Preferential Admission
Becoming one of our select pharmacy students begins with applying for admission to Cedarville University and, of course, being accepted. If you are then granted preferential admission into the pharmacy program and continue to meet requirements through the pre-professional coursework, you are guaranteed entrance into the professional program.
The following are requirements for preferential admission:
- Invitation to interview for the prepharmacy program is based primarily on ACT/SAT scores, GPA, high school class standing, and appropriate courses taken while in high school. A minimum score of 23 on all sections of the ACT exam or a minimum score of 530 on both the critical reading and math sections of the SAT is required in order to be considered for an interview.
- Final selection for the prepharmacy program is based on your written essay and performance during the interview.
- To continue studying as a prepharmacy major and receiving prepharmacy scholarship funds, you must:
- Have a minimum 3.2 Cedarville GPA at the end of your freshman year.
- Have a minimum 3.5 Cedarville GPA at the end of each following year of the prepharmacy program with a maximum of three years.
- Complete all curricular requirements (including general education language requirements) of the prepharmacy program.
- Obtain a PCAT (Pharmacy College Admissions Test) score at the 75th percentile or above.
- Successfully complete the professional interview with pharmacy faculty — a major accreditation requirement.