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Supplemental Application for Radiography Program

Supplemental Application for Radiography Program

BEFORE SUBMITTING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION FOR A HEALTH SCIENCE PROGRAM, YOU MUST SUBMIT AN ADMISSION APPLICATION.

The supplemental application, official transcripts from all colleges attended, and any applicable test scores (including SAT/ACT/AP if needed) must be received by February 1 to be eligible for the program.  Students must submit official transcripts from all colleges attended even if the courses taken are not directly applicable to the Radiography program. HCC calculates cumulative GPA from all college coursework as part of the scoring process (students who took classes at HCC do not need to submit official HCC transcripts).  All transcripts must be complete and show grades or outcomes for each class completed or the status of in-progress for classes that are in-progress at the application deadline.  Students must submit official scores for the ACT® WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Assessments by February 1. The assessments measure foundational skills required for entry in the radiography program. Applicants need to achieve a WorkKeys® assessment level of 5 in Applied Math, 3 in Graphic Literacy, and 5 in Workplace Documents taken within the last three years. Program acceptance or denial letters will be mailed by late March.

Program Facts

  • Program begins in May. Notification regarding acceptance into the program is mailed by late-March.
  • A mandatory orientation for accepted students and selected waitlist students on Thursday, April 4th from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • At the time of application, applicants must be eligible to enter college level Math and English. For the 3-year Pathway, applicants must have a minimum of 16 credits of the following courses completed on in progress at the time of application. The courses include ENG 101 English Composition, MAT 109 Introduction to Statistics or MAT 114 Introduction to Applied Algebra, or MAT 101 College Algebra, BIO 116 Human Anatomy and Physiology for Allied Health or (BIO 203 must be completed and BIO 204 must be completed or in progress), PSY 101 General Psychology, and Arts/Humanities Elective. If a student has a grade below a C in any of these classes on their transcript, they are not eligible to be scored until that grade is replace with a grade of “C” or higher. Any student using AP scores to meet these requirements must submit official AP scores by the application deadline. Scores of 3 or higher will be used.
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  • If the applicant has recently graduated from high school or are applying for the two-year pathway, the applicant must also submit their ACT® WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Assessments scores and SAT/ACT test scores in English and in Math. If the applicant did not take the SAT’s and has not completed 16 of the required general education classes, then the ACT® WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Assessments scores will be used for scoring. If the applicant is applying for the 2-year Pathway, additional information can be accessed by contacting the Student Support Specialist of the Health Sciences Division or in the HCC catalog.
  • The radiography program is an oversubscribed program which means that there are more applicants than there are available seats in the program. Students are selected for admission based on a point system. Applicants are scored following the following guidelines:
    • Applicant has completed 16 credits or more of the Radiography general education courses, use GPA of program general education classes and cumulative GPA of all college courses taken to score (general education courses must all be a grade of “C” or higher to count and cumulative GPA off all college coursework must be a 2.0),
      OR
    • Applicant has completed less than 16 credits of the Radiography general education courses, please use SAT scores, if SAT scores are on file and were taken within 5 years of the application deadline,
      OR
    • Applicant has completed less than 16 credits of the Radiography general education courses and has no SAT scores on file, or did not take the SAT within 5 years of the application deadline, use ACT® WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Assessments scores.  For more information on the ACT® WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Assessments, see the link below.
  • There are also advanced imaging certificates in Computed Tomography Imaging (CER.CTI) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CER.MRI) available.

Additional Information

Complete the Supplemental Application