Admissions Requirements

PREREQUISITE COURSES
You must have earned a minimum of 90 semester hour credits applicable to the award of a baccalaureate degree at a four-year institution or institutions accredited by a nationally recognized agency. Included in these credits must be a minimum of 48 semester hour credits in the course areas noted below. All required courses must have been completed with a “C” (2.0) or better. Credits must have been earned in an institution that is accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Matriculants must have an earned entering cumulative grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale in accordance with the chart below. The requirement will be increased by one-tenth of a point each year, until the required entering cumulative GPA reaches 3.0 in April 2012.

REQUIRED COURSES:

*The biological science requirement must be met with two or more courses with unduplicated content, and include pertinent related laboratory experiences which cover the range of material presented in the didactic portions of the courses. Anatomy is strongly recommended.

**At least three (3) semester hours of chemistry must be general or inorganic chemistry, and at least six (6) hours of chemistry must be organic chemistry and/or biochemistry. At least six (6) semester hours of the chemistry courses must include pertinent related laboratory experiences which cover the range of material presented in the didactic portions of the courses.

***This requirement may be met with either two unduplicated physics courses (of which one must include a pertinent related laboratory which covers the range of material presented in the didactic portion of the course), or three (3) semester hours in physics (with laboratory) and three (3) semester hours in either biomechanics, kinesiology, statistics or exercise physiology.

Students who hold a professional degree in a health science discipline at the baccalaureate level or above with an earned cumulative grade point average of at least 2.50 on a scale of 4.0, or who hold a baccalaureate degree with an earned grade point average of at least 3.25 on a scale of 4.0, may be admitted upon presenting evidence that their academic preparation substantially meets* the requirements for admission.

* “Substantially meets” will be determined by the Admission Committee, and a personal interview is required of candidates seeking admission based on this criteria.

Please call the Admission Office at 800-849-8771, ext. 221 or 222, or e-mail admissions@sherman.edu if you have questions about specific courses.

Please note:
Pre-chiropracticand pre-licensure requirements vary from state to state. To ensure that you meet the liberal arts requirements of the state(s) in which you wish to practice, we suggest that you contact the state board(s) of chiropractic examiners directly. For general information about state licensure requirements, click here.

The Sherman College Admission Committee strongly recommends that prospective students complete the Chiropractic College Assessment Test (CCAT), a product of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners. This assessment will provide measures of your ability in quantitative reasoning skills, biology, chemistry, and physics. This test can be an important tool for you as a prospective student of chiropractic. The results of the CCAT are highly correlated with success in chiropractic college; however, CCAT is not required for admission to Sherman College.

PRE-CHIROPRACTIC PROGRAMS
Sherman College has made arrangements with several four-year institutions for students to earn their bachelor’s degree based on credits earned during the first year of study at Sherman. As part of these agreements, called Three-Plus-One programs, students will complete the first three years toward a bachelor’s degree prior to admission to Sherman College. Then, upon successful completion of the first year at Sherman College, students will be awarded a bachelor’s degree from the transferring school.

Sherman has also made arrangements with two-year technical/community colleges in the form of Two-Plus-One-Plus-One agreements, whereby students complete the first two years at the technical/community college, then transfer to an approved four-year institution for one year of additional study. Following the successful completion of the first year at Sherman College, students will be awarded a bachelor’s degree from the four-year school.

A FAST TRACK program with Greenville Technical College allows students to complete all of the science requirements for admission to Sherman College in either a 32- or 27-week program of day classes.

Click on the links below to find details about the programs listed:

• Three-Plus-One Programs
• Two-Plus-One-Plus-One
• Greenville Technical College Fast Track (Greenville, SC)