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How to Apply

Selection Criteria

Students who are most competitive for the Research Scholars program:

Have achieved a minimum high-school GPA of 3.8
Must have four (4) years of high-school science, engineering, or technology courses, and completed calculus (or be calculus ready)
Should be first-year college students
Should intend to major in one of the following subjects at WSU:

Applying for the Program

Complete the form below to apply.

Note: If you have been specially invited to join the program, do not complete the following application form.

Research Scholars Application Form

Have you applied to WSU?*

Yes

WSU ID*

Email*

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Name*

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Phone*

Please provide us with a phone number where you can be reliably reached.

Correspondence Address*

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1. Math and science courses

List all math and science courses you have taken in high school or college courses you have taken as a high school student (including, for example, any that are Advanced Placement, College in High School, International Baccalaureate, and Running Start, etc.). Indicate your final grade in each course. If you are still enrolled in the course, leave the grade column blank.

Math courses*

Note: In the Course Type field, please indicate whether the course was high school, high school AP, high school honors, college, or international baccalaureate.

Name of course

Course type

Grade

Science courses*

Name of course

Course type

Grade

2. Personal statement

Please describe the following in an essay of two pages or less.

Activities or experiences that have prepared you for university-level studies in the sciences.
Your scientific interests, career plans, and how the Research Scholars Program might help you reach your goals.

Upload Personal Statement*

Max. file size: 195 MB.

3. How did you find out about this program?*

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