is 250; if the internet-based TOEFL
is taken, the minimum total score is 100. Applicants should make arrangements to take the test at least three to six months before the semester opening date to assure timely processing of their applications.
