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7. Must take ATI TEAS - Allied Health Exam. Details for testing dates and times can be secured from the Advisor. It is used to measure your potential to be successful in the program. You may take the test one time per annual application period. A minimal score of 60 is required. The ATI TEAS Exam may be taken twice in an academic year but must be taken at least 30 days apart.
8. Complete ACA 111 (or equivalent course) with a grade of “C” or better.
9. Contact the program coordinator for information about the selective admissions
process.
PHASE II
All components from Phase I must be completed to allow a candidate to progress to Phase II. A point scale is utilized to determine the numerical top 40 candidates from Phase I who qualify for an interview. The Phase I point scale is available by request to the program faculty.
PHASE III
Selected applicants will be noti ed by the Admissions Of ce of provisional ac- ceptance to the program. The applicants must sign and return the Acknowledgement of Acceptance form to the Admissions of ce.
Those individuals, who are noti ed of acceptance status, will also be provided with SCC health forms to be completed by the appropriate medical personnel. The completed medical forms must indicate that the candidate is capable of meeting the physical require- ments for the program. All conditionally accepted candidates must return the health forms at a scheduled required informational session prior to the beginning of the fall semester I. As part of this session, candidates must successfully complete a physical demands activity which includes essential abilities for the eld of physical therapy.
NOTES
1. Applicants are responsible for submitting all the necessary records to the Admissions Of ce.
2. Applications must be updated annually by applicants who were not accepted the
previous year.
3. Applicants may take non-Physical Therapist Assistant, general education and related
coursework prior to being accepted into the program.
4. Contact your advisor for detailed information about the objective selection process.
5. All students admitted into a health science program will be required to submit to a
criminal background check and drug testing a minimum of once each academic year. Additional testing may be required by facilities in which the students are complet- ing clinical coursework. The results of these tests could affect the student’s ability to progress in the program.
6. All students completing a health science program may be required, by an external testing agency, to submit to a criminal background check and/ or drug test prior to a state or national licensing/certi cation board approving the graduate to sit for licen- sure/certi cation exams.
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