{"id":667,"date":"2018-03-16T23:36:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T23:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/preliminary-application\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T21:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T21:37:16","slug":"preliminary-application","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/future-students\/master-of-science-in-biomedical-sciences\/admissions\/preliminary-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Preliminary Application"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--call-to-action--small\">\n\t<div class=\"call-to-action call-to-action--small\">\n\t\t<div class=\"call-to-action__copy-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<h2\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"call-to-action__headline\">Preliminary Application<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Complete the free online application.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-button-set\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"iastate22-button\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.cvm.iastate.edu\/bms\/preliminary-application-form\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApplication<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Criteria<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>For full consideration to a BMS graduate program, the minimum criteria are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GPA 3.0\/4.0<\/li>\n<li>TOEFL scores for non-native speakers of English &#8211; iBT of 79 or higher<\/li>\n<li>ISU Graduate College has additional <a href=\"https:\/\/apling.engl.iastate.edu\/english-placement-test\/\">criteria<\/a> for English testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>We&#8217;ll Guide You Through the Application Process<\/h2>\n<p>Please fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.cvm.iastate.edu\/bms\/preliminary-application-form\"><em><strong>FREE <\/strong><\/em>preliminary application<\/a> so we can better guide you through the formal application process.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>We&#8217;d like to find out about your accomplishments, your research interests, and your goals in order to better match students who are a good fit with departmental accomplishments, research interests, and goals. \u00a0By providing us with some basic information, we can help guide you through the formal application process.<\/p>\n<p>All the information submitted in this form is completely confidential and will be used exclusively for our department&#8217;s review process. We will not sell or otherwise distribute your personal information.<\/p>\n<h2>Deadlines<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Deadlines for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.admissions.iastate.edu\/apply\/graduate\">formal applications<\/a> for Fall 2024: Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis for the 1-Year Master&#8217;s Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<div>If you have questions about the admissions process or the One-Year Master&#8217;s program, please contact:<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Department of Biomedical Sciences<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"mailto:bmsgrad@iastate.edu\">bmsgrad@iastate.edu<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div>From <a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/academics\/preliminary-application-form\">https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/academics\/preliminary-application-form<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div>From <a href='https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/academics\/preliminary-application-form'>https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/academics\/preliminary-application-form<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n --><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/academics\/preliminary-application-form<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":647,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-667","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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