Applicants must have earned a bachelor's degree prior to applying, should have a minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale, and must have completed college courses in general chemistry, general biology, human anatomy, and human physiology by the end of the summer semester preceding the December 1 application deadline. These courses should have been completed with a grade of B or better. Two semesters of general chemistry, at least one with a laboratory, acceptable for students majoring in chemistry and as prerequisites for medical school, are required. Generally, courses entitled Principles of Chemistry are not adequate. Two semesters of general biology, at least one with a laboratory, acceptable for students majoring in biology and as prerequisites for medical school, are required.
Microbiology is acceptable as one of the biology courses.
Human anatomy and human physiology should cover all of the systems of the body either combined as one course or two separate ones. A laboratory is not required. All science courses must have been completed within the previous seven years. For those applicants who have taken the prerequisite science courses more than seven years ago, courses in biochemistry, genetics, cell biology, immunology, cell physiology, pathophysiology, or other graduate science courses may be substituted. However, they must have been taken within the previous seven years.