Admissions
Individual admission requirements are specified in the section of this bulletin which describes each discipline. Students who are interested in any of the offerings should carefully plan their prerequisite study to include the subject areas required. The collegiate work required for admission may be completed at any accredited college or university. Students are urged to seek early counsel from the Student Services Center of the http://www.musc.edu/chp/chpstu_services/prospective/ or from the program in which they wish to enroll.

Application Procedures
Applications are available throughout the year on the web at http://www.musc.edu/em. Prospective students are encouraged to apply early. Applications are submitted to the Office of Enrollment Management. Applicants may apply to only one program but may request consideration in an alternate program should they not gain acceptance in their preferred area. For academic and career counseling, contact Student Services of the College of Health Professions (chpstudent-serv@musc.edu).

A matriculation fee is required of all accepted applicants in order to hold their position. This fee should be submitted along with the Applicant’s Response Form accepting the offer of admission.

For details concerning specific and required fees, the Schedule of Academic Charges is publish annually and is available in June. The schedule is posted on the University website. It is also available from the Office of Enrollment Services.

Entrance Requirements
The following entrance requirements govern the admission of students to the College of Health Professions.

1. Prerequisite course work normally must be from an accredited institution. Credits earned at a nonaccredited institution will be accepted if they are validated by transfer to another accredited undergraduate institution. Credits may also be validated by earning an acceptable score in specific areas of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP). An applicant from a nonaccredited institution may appeal directly to the individual program to review his/her record. If the program considers that the academic preparation meets the entrance requirements of the College of Health Professions, the applicant may be considered in competition with all other applicants to that program. The applicant may then be given conditional acceptance with full acceptance to be granted after validation of credits by two semesters of satisfactory performance at a level of 2.0 or above in all courses in the College of Health Professions.
2. Applicants must provide the Office of Enrollment Management with final and official transcripts of all work completed at other institutions. These transcripts should reflect that the applicant was in satisfactory standing at the time of completion of course work.
3. Satisfactory SAT/ACT/GRE or other test scores must be presented as specified by the individual programs.
4. A personal interview may be part of the application process.
5. A maximum of 30 semester hours of CLEP credit may be accepted as specified by the individual programs.
6. Work taken more than seven years previously must be approved by the specific educational program. Validation of this course work may be considered on the basis of satisfactory grades in science and/or other pertinent courses taken within 12 months prior to application.
7. A maximum of four semester hours for physical education, band, or choir may be granted as specified by the individual programs.

Admission Selection
The admission selection process is based on a weighting system which is applied equally to all applicants. The general items of consideration are overall GPA; key GPA (generally science courses); SAT, ACT, GRE, or other test scores; interview scores (if required); and reference ratings. Variation in weighting and data input does occur among individual programs. The purpose of the interview (if required) is to discuss academic, professional, and personal qualifications and interests. At the time of the admission selection, all available data are weighted appropriately and computed, and applicants are considered based on the sum of this information.