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Pre-Application for the Graduate Program in Biology

If you are interested in the Biology Graduate Program at Penn State, we encourage you to submit this pre-application form before making a formal application. Submitting this form is optional - you will be considered for admission when you make a formal application, whether or not you have submitted a pre-application. But submitting this free pre-application allows us to notify faculty of your interest, and to give you a preliminary assessment of the likely strength of your application were you to apply formally. The pre-application may be submitted at any time of year, but ideally you should submit it at least a month ahead of any formal application. When you submit your pre-application, the information is sent to the Biology Department?s Graduate Secretary, who will respond by email within a week.

Semester you plan to enter our program

Personal Data
Prefix:
First Name:
Middle initial:
Last (Family) Name:
 


Address:


City:

State/Province

Zip/Postal code

Country:
Phone:

E-mail:

Citizenship

Are you a U.S. citizen or permanent resident?

If you answered 'No' to the previous question, what is the country of your citizenship?

Ethnic Status (optional):


Education
Current GPA:

University Attended Location Degree Major Degree Year Grade Pt. Avg.















GRE (General test scores required)

Date GRE test taken (required): Month Year

Verbal:

Verbal Percentile:
Quantitative:

Quantitative Percentile:
Analytical (pre-October 2002):

Analytical Percentile:
Analytical Writing (post-October 2002):

Analytical Writing Percentile:
GRE Subject Test Score (not required):

GRE Subject Test Score Percentile (not required):

TOEFL
TOEFL score (A minimum score of 550 (paper based) or 213 (computer based) is needed for admittance.):

TOEFL date you took or plan to take exam:
Month Year
TOEFL was/will be taken on

Faculty
Please indicate faculty with whom you might be interested in working. Select a faculty member and click Add to add them to the list on the right.


Please indicate your research focus:

Anything else that you would like to tell about yourself: