Requirements for Admission
For admission to the Plant Biology program, an applicant must:
Hold a Bachelor’s
degree in Biological Science, Botany, Plant Biology, or a related field or have
at least 24 hours of coursework (12 of those hours must be in upper division) in
the life sciences from an accredited institution in the U.S., or have had equivalent
training at a foreign university;
Submit official
copies of each academic transcript and have at least a 3.0 GPA (grade of B) in upper
division work, and any graduate work completed;
Submit GRE
scores.
Submit three
letters of recommendation from persons qualified to evaluate academic success;
Submit a personal
statement that describes accomplishments, academic objectives, research interests,
and goals;
Score, in
the case of foreign applicants, at least 550 (computer assisted equivalent is 213)
in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) Examination.
