What are the requirements for admissions?
Criteria for entrance to the Degree and Certificate programs are: • Completion of application form for admission. • Typed educational objectives essay required (we provide the format). • Possession of, or candidacy for, high school diploma or GED. • A minimum score of 19 on the Wonderlic Test (timed at 12 minutes) • Payment of $25.00 (non-refundable) application fee. • Interview with an admissions representative.
The MCAT and three years (90 semester hours or 135 quarter hours) in an accredited college or university in the United States are required. Applicants are urged to take the MCAT in the spring but no later than the summer in which the application is made. A course of study leading to a bachelor’s degree is recommended. The school believes a medical student should have a sound background in the humanities and behavioral and social sciences as well as in the physical and biological sciences. Premedical requirements must be completed by January of the year of desired entry. The following college-level courses are required: • English: 1 year • Biological Sciences, lower division (with lab): 1 year • Biological Sciences, upper division (lab not required): 1/2 year* • General Chemistry (with lab): 1 year • Organic Chemistry: 1 year (If two or more undergraduate courses are offered, the more rigorous option is recommended) • Physics: 1 year • Mathematics (college-level math): 1 year (College-l
