Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and possess a minimum of a high school diploma (or GED equivalency) with a minimum GPA of 2.0. In addition, all applicants must meet the college-level prerequisite in mathematics (college-level algebra and/or pre-calculus) and college-level anatomy and physiology. A lab section for anatomy and physiology is strongly recommended. Applicants must be US citizens or legal residents. International candidates with student visas are not eligible to apply. Transfer of credits and advanced placement are not currently available.
To apply please submit the required application form, a nonrefundable application fee of $50, and official school transcripts (high school and college) by March 1 to be eligible for admission for the following September. No applications will be accepted after the deadline has passed.
We will contact applicants to schedule an entrance examination, which is given in once a year in mid-March. The entrance examination consists of four major components:
- English skills: Includes verbal analogies, synonyms, vocabulary, and spelling.
- Health science knowledge: Includes college-level anatomy and physiology, basic biology, cell biology, basic physics, etc.
- Mathematics: Includes arithmetic functions, basic college algebra, fractions, decimals, percentages, averages, exponential functions, logarithmic functions, metric system, basic geometry, areas, perimeter, similar triangles, etc.
- Essay writing: Each student is required to write an essay on an assigned topic. This essay will not count towards the entrance examination score but will be evaluated during the first interview.
A maximum of forty applicants from among the top entrance exam scorers will be scheduled for the first round of interviews with the Admissions Committee. Those applicants will have achieved a minimum of 75 percent overall average and a minimum average of 75 percent on the mathematics section of the exam.
A maximum of fifteen candidates from the first round of interviews will be invited back to a second round of interviews with the program director, clinical instructor, and technical director of the Radiation Oncology Department.
Upon completion of the second round of interviews applicants will be selected for admission based on the following: entrance examination score, interviews with the Admission Committee and Program Director, and a review of official school transcripts, application, and personal statement.
In addition, the Admission Committee will select two alternates. Should any candidate who is offered a seat in the next year's class decline such offer, the first alternate may, at the discretion of the Program Director, be offered a place. Candidates designated as alternates will have to go through the admission process the following year if they are not offered a seat for the year they were designated as alternates.
The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center School of Radiation Therapy is an equal opportunity organization. Federal, New York State, and New York City laws prohibit discrimination against applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
