There are generally between 80 and 100 applications per year for the program. Currently, 5 students are admitted each year. No. Many successful applicants have backgrounds in other areas, including psychology, sociology or education. Many successful applicants have had some work or research experience beyond college that has helped to focus their interest in genetic counseling. We do not normally schedule formal interviews at the applicant’s request, but we are available for answering questions by phone and by email. You may also schedule a tour of the campus through the Admissions Office (410-955-3543), or take a self-tour, and end your tour by meeting with the Program Coordinator, Mary Ann Dunevant. (410-955-2315; mdunevan@jhsph.edu) Interviews are offered to a subset of the most qualified applicants. Interviews typically are scheduled for March. Only applicants who have been interviewed are accepted into the program. We are unable to pay for expenses associated with interviewing. You should use the standard application form for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, which is available online. Supporting materials may be mailed to:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Admissions Office
615 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21205 We do require that applicants take the general aptitude test of the GRE. Scores from other tests such as the MCAT are not acceptable. GRE scores should be reported using the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health code 5352. There is no departmental code. We require that students entering the program have completed at least one course in biochemistry and one in genetics. Occasionally, a student may be enrolled in one of these required courses at the time of applying to the program, or may even be planning to take a course over the summer, before matriculating in the Genetic Counseling Training Program. If one of the required courses does not appear on a transcript that accompanies the application, an explanation of the plan for completing the required prerequisite should be appended to the application. Many of our successful applicants have worked for rape crisis centers, Planned Parenthood, and crisis hotlines and have received some training as part of the experience. Classroom teaching and work as a camp counselor do not generally fulfill this requirement. The JHU/NHGRI Genetic Counseling Training Program requires 2 and ½ years of full-time study. Due to the complexity of scheduling clinical rotations and sequences of required courses, we cannot accept part-time students at this time. Occasionally, a course required as a part of the program might be waived if the student has taken a comparable graduate-level course elsewhere. Even if this were possible, the degree program would not likely be shortened to less than 2 and ½ years. All of our current graduates are employed in the field of genetic counseling. In general, there continue to be more genetic counseling job openings than there are qualified counselors to fill them. The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has prepared a career information packet that can be obtained by calling the NSGC at 610-872-7608. Additional information is available through the NSGC website at www.nsgc.org | 
