Application to the 5 Year B.S./Ph.D. Program for High School Graduates
(For other Applicants or for our 3 Year PhD Program, please go back to the Apply page and select a different Application)
You May Apply Anytime
However We Offer Only 3 Start Dates
(See Cut-off Times Below)
Start Dates (and cut-off times)
January 1 (for students that have applied, been accepted, and paid a tuition payment by November 30)
May 1 (for students that have applied, been accepted, and paid a tuition payment by March 30)
September 1 (for students that have applied, been accepted, and paid a tuition payment by July 30)
(A) This is Your Checklist for a Complete Application.
Please E-mail Your Complete Application Package to:
_____(1) Cover Letter: Submit a Cover Letter as an email or as a pdf attachment containing the following information:
a. Contact Information including:
Full legal name
Mailing address
Country of Residence
e-mail address
b. Date of Birth: It is essential that you supply your date of birth in the format: mm/dd/yyyy. Your date of birth is used as your password for accessing your transcript and education record, which is permanently maintained online and accessible to you, or to anyone such as an employer, you choose to give your password, at any time at no charge. We do not discriminate whatsoever regarding age, but our Board determined that in setting up the permanent online records procedure and database, that your date of birth would be the best password for students to use. This will be your permanent password and CANNOT be changed. So please provide the date of birth that corresponds to your other legal records so that YOU can remember it.
c. Citizenship: Please state your citizenship
d. Education, please summarize and include:
For Undergraduate applicants, the Name and Address of your High School (or GED details), and the Date of your Diploma.
If you attended a college or university but did not complete the program, please summarize the level of studies achieved.
e. Special Additional Training or Experience: Please summarize any special training, work experience, or other education.
f. Internet Connection: Please summarize the availability to you of a high speed internet connection, broadband not required, but at least ADSL or DSL needed. Also please tell us whether your available hardware and software permits your use of one or more of the latest web browsers.
_____(2) Resume or Curriculum Vitae: Please attach as a pdf document only. This is not needed unless you have been out of school more than 2 years. Recent high school students may not have anything to report, in which case you may enter on your cover letter: “Not Applicable”.
_____(3) Copies of Transcripts: Please supply a transcript of your high school record or GED details, in pdf format only!
_____(4) Copies of High School Diploma or GED awarded, pdf format only. You must scan your appropriate items and convert to pdf before sending to us.
Only portable document files (.pdf) are acceptable. Your Application Package must be fully complete as we will not accept a piecemeal approach. Because we have an informal application procedure, your entire presentation of your application package, in terms of organization, completeness, presentation style, and factual material presented, are all considered in determining whether to grant admission.
Submit your Application Documents by email in pdf format to:
(B) WHEN TO APPLY
Applications are considered all year long. So you may apply anytime and enrollments occur throughout the year. Upon enrollment, you will begin your studies on one of the usual start dates (September 1, May 1, or January 1), depending on our schedule and when your payment is received. In any case, once your tuition payment is received, we will let you know the the earliest Start Date you can begin, following our completion of your Private Student Portal, which takes a month or so to complete.
(C) HOW TO PAY
All payments Tuition, and other costs can be made by going to the “How To Pay” page in the navigation bar above.
(D) EVALUATION OF APPLICATION
When your Application Documents are received, we may contact you for further information. We will then consider your Application,
a. to determine if you meet the educational requirements
b. to determine if you are entitled to any credits for courses previously taken or if you are entitled as a published scientist to waiver of a dissertation requirement.
c. to determine, based on your submissions, whether we feel you will be able to complete the program successfully
d. to determine, whether or not to issue an Acceptance Letter. If you receive a non-acceptance letter and you disagree, you will have the opportunity to comment on the reviewer’s concerns, in which case, if a satisfactory response is received, you will be accepted to the program.
We hope to complete all reviews within about 10 business days.
(E) WHAT TO DO AFTER ACCEPTANCE
When you receive an Acceptance Letter, you will be told your trimester starting date. We estimate that 30 days is required for a student to organize his/her internet connection, to obtain applicable texts, and to arrange for tuition payment. Plus, the College needs time as well to assign available faculty to your courses, and also to assign you a Faculty Mentor.
In order to complete your enrollment after Acceptance, please make a tuition payment tuition as directed in your Invoice.
Please direct any questions to:
Come join us for a rewarding and beneficial educational experience!
Panama College of Cell Science 