Graduate Admission Requirements

Documents Required for Admission

• Application for Admission
• $25 application fee
• Official transcripts from all colleges attended
• Three letters of recommendation
• Resume listing three references
• Official acceptable GRE scores
• One page Statement of Research Interests
• Reply from Committee
• Military documents, if applicable

Regular Admission

To be admitted, an applicant must have a minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.75 with a bachelor’s degree in biology or a minor in biology from an accredited college or university.  The minimum GRE score for exams administered prior to August 1, 2011 is 900 combined verbal and math and for exams administered after August 1, 2011 is 300 combined verbal and math GRE.

Applicants must submit to the Graduate Admissions Office a complete application package containing official or unofficial GRE scores, official or unofficial transcript of undergraduate courses completed at all colleges attended, one page statement of research interests, three letters of recommendation and a resume listing the three references.  Evaluation of candidate applications for graduate admissions and graduate teaching assistantships for Fall semester will begin March 1 and continue until all GA positions have been awarded.  Once all the GA positions are awarded, applications will be reviewed on a case by case basis.  Evaluation of candidate applications for graduate admissions for Spring semester will begin November 1. 

Conditional Admission

An applicant may be granted conditional admission status if he/she submits unofficial documents for review and meets the criteria for regular admission.  However, all official documents must be received by the 10^th day of classes.  If official documents are not received, all classes will be dropped.

Denied Status

Applicants who do not meet the regular or conditional criteria for admission will be denied admission to the program.

Graduate Coordinator Information

Dr. Joseph Schiller
schillerj@apsu.edu
Phone: (931) 221-7249
Sundquist Science Complex C103
www.apsu.edu/biology/graduate