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Admission Requirements

All applications are considered equally regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, or handicap. Technical standards require certain health requirements.

Per the ARRT, 15 hours of general education is required. Fall 2012 applicants must have a completed Associates level degree or higher.

Application for admission should be submitted by December 15 for consideration prior to enrollment in the June class. Should vacancies exist after this date, late applications will be reviewed. Note: The Application Deadline for Admission for the class of 2011 has been extended to January 15, 2011.

General Admission Criteria

Admission decisions are based upon grade point averages, SAT or comparable ACT scores, college placement scores, academic and character references, personal interviews and assessment of the applicant's motivation and personal qualities needed for successful completion of the program.

  • High school graduation or equivalent

  • Required high school courses:
    • 2 units of college preparatory mathematics (Geometry and Algebra II preferred)
    • 2 units of science (1 year Biology or A + P required, others may be chemistry or physics)
    • 1 unit Computer Science
  • 15 hours of college-level general education:
    • College mathematics
    • 2 semesters of College biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Anatomy and Physiology
    • Computer science/ information systems
    • College English; writing and oral communication
    • Arts and humanities, and Social sciences
  • Record of immunizations

  • Documentation of Tetanus/Diphtheria, TB/Mantoux test, 2 MMRs or proven immunity and serologic evidence of immunity or 2 doses of Varicella vaccine are required.
  • College placement test scores with requirements equivelent to the nursing sciences
  • Minimum requirements on North Carolina Community College systems placement tests:

    ACCUPLACER: Reading 80, Sentence Skills 86, Arthmetic 55, Algebra 55

    COMPASS: Reading 81, Writing 72, Pre-Algebra 47, optional- Algebra 47

    ASSET: Reading 41, Writing 41, Pre-Algebra 47, optional-Algebra 47
  • Age 18 by January prior to June start date
  • Recommended: SAT score above 900, ACT score above 17(OPTIONAL)

Counseling is recommended prior to registration of college classes

In order to participate in the Clinical observation at Wilkes Regional Medical Center, Program Entrants are required to undergo institutional screening, to include drug screening and crimnal background check. (This is to be in compliance with WRMC's requirement for all personnel.)

WRMC Radiologic Technology Program supports the following affiliations towards a Baccalaureate degree.

  • BS in Alied Health and Imaging Sciences, Clarion University,Clarion, PA
  • BS in Radiologic Technology, Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC

A totally on-line program for the 15 hour general education pre-requisites requirements is available through
Clarion University, Clarion, PA www.clarion.edu/distance/

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