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Guaranteed Admission Programs

In addition to the advanced undergraduate programs that many high-achieving students participate in, there are also guaranteed acceptance programs for three of Mercer’s professional schools, giving its students an enormous advantage over the thousands of other students who are competing for enrollment.

Walter F. George School of Law

Mercer’s Walter F. George School of Law has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s top producers of lawyers. The Law School also ranks among the nation’s best in quality, bar passage rates, student-teacher ratios, and success in student competitions. In fact, 1367 students applied for the 150 spots available for this year’s incoming class. Qualifying students for the Guaranteed Acceptance Program will be guaranteed admission to Mercer’s Law School for either of the first two years following their undergraduate completion.

Requirements for this program include:

A combined 1800 (math, verbal, and writing) on the SAT or top 5% academic standing in high school graduating class;
Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.50;
Completion of at least 60 undergraduate credit hours at Mercer University;
Score at least at the 65th percentile on the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT).

For complete program and application details, please contact your Admissions Counselor in the Office of University Admissions.

School of Medicine

Mercer University School of Medicine opened in 1982 with a mission to provide healthcare to rural and underserved areas of Georgia. Today, Mercer-educated physicians practice in 112 towns and cities and 87 counties in Georgia and handle some 1,320,000 patient visits each year.

Through a partnership with the College of Liberal Arts, the School of Medicine also offers a Guaranteed Admission Program for their Doctor of Medicine degree. Ten incoming freshmen will be selected each year for this special program. To be eligible for the program, candidates must be Georgia residents and United States citizens. High school students must apply early in the fall of their senior year in order to complete the admission process by February or March of their senior year.

Requirements include, but are not limited to:

A score of at least 1350 (math, verbal) on the SAT, or a 30 on the ACT, and a high school GPA of 3.70 or higher on a 4-point scale;
Letters of recommendation;
All undergraduate course work must be completed at Mercer University;
Participating students must maintain a Mercer GPA of 3.50 or higher;
Students must score 28 or higher on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) before the end of the last year of their undergraduate program, with a score in the verbal component of a least a 9.

Download a program application.

For additional details, please contact your Admissions Counselor in the Office of University Admissions.

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (COPHS) has been training pharmacists since 1903. In fact, Mercer was the first pharmacy school in the Southeast and fifth in the nation to offer the Doctor of Pharmacy as its sole professional degree.

Admission to pharmacy school is extremely competitive. Mercer’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences has one of the largest pools of applicants among pharmacy schools in the nation. In 2007, 2025 new students applied for the 145 spots available.

Doctor of Pharmacy
The Guaranteed Admission Plus Degree Program offers a smooth transition for students enrolled at Mercer’s College of Liberal Arts in Macon to be granted admission to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Upon graduation from high school, qualifying students will enroll and complete three years and a minimum of 90 semester hours in the College of Liberal Arts and then enroll in the four-year Pharm.D. program. This means that a freshman may make plans to attend pharmacy school without competing with other applicants for a position.

Requirements include:

90 semester hours completed in the College of Liberal Arts;
An overall cumulative GPA and math/science GPA of 3.00 or higher;
A minimum composite percentile score on the Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT) by the end of spring semester of their junior year. The average PCAT composite percentile score for students accepted through the normal admissions process is 86.

Master of Medical Science – Physician Assistant
The COPHS recently added a Physician Assistant Program that leads to the Master of Medical Science degree. The Guaranteed Admission Plus Degree Program offers a smooth transition for students enrolled at Mercer’s College of Liberal Arts in Macon to be granted admission to the Physician Assistant (PA) program. Upon graduation from high school, qualifying students will enroll and complete three years and a minimum of 90 semester hours in the College of Liberal Arts and then enroll in the 28-month PA program. This means that a freshman may make plans to attend pharmacy school without competing with other applicants for a position. Once a student is accepted to the COPHS and has successfully completed a year of study at the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, that student will be awarded a Bachelor of Science in Health Science by Mercer’s College of Liberal Arts, provided the student has met the requirements for the degree.