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My wife plans to apply for the 2 years CLS program at Stony Brook for Spring 2027.

Is admission guaranteed if she applies online, or is it competitive? We’re worried that if she only applies to Stony Brook and doesn’t get in, we’ll lose time applying to other schools.

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology and a PhD in Microbiology, both from China. She has about five years of research experience but no clinical laboratory experience.

Is there any way she could qualify to take the ASCP MLS/CLS exam without completing the 2-year CLS program? We’d like to save as much time and money as possible.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!