Health Careers Preparation Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

Admission Criteria

We encourage prospective students who meet the admission criteria to apply to our certificate program. All applicants must:

• Hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution with a minimum overall GPA of 3.00 (students with undergraduate degrees in progress are not eligible to apply).
• Apply for admission to City University of New York (CUNY), Hunter College.
• Submit a completed Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program supplemental application.
• Demonstrate their commitment to a career in the health professions through paid or volunteer experience.

Application Procedures

Admission to the program is limited to the Fall semester. Application to the program is a two-step process. Applicants must refer to the CUNY Application Portal (https:portal.cuny.edu/id/cuny/documents/informationpage/006373.htm) to apply for admission using an undergraduate application to CUNY, Hunter College. All students in the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program must matriculate as Undergraduate Second Degree candidates. The 4-digit code for Hunter’s Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program is 0339, and this must be selected in order for the student to be considered for the program. All students must submit their official transcripts directly to CUNY through the CUNY Application Portal. High school transcripts are NOT required. For the second step of the process, prospective students must also submit a supplemental application directly to the Pre-Health Office at Hunter College. The supplemental application is completed electronically and is available on the Pre-Health website in mid-Fall.

Deadlines

Both CUNY and supplemental applications must be received (by CUNY and the Hunter College Pre-Health Office) by January 1 of each year to be considered for admission to the Program in the Fall. Applications received after January 1 will not be considered.

Program Requirements

To complete the Program, all Post-Baccalaureate Certificate students starting in fall 2010 and after must:

• Complete one year of college-level English. This requirement can be fulfilled by undergraduate transfer credit and/or by taking courses at Hunter College.
• Complete one year of college-level mathematics beyond pre-calculus. This requirement can also be fulfilled by undergraduate transfer credit and/or by taking courses at Hunter. There are two ways to fulfill this requirement at Hunter:

1.MATH 15000  (calculus) and MATH 15500  (calculus II)

2. MATH 15000  (calculus) and STAT 21300  (STAT 113 does not fulfill this requirement)

• Complete 38 credits in science(biology, chemistry or physics) at Hunter College.
• Maintain a 3.3 GPA for every semester in the program with no individual course grade below B-.
• Provide 56 hours of service to the Hunter College Community during their time in the program. Tutoring in science courses, mentoring undergraduate students, and assisting with activities sponsored by the Pre-Health Office are examples of activities that fulfill the service comitment requirements.
• Obtain a committee letter from the Pre-Health Advisory Committee at Hunter College.