Applying to Tufts PREP

The application form can be accessed on the GSBS online application portal.

Please upload a personal statement to the online application written in separate segments (with the exception of segment 1, each segment should not exceed 250 words) addressing the following topics:

1. Describe your research experiences, including the question you were working on, the approaches utilized, major findings and conclusions. Explain why they addressed a significant scientific problem, worthy of study and what you learned from each of these research experiences. (Do not exceed 750 words)
2. Describe an instance in which you provided leadership to other people. This might have happened during school, or in a laboratory, in sports or on vacation or anywhere at any time – your choice.
3. If you are successful in obtaining graduate research training, what job do you expect to hold twenty years from now? Explain why you currently think this will be right for you.
4. Why are you applying to PREP rather than graduate school or medical school, now? What is the most important area of training you expect to obtain from PREP?
5. How have you contributed to supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the past? How do you see yourself contributing to these efforts as part of the Tufts GSBS community and later in your career?
6. If you feel that you have overcome particular difficulties in achieving an education, please describe these circumstances.
7. Please, let us know about any other factors that you haven’t communicated elsewhere that we should consider in evaluating your application.

In the online application under Recommendations on the left hand navigation, applicants are required to list the names and information of three persons who are willing to write letters of recommendation appraising their potential to succeed in the PREP. Your recommenders will be sent an email providing instructions and a link to the online recommendation system and a second email confirming his/her letter of recommendation has been submitted. You will also receive a confirmation email each time a recommender submits his/her letter for you. All letters of recommendation must be submitted through the online system.

If you have had previous research experience, one or more of your letters should come from your research advisor(s). The remaining letter(s) may come from a faculty member, employer, director of your MARC or MBRS program or another appropriate person.

Please upload a scanned copy or digital facsimile of your transcript from all colleges and universities you have attended. You may upload those pages as single- or multi-page PDF or each page as a JPEG or TIFF image file. Your scanned document may be large and may take several minutes to upload depending on the speed of your connection.

Information on Scanning Transcripts

• If your transcript has a social security number on it, black it out before scanning
• Upload the transcript key on the back of your transcript(s). Only one is necessary per transcript.
• Upload transcripts as pdf, .doc, .jpg, or .tiff
• Scanned documents must be clearly legible
• Transcript(s) must have the student's name and college/university name to be accepted

International School Transcripts

For all transcripts that are not in English, a translated copy must accompany the original. If the issuing university is unable to provide an English translation, please submit the transcript to a verifying institution. Verifying institutions include an education ministry, a translation service, or an accreditation service such as the Worldwide Education Service or the International Education Research Foundation. The translated copy of the transcript should be notarized and submitted along with the original transcript in a sealed envelope by the verifying body. Also, please be sure to follow the scanning instructions above.

Official Transcripts

If you are offered admission, you will be required to submit official hard copies of your transcripts in signed and sealed envelopes through the mail or electronically via Safe Script or The National Clearing House. Transcripts should be mailed directly from the institution to the GSBS Dean’s Office, at the address listed below (under "Contact Information"). All official transcripts must be received before being allowed to matriculate at our school.