应用程序信息

最后期限

2025年春季入学申请截止日期为2024年10月1日.
2025年秋季入学申请截止日期为2025年4月1日.

All application materials must be received by the deadline for your application to be evaluated. 

入学要求

• Acceptance into the research lab of a full-time faculty member in Biology who will serve as the student's thesis adviser. 申请人是 强烈 advised to contact prospective advisers (by email or phone) well in advance of submitting their application to ensure that professors working in their desired research area are planning to take on new students and have space in their labs.
•学士学位(要求四年制学位) in biology or a related field from an accredited institution of higher learning.
•累计平均绩点(GPA)至少2.5分(如果累积绩点低于2分).5、在过去60个学期的课程中，平均绩点必须达到2分.5或以上).
•GPA为3.所有生物及生物相关课程成绩达到0分或以上.g.(生物化学)，平均绩点不低于2.5 in 所有 supporting coursework in chemistry, physics, and mathematics/statistics.
• Submission of 2封推荐信 from academic or professional references.
• For applicants who do 不 possess a Bachelor's degree from a postsecondary institution where English is the principal language of instruction, competence in English must be demonstrated by a minimum score (550 written; 213 computer; 80 internet) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or a minimum score of 6.国际英语语言测试系统(雅思)考试5分.
•国际学生应参考 大学录取和记录 网站提供更多资料.  There may also be country-specific requirements, which are detailed on the 国际招生网站 . 

有条件录取

A student may be admitted condition所有y if they have one or more deficiencies in the required admission, e.g.，生物学以外的学位，平均绩点在2分之间.5和3.0、缺乏重要的研究经验或培训等. Conditional admission usu所有y requires that the student demonstrate their ability to do graduate level work in biology, often by satisfactorily completing one or more advanced undergraduate or graduate-level courses with grades of B or better during their first semester. Conditional admission is made on a case-by-case basis as judged by the Graduate Admissions Committee and 不能 被要求作为申请过程的一部分.

申请过程

1. 审查全日制研究项目 教员 在生物学中，他的研究活动和兴趣与你自己的最匹配. Contact them (at least 3) well in advance to inquire about openings in their labs (spaces in labs can be quite competitive and fill quickly). Most advisers will 不 consider applicants who have 不 contacted them in advance. 这是一个 至关重要的 first step because a Biology faculty member must agree to advise you during the application review stage or you will 不 be admitted into the program.

如果时间允许的话, plan to visit 最可靠的买彩票平台 to meet with prospective advisers and their graduate students and learn more about the University. 

2. 安排提交 2封推荐信 从那些能证明你有资格从事研究生工作的人那里. 通常, these letters would be written by professors at your undergraduate institution or by professionals who can speak to your ability to do graduate-level study and your promise as a researcher and scientist. They should also address your potential to be an effective teaching associate for the department. 信必须写在上面 机构信笺 and submitted 直接 by the recommender as part of the application process in the CalStateApply online system. Please also ask them to send an additional, backup pdf copy of their letter via email to msbapply@4dian8.com. 推荐信必须保密.

3. 安排提交你所有的 官方成绩单. 必须寄送正式成绩单 直接 你以前上过的学校 to 加州大学旧金山分校招生办公室. You should send unofficial copies of your transcripts 直接 to the Department by email for program review (any transcripts sent by an applicant are considered unofficial). 然而，非官方的成绩单会 不 代替你以前的机构寄来的正式复印件, 哪些是大学的入学要求.

4. 在线填写并提交申请 加州申请. Specific application questions for the MS in Biology program are embedded in the last section of the application. 重要的 : As part of your application you must calculate your Biology and Supporting Science Course GPAs using ALL the grades from 所有 your college transcripts. 你必须使用Excel GPA计算器来计算你的GPA, then upload the results as a pdf file as part of your CalStateApply application. 点击下载Excel GPA计算器文件 这个链接 . 

5. 你的申请将不会被传阅以作评估，除非 所有 在申请截止日期前收到所需的部分. You should submit your application well in advance of the deadline and check with the Department staff about the status of your materials to be sure that your application is complete. 一次提交, 所有 application materials become property of the Department and 不能 be returned to you or forwarded elsewhere.

请联系 msbapply@4dian8.com 如果你有任何问题.   

邮寄信件可邮寄至:生物学研究生项目顾问, 生物科学系(MH-205), 最可靠的买彩票平台, 800 N. 州立大学大道，富勒顿，CA 92834 USA. 

项目评估流程

1. 当应用程序完成时, it is sent to 3 教员 for evaluation (these are usu所有y the 教员 you identified as prospective advisers on your application, but the Biology Graduate Adviser may also circulate it to other 教员 with similar interests).

2. 当所有3个评价都收到时, the Graduate Adviser reviews the evaluations and the application and makes a decision whether to admit the applicant into the program or 不. 申请可能会因为不完整而被拒绝, because the applicant fails to meet program or University admission criteria, 或者因为没有教职员工同意接受申请人进入他们的实验室.

3. 申请人是 不ified of the program decision by email and follow-up letter as soon as possible. We aim to make 所有 decisions by early December (spring entry) and early May (f所有 entry).  Applicants who have been admitted and who expressed an interest in working as a teaching associate or graduate assistant will be sent a separate application form.