Apply for Admission
1. Complete an application
If you've already chosen a program, apply to Loma Linda University School of Public Health through SOPHAS.
SOPHAS, the Schools of Public Health Application Service, accepts applications and supporting documents on behalf of Loma Linda University School of Public Health. LLU SPH is proud to be a SOPHAS participating school.
If you are applying for admission to a combined or dual program including an SPH major and a major from another LLU school, use the LLU application.
- 1. Complete the online SOPHAS application form. Select Loma Linda University and choose your program of study.
- 2. SOPHAS will ask for three letters of recommendation. At least one should be from a professor who knows your academic work. Recommendation forms can be prepared online. Please do not ask a pastor, relative, or friend.
- 3. Personal Statement: follow the instructions.
- 4. The SOPHAS application requires official academic records/transcripts. Please request these from all post-secondary schools you attended, to be submitted directly to SOPHAS. Also request GRE, MCAT, or DAT scores to be directly submitted to SOPHAS.
- 5. If your native language is other than English, a TOEFL score is required. Minimum score required is 550 for the paper-based test, 213 if taken on the computer, and 80 if taken through the Internet.
- 6. International students are required to have their credentials translated and evaluated by an independent evaluation service. Loma Linda University accepts AACRAO and ECE. Follow the instructions on the SOPHAS site.
- 7. Application fee of US $95.00 is required.
2. Complete the supplemental application
When you submit the SOPHAS application, you will receive an email from the School of Public Health directing you to the Loma Linda University Supplemental Application.
- 1. When you open the supplemental application, you will find that it is populated with the information you provided for SOPHAS. Check the application carefully and complete the new fields.
- 2. Application fee of US $25 is required.
3. Request official academic records
Loma Linda University will accept all official documents you have submitted to SOPHAS--with one exception: official transcripts. However, we do not need them until your application has been reviewed by the Admissions Committee, and you have been accepted. For admissions decisions, we will work with the documents you provided for SOPHAS.
After we have made an admissions decision and you have received a "letter of acceptability" letting you know that your application was successful, it will be time to request official academic records/transcripts from all educational institutions you attended since high school. Ask your university/college to send the record or transcript directly to:
Loma Linda University
Office of Admissions
Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.
Once we have received all official documents, you will have completed the application process and will receive a formal letter of acceptance.
If you have any questions about the application process, please contact the School of Public Health Office of Admissions and Academic Records:
(909) 558-4694, extension 88036 or (800) 422-4558
sphinfo@llu.edu
