Preferred Admission - School of Pharmacy - Cedarville University

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Preferred Admission

Cedarville University uses a direct entry approach, allowing new students to compete for preferred admission to the School of Pharmacy. If you gain preferred admission as a new student, you will not need to compete for admission to the final four years of graduate level education. Your admission will only be contingent upon successfully maintaining the academic and personal requirements of the program, including a professional interview in the fall of the last year of prepharmacy study. This approach enables you to focus on enjoying your undergraduate education, not competing for admission to graduate school.

Gaining preferred admission to the School of Pharmacy involves two steps. First, you must obtain admission to the University. Second, you must compete for preferred admission to the School of Pharmacy. That competition begins with an invitation by the Pharmacy Admissions Committee. Those invitations are based upon the following criteria:

  1. Declared interest in pharmacy
  2. High school curriculum
  3. Cumulative high school grade point average of at least a 3.25 on a 4 point scale
  4. Class rank
  5. ACT composite and subscores of at least 23 (or SAT subscores of at least 530)

The Pharmacy Admissions Committee begins inviting students to apply by the first week of December. The application process involves submitting an essay and scheduling an interview with the Pharmacy Admissions Committee. Your final selection will be based upon performance in the interview and on the essay.

Continuation Requirements

To continue as a prepharmacy student and move into the graduate-level, pharmacy portion of the curriculum, you will need to meet the following requirements:

  1. Earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.25 by the end of the freshman year.
  2. Earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.30 at the end of each of the following years of the pre-pharmacy program.
  3. Complete all of the curricular requirements of the prepharmacy program.
  4. Obtain a PCAT score (Pharmacy College Admissions Test) at the 50th percentile or above.
  5. Successful interview with the faculty of the School of Pharmacy.