Instructions for the
online application form
Please note: The online application is currently undergoing an update and is not available. It will be available again in June 2008.
Welcome to the online application to the Biomedical Sciences
Training Program at Case Western Reserve University. These pages
allow you to create and edit your application on line. This online
form simplifies and streamlines the application process. Click here to
enter the secure mode of this application. (Note: You are in
secure mode if your browser displays a locked padlock in the status
bar.)
Admission Requirements
Prerequisites for admission include organic chemistry and
mathematics through calculus. Coursework in biology is also required
and a full course in biochemistry and molecular biology is strongly
recommended.
The
application process
Your application consists of 5 parts:
- The electronic application form
- Official transcripts of undergraduate and graduate work.
- Official scores of GRE and other exams. Please have your scores sent directly to
the program (Institution Code 1105, Department Code 0299)
- Three
letters of recommendation (PDF
version)
- Application fee (US $50). You may pay by check or credit card.
The payment options are explained when you complete and submit the
online application
You create the electronic application
on our server and the data is stored there. While you are working on
your application, you may visit the server and modify or add to the
application as many times as you like.
When you have completed your application, you submit it
electronically. At this time, you print out and sign the signature
page and mail it to the BSTP office along with your application fee.
Your application will not be read or evaluated before you submit
it. Once your application is electronically submitted it cannot be
changed online. However, you are welcome to send any supplemental
materials to the BSTP office by mail, fax, or e-mail.
At the same time, you should have the other materials
(transcripts, test scores, and letters of recommendation) sent
directly to the BSTP office:
Biomedical Sciences Training Program, Room TG 1
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106-4934, USA
Tel: 216-368-3347
Fax:
216-368-0795
E-mail: bstp@po.cwru.edu
How to monitor the progress of your
application
Once your application has been submitted, when you come back to
this page and enter your e-mail address and password you will be
presented with a screen listing what information we have received
(e.g. transcripts, letters of recommendation, etc.)
Additionally, we will send you an e-mail with this same information
whenever something changes.
Detailed instructions for preparing an
online application
Applications are created and accessed using your e-mail address
and a password that you select. If you have forgotten your password,
enter your e-mail address and enter any text in the password box.
Then click the Retrieve your application button. A screen
will appear that will allow you to receive your password by
e-mail.
Starting a new application:
To start a new
application, click the Browse the application form button.
Enter information in the boxes on the form. The information in
the boxes shaded dark gray is required. You must fill in these
boxes.
To save the information, click the Save data and continue
later button at the bottom of the page. You will see a screen
that asks for your e-mail address and password. When you enter these
a new application will be created and stored on our server.
Use only the form buttons to navigate
through the application. When you use these, the data that you have
entered will be saved. Do not use your browser Back/Forward
buttons. If you use these buttons, data you enter will be
lost!
Retrieving an existing application:
If you want to retrieve an existing application, enter the
e-mail address and password you used to save data to the system. If
you have forgotten your password, enter your e-mail address and any
text in the password box. Click the Retrieve your application
button. A screen will appear that will allow you to receive your
password by e-mail.
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