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Admissions Process |
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GPA. The minimum requirements for graduate admission at the University of Florida include a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, a minimum grade point average of 3.0 for all upper division (Junior/Senior) undergraduate work. You may use the "Self-Reported GPA Computation and Worksheet for Graduate Applications" to calculate your junior-senior GPA. Official transcripts must be received from all colleges or universities attended. Applicants are expected to have taken chemistry through organic and advanced course work in the physical or life sciences sufficient to provide evidence of an interest and aptitude for graduate work in biomedical science. A course in biochemistry is very strongly recommended but not required. Please be sure to identify your college major in your personal statement. Applicants with weak undergraduate academic performance should consider pursuing a year of postbaccalaureate studies or a M.S. degree before applying, with the goal of demonstrating an ability to achieve satisfactory academic progress in graduate level courses.
GRE. Applicants must submit a satisfactory score on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) general exam. Subject exam scores are not required. Mean GRE scores for successful applicants each year are in the range of 1220-1280, with a range of ~1000-1500. The GRE exam must have been taken within the past five years.
TOEFL. International students whose native language is not English and who have not studied at an institution in the United States or other English-speaking country for one year or longer must have a score of at least 600 on the written version of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), or 250 on the computer version of the exam, or 100 on the internet-based TOEFL. The TOEFL exam must have been taken within the past five years.
Applications are evaluated based on an overall assessment of research experience (personal statement and letters of recommendation), undergraduate course load, GPA, and GRE scores. Selected applicants will be invited for personal interviews or telephone interviews in February & March.
Domestic applications (USA citizens)
International students - The deadline for submission of all application materials from international students living outside of North America is Monday, December 15, 2008 for Fall 2009 admission.
Domestic
students - For priority handling of domestic applications, please submit application
materials by Monday, December 15, 2008
for Fall 2009 admission. The final deadline for submission of all application materials for domestic
students is Monday, February
16, 2009 for Fall 2009 admission.
International students currently living in North America may follow the
deadlines for domestic students, but early application is strongly encouraged.
Transfer Students - The IDP generally accepts transfer students only when they are accompanying a faculty member who is moving to the University of Florida. All other applicants must apply for regular Fall semester admission, and provide a letter from their current adviser or program director stating that they are in good academic standing and the reasons for seeking a transfer. Transfer of credits from another institution to count toward a UF Ph.D. degree is subject to the limits and conditions set forth by the UF Graduate School. (more info)
The invited applicants will interview with four IDP faculty members. Every effort is made to ensure that applicants can meet with faculty representing their advanced program of interest. The interview process provides an excellent opportunity for applicants to obtain a first-hand perspective on the IDP faculty and students, and on the University of Florida and Gainesville.
To inquire about the status of your application, or if you have been invited for an interview and have any problems or questions about your travel arrangements, please contact Valerie Cloud-Driver by e-mail at idp@ufl.edu.
Within a few days of the interviews, the Admissions Committee meets to reconsider each application and the interview reports, and a decision is made whether to admit the applicant into the IDP program. All interviewed applicants are informed of the Committee's decision by the week following their interview.
As a member of the Council of Graduate Schools, the University of Florida Graduate School abides by the April 15 deadline for students to accept offers of admission (or the next business day, if the 15th falls on a weekend).
The IDP Admissions Committee begins meeting in the Fall Semester, so applicants are encouraged to submit their application materials as soon as possible.
For general information about admission to the UF Graduate School and links
to the UF Graduate Catalog, please see the Graduate
Admissions webpage.
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