Admissions Requirements
PharmCAS Application: Required
Priority deadline of December 1, 2021 - Applicants that apply by the priority deadline date are considered first for Merit Scholarships.
Application deadline of June 1, 2022.
Supplemental Application: Not required
Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT): NOT Required
The College of Pharmacy works on a rolling admissions cycle with review of applications from September through July
www.csu.edu/collegeofpharmacy/
The CSU-COP considers for admission those prospective students who possess the academic and professional promise necessary to become outstanding members of the pharmacy profession. To select these students, the college uses a rolling selection process within a competitive admissions framework.
Competitive Admissions
Within its competitive admissions framework, the CSU-COP uses multiple criteria to select the most qualified candidates from an applicant pool that exceeds the number of seats available.
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To be considered for admission to the CSU–COP, a prospective student must do the following:
Pre-Pharmacy Requirements
Effective Fall 2021, students applying will require the following pre-pharmacy courses. All other requirements will remain the same.
Course(s) | Semester Hours |
English (composition) | 6 |
Biology (with laboratory) | 8 |
Anatomy + Physiology, human (All systems) | 6 |
General Chemistry (with laboratory) | 8 |
Organic Chemistry (with laboratory) | 8 |
Physics (mechanics, thermodynamics, force, and motion must be included. May be non-calculus based) | 3 |
Calculus (integration and differentiation) | 3 |
Speech (public speaking) | 3 |
Economics (micro, macro, or general) | 3 |
Statistics (must include probability testing, population statistics, and hypothesis testing up to simple regression) | 3 |
Psychology or Sociology | 3 |
Total Credit Hours | 54 |
Application Process
PharmCAS must receive ALL official college transcripts by June 1st. PharmCAS will not release applicant information to the School of Pharmacy until all transcripts, from every institution attended, are received.
Two letters of reference should be completed on the Letters of Reference form included in the PharmCAS application and submitted to PharmCAS by June 1st must adhere to the specified requirements regarding letters of reference criteria:
Selected applicants will be invited to participate in an interview process.
For additional questions, please call our office at 773/821-2500.
* If out of school for more than three years, this letter may be substituted by a committee, supervisor or an employer.
After the College of Pharmacy receives and processes the completed application, the application/file is evaluated to determine whether or not the student will be offered an on-campus interview.