PharmD|Pharmacy Schools | New Jersey | Rutgers State University of New Jersey-Ernest Mario School of Pharm

• The principal admission criteria for first-year applicants are high school class rank and SAT scores.
• For students applying as first year students, 16 units of high school work are required and should include four units of college prep English, three units of college prep math, two units of one foreign language and seven units of other college prep courses including science.
• Greater weight is given to college prep units, honors courses, and advanced placement courses. Students still in high school may apply at the beginning of their senior year.
• First year student applicants who apply by December 1 are assured of priority consideration and early notification of a decision by February 28.
• A small group of first-year students applying to the School of Pharmacy will be offered admission to the joint 2+4 Pre-Pharmacy Program being offered by the School of Pharmacy and the Camden and Newark Colleges of Arts and Sciences on either the Rutgers Camden or Newark Campus.
• 2+4 students will follow the first and second year of the School of Pharmacy curriculum, and if they successfully complete all first and second year course requirements and maintain all scholastic standards, they will automatically be admitted to the School of Pharmacy in the third year of the Pharm.D. curriculum.
• Applicants who have completed advanced placement courses are urged to take the College Board Advanced Placement Examinations and have the results forwarded to the Director of Undergraduate Admissions.
• Only scores of four or five will merit advanced placement. Normally, not more than six degree credits in elective courses can be earned through CLEP. CLEP credit is not given for courses involving laboratory.
• The principal criteria for admission as a transfer student into the second or third year of the six-year program are prior college course work corresponding to the first two years of the six-year curriculum as listed on the Web site, as well as performance on the optional PCAT.
• Interviews may also be required. The priority application deadline for transfer students is January 15. Meeting this deadline will insure their notification by May 15.