Chemistry

Entry Requirements

Freshman

Admission Committee evaluates your application based on several factors: the rigor of your high school curriculum; academic achievement; standardized testing (optional for all academic majors except nursing); writing ability; co-curricular activities, particularly evidence of leadership; and letters of recommendation from your college counselor and teachers.

At minimum your high-school studies should include:

• Completion of no less than 16 acceptable units of secondary-school course work or its equivalent
• Four years of English
• Three or more years of a laboratory science
• Three of more years of mathematics
• Two or more years of social science and additional credit electives
• No less than two years of a single foreign language; however students are better served if they have completed three or four years of foreign language study.

International Students

• A non-refundable fee of $55 must accompany the application, unless a waiver is provided or requested.
• Official High School Transcript
• Official TOEFL or SAT scores
• One Letter of Recommendation from your School Counselor or Principal <
• College Essay
• International Student Certification of Finances (PDF/163KB)
• CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE - International (school code 3748 - for international students seeking financial assistance)

Curriculum

*CH420 Research and Seminar I carries no credit.