Department of Genetics

Welcome to the online application to the Genetics 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:

1. The electronic application form
2. Signature page and application fee (US $50)
3. Official transcripts of undergraduate and graduate work.
4. Official scores of GRE and other exams.   Please have your scores sent directly to the program (Institution Code 1105, Department Code 0210)
5. Three letters of recommendation   

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 Genetics office along with your application fee (unless paying via credit card with PayPal).

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 Genetics 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 Genetics office:

Department of Genetics, Graduate Program Director
School of Medicine, BRB 7th Floor
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106-3433, USA
Tel: 216-368-3431
Fax: 216-368-0491
E-mail: admissions@genetics.cwru.edu

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.

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.