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Applications to the Graduate Neuroscience Program

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All students MUST submit the information listed directly below. The evaluation of applicants can only proceed once all materials have been received.

Admission to the Master’s and Doctoral Neuroscience Programs are based on GRE scores, transcripts, letters of recommendation, and your personal statement. You will be best prepared for our program if you have successfully completed courses in neuroscience, biology, chemistry, and other sciences. Deadline for submission of application material is February 15. Applications are screened once they are complete and outstanding applications may receive early admission.

Admission Requirements
* Undergraduate grade point average of at least 3.0 (4.0 scale)
* Cumulative score of at least 1000 for the Masters Program and 1100 on the verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) for the Doctoral Program.
* Three favorable reference letters to support your application
* TOEFL scores (minimum requirement 550) for international students

Admission to the Graduate Neuroscience Program is a two step process. In order to facilitate your application process, we have a two step admissions process. The first step in this process is carried out by the Neuroscience Program admissions committee. This step does not require any fee but does require that all requested materials be submitted as described below.

Step 1 – Applications are reviewed initially by the Neuroscience Admissions committee. We request that the following material be sent electronically:

1. resume, personal statement,

2. 3 recommendation letters

3. Personal statement. In your personal statement, please describe general areas of interest and any specific research topics or techniques with which you have experience. We use this information to link up perspective students with faculty advisors. Often, students are admitted to work with specific Neuroscience faculty or in particular areas, and the personal statement is helpful in this regard. Students should read through the faculty research interests of the faculty to get a feel for our expertise and the training opportunities that are available through the Neuroscience Program. We strongly encourage applicants to contact the Neuroscience faculty for more information regarding their research programs, or the Director for general research issues. If your interests are still broad at this point in time, indicate your general interests and graduate training goals in your statement.

4. Complete the Application for Neuroscience Assistantship form.

Electronic material should be sent to the Program Director, Dr. Francis Flynn:
flynn@uwyo.edu

We request that Official hard copies of the following material be sent.

1. GRE scores should be sent directly from the testing company at the same time that other aspects of the application are being completed. The institution code is 4855, and department code is 0213.

2. International students. TOEFL scores are required by Neuroscience Program and the Graduate School for admission. The official TOEFL scores should be sent directly from the testing company.

3. Official transcripts from all post-secondary Institutions that the student has attended. These should be sent directly from the educational institutions themselves. Photocopies of transcripts or transcripts sent directly by the applicant WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED and will unfortunately delay your admissions process.

This material should be sent to:
Dr. Francis Flynn
Neuroscience Program
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept 3166
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82071
flynn@uwyo.edu

Step 2 – Applicants that are chosen for admission to the Neuroscience Program will be notified and then you will be required to complete the final application step through the University of Wyoming Graduate School. This latter step does require a $50 processing fee by the Graduate School along with the completion of additional forms. Students are then officially notified by the Graduate School of their acceptance into the Neuroscience Graduate Program.

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