Applying to MCB

Deadline for All Applications: December 1st

• November 15th - Priority application deadline
• December 1st - Last day to submit an application
• All supporting documentions (letters of recommendation, TOEFL for international students if not self-reported) are due December 1st)
• January - Interviews will be held virtually
• February - Applicants are typically notifed of their admission status
• March - Accepted students will be invited for an in-person visit

Criteria for a fee waiver can be found here: Guarini Fee waiver information. 

Applications to join the class of 2027 will open in September. Check back for the link! 

• Personal Statement (required) - The application will ask you to complete an essay prompt about your experiences, motivations, and research. We also ask that you name 3 faculty of interest in MCB.
• Curriculum Vitae (required)
• Description of laboratory research experience (required) - Within the MCB Supplemental section, you will list your laboratory research experiences (up to 5).
• Three letters of recommendation (required) - We encourage applicants to provide at least one recommendation letter from a mentor or supervisor who has known the applicant in a research capacity. Letters of recommendation must be submitted through the application by the recommender. We will not accept letters submitted by other means. A maximum of 4 letters can be provided.
• College Transcripts (undergraduate and graduate, if applicable) - Uploads of unofficial transcripts are accepted in the application, but official transcripts are required for enrollment.
• All Components of an application are taken into consideration. Therefore, it is not possible to make an assessment of materials/qualifications before an application is submitted.
• We do not require GRE or subject scores though a strong GRE score may help your application.
• For information about language proficiency requirements and waivers, please see Guarini's Admissions FAQs
• We do not require applicants to find faculty advisors during the application process. All MCB students complete 3 research rotations, which are selected at the beginning of each term.

For more information, including FAQ's, please check out these links: MCB Program FAQs, Admissions information, General Admission FAQs, and Funding information.

• Applications to MCB are reviewed by an MCB graduate admissions committee, composed of MCB faculty and student representatives.

• We do not release information about our current students such as GPA or research interests (average or actual).

• The MCB academic year is arranged by terms - Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer - and requires attendance on campus for all four terms.

• It is typical that entering graduate students will have had at least one year each of physics, and mathematics (calculus) and two years of biology and chemistry (general and organic) although relevant material will be covered in the MCB core course during the first year of graduate study.

Email us any questions regarding your application, program requirements, etc.