Admission Information

For full admission, students will generally have the following: 

• Bachelor’s degree: major in biological sciences or its equivalent.
• Chemistry: minimum two academic years, including one year of organic.
• General Physics: one year.
• Calculus: one year.
• Working knowledge of computers and of statistics.
• Prerequisite course work completed by the end of the first year of graduate study.
• Transcript of credits.
• Graduate Record Examination Scores.
• Three letters of recommendation from science professors, preferably biology.
• A 1-2 page statement of purpose.
• Grade point average of at least 3.0 on a scale of 4.