Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976 [PAGE 584]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Selection Criteria T h e applicant's academic record. T h e applicant's A C T or SAT scores. T h e applicant's score from the Pharmacy College Admission Test ( P C A T ) . Letters of recommendation. A statement describing the goals of the individual as well as the reasons for pursuing a career in the pharmacy. 6. A personal interview by invitation of the committee, should such action be deemed advisable. Residency

T h e policy of the college gives preference to applicants who are residents of the State of Illinois. However, a maximum of 10 percent of entering students may be selected from nonresident applicants who meet the requirements and exhibit excellent qualifications. A conscious effort is made to select students to insure a broad geographical distribution throughout the State of Illinois. Societal Needs The policy of the college is to admit students across all socioeconomic groups. In this way, the college attempts to fulfill societal needs by increasing the supply of pharmacists in areas underserved by health service personnel. T o augment this policy, the college has programs that identify, admit, and graduate people from nonurban areas and minority backgrounds. At the present time, for the purposes of this program, minority groups who are underrepresented in the pharmacists' community and who are concentrated in areas of high need are presumed to include Black Americans, American Indians, and Americans of Hispanic origin. Applicants from other racial and ethnic backgrounds who wish to apply for consideration under this program will be included if they are able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Committee on Admissions that by reason of their identification with other minority groups who are also demonstrably underrepresented and concentrated in areas of high need, or by reason of their commitment to service in areas of high need (as reflected in their past record of community service), their inclusion would be consistent with the purposes of the program. Transfer Students The policy of the college is to admit students desiring transfer from other accredited colleges of pharmacy providing they meet the requirements for admission and accept adjustments in curricula incident to changing schools. Such students must request a courtesy letter from the Dean of the College of Pharmacy last attended and addressed to the Dean of this College of Pharmacy. Credit may be awarded students who upon entering the college present work over and above the minimum number of hours required for admission providing such courses are judged equivalent to courses for which they are substituted or meet requirements toward graduation. Conclusion It shall be the policy to admit students from qualified applicants who can reasonably be expected to meet the primary function of the college in producing educated and trained graduates able to assume responsible positions in the health care profession and to take an active part in civic and public affairs. Positive action shall be taken to insure, as far as possible, that applicants admitted to the college predict a high retention rate within the State and are willing, if necessary, to practice in areas of low pharmacist-to-patient ratios.