How to Apply for Masters Program

Applicants must submit applications using Tulane's web-based application site here. All supporting documents should be submitted directly to the Cell and Molecular Biology Department, c/o Marnie Mercado, at the address below.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as January 1st of the year in which they seek admission. The application deadline for our program is June 21st. Applications are reviewed as they become complete.

A complete application to our One-Year Masters program must include the following:

• Completed application, including statement of purpose.
• 3 Letters of recommendation: 2 science and 1 non-science acceptable, or students may use their committee or individual letters for professional schools. (We accept committee letters from all processing centers; Interfolio, University Pre-Health Professional Offices, etc.)
• Official scores of one of the following: GRE (verbal and quantitative), MCAT, DAT or OAT. We will only accept copies of scores for the MCAT
  PLEASE NOTE: When reporting your MCAT scores on the online application, enter a “zero” for your letter score. We will record your scores from the copy received.
• Official Transcripts from all previous academic institutions.

The above information must be sent to the following address:

Marnie Mercado
Tulane University
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
One-Year Masters Program
6400 Freret Street
2000 Percival Stern Hall
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118

Phone: (504) 865-5618
Fax: (504) 865-6785

Once we have received all the information above, your application will be complete and will be viewed by our admissions committee.

If you have a question, please be sure to read through our frequently asked questions before calling our office. We add new answers to common questions weekly.