Conditional Admission (revised 06/20/2008)

Freshman Applicants
All students should first submit an application to the University of Pittsburgh, Office of Admissions and Financial Aid. The School of Pharmacy does not admit freshmen directly to the professional program. However, the School offers conditional acceptance to a limited number of high school seniors who enroll at one of the University of Pittsburgh campuses. Students who rank in the upper 10% of their graduating class and score 1250 or higher on the SAT I (Math and Critical Reading sections), with a minimum of 650 in the Math section, and specify Pharmacy on the application will be considered for the conditional admission. Those who score 1250 to 1290 on the SAT I may be offered conditional admission after an interview at the School of Pharmacy. Students with SAT I scores of 1300 or above with a minimum of 680 in Math will be offered the conditional acceptance. Since only one half of the 108 spaces in the pharmacy class will be allocated for this type of admission, the number of offers will be limited.

Students who receive the conditional admission are expected to perform well in their preprofessional courses regardless of SAT I scores. In order to secure a place in the PharmD Program, students must earn:

• a letter grade of a C or better in all preprofessional courses with no repeat of preprofessional courses
• a 3.25 or greater overall GPA in preprofessional courses
• a 3.25 or greater GPA in the required Math and Science courses

To exercise the conditional admission, all applicants, must:

• interview as a part of the PharmD application process
• take the Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT)
• complete the PharmCAS application by deadline
• complete the Supplemental Application by deadline

Students who meet these performance criteria will be admitted into the PharmD Program.

Open Admission

All other students applying to the program compete for space in the class. The following are the requirements to be considered for the School of Pharmacy's professional program:

• Completion of the preprofessional requirements
• Grade point average of at least a 3.0
• Completion of the PharmCAS Application, transcripts and fee submitted by December 1, 2008
• Completion of the School of Pharmacy Supplemental Application and fee by January 5, 2009
• Submission of the PCAT scores to PharmCAS (code 104) by December 1, 2008
• *Selected applicants will be required to participate in the interview process

*Interviews are by invitation only

Evaluation of Applicants

Application Process
The application process consists of 3 steps:

1. Minimum Eligibility Requirements

2. The Application

3. After Applying