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[Note: These requirements below may be changed without notification whenever warranted. Please check back here often for updates. Last update of this page was 2/6/2008 to update the Curriculum and Co-Requisite & Other Points Calculation Form.]
Only 12 radiologic technology students are selected each year after the June 1st application deadline to begin their studies in the Fall semester. This is due to the availability of training space at associated clinical affiliates and area manpower considerations. Since more students apply each year than can be accepted into the program (for example, last year about 50 individuals applied) the following objective student selection process is utilized involving four point accumulation components:
2. Co-Requisites & Other Points
4. Rad Tech Career Awareness Points
[Note: Please go to the Post-Selection Requirements (below) for a link about the physical and sensory health requirements.]
Because we have many application packets to sift through and assess each year, it is important that we are able to locate all of the required information within each application -- easily. An important aspect of being a health care professional is paying attention to details. So the quality of the application packet is evaluated based on how well you attended to the details for assembling it. What this means is that if you don't construct your application packet according to the guidelines below -- you may lose points.
To view the application packet criteria check list, please click here.
The application packet should be assembled in a binder (of your choice) containing the following materials in the following order "easily" accessible via tabs:
1. Letter of Intent with Photo (Explain why you want to become an RT
and attend the CSI RT Program. Also staple a small passport type
head shot photograph of yourself to this letter.This photo will help us
to remember who you are after the interview is over when the
committee makes its final selection)
2. Resume (One page please)
3. Radiologic Technology Program Application (Please do not send
copies of transcripts to the program manager like this particular
application reads on the first page. We're going to change that form --
someday. However, to verify your points, we will need copies of your
transcripts as part of your application packet - see below.)
4. CSI Application. (Verification you have applied to CSI and this form
identifies your birth date so we may verify you are at least 6 months
from age 18.)
5. Co-Requisite & Other Calculation Form. (Show clear and concise
calculation of all the points you are claiming on this form followed by
subsequent documentation. Make sure you highlight with a marker all
courses on your transcripts that you are claiming points for on this
form as well as provide letters of reference and health care work
experience.)
6. High School or GED Transcripts (highlight GPA and verification of
diploma awarded. If you haev a GED, you'll receive a 2.0 GPA).
7. Associate Degree Transcripts (highlight GPA and verification of degree
awarded)
8. Baccalaureate Degree Transcripts (highlight GPA and verification of
degree awarded)
9. Current CNA or EMT-B credential (or other health care profession
credential like LPN, RN, OT, PT, etc.).
10. Veteran of US Armed Forces (include a copy of your DD-214).
11. Documented Health Care Experience (A letter from a former employer
indicating start and end times. Only full time paid employment is
considered. Only experience beyond one year is considered. For
example, 8 months doesn't qualify but 1 and 1/2 years experience
qualifies for 1 year.)
12. Two Letters of Reference (Please do not use family or friends.)
13. Non Acceptance Letter from Last Year.
[IMPORTANT:Your job is to collect the above information and make one copy. Then, assemble one set of information into an application packet with tabs attached to all documentation in the exact order given above. Please keep your copy of the information and submit the assembled application packet in person or via snail-mail to the Program Manager before the application deadline of June 1st. You are strongly advised to meet with the Program Manager way in advance for assurances that you have created an acceptable application packet and for clarification about any other concerns you may have about the program admission process.]
To win one of 18 interview spots, you must have the highest grades possible in all of your "co-requisite" courses (those general/academic courses that are required for you to earn your Associate of Applied Science Degree). These co-requisites include: English Composition, Speech Communications, Anatomy & Physiology, Psychology or Sociology, College Algebra, Medical Terminology, and Introduction to Allied Health.
Additionally, we give points in "other" areas. For example, If you can document your high school GPA or your GPA after having already earned an Associate and/or Baccalaureate degree you'll get points. If you earned a GED, you'll get points. If you are currently a certified CNA or EMT-B, you'll get points. If you have prior documented health care experience over a year, you'll get points. If you are a US Veteran, you'll get points. Give us two positive letters of reference (excluding family and friends) and we'll give you points. Show us your non-acceptance letter from last year and we'll give you points, including additional points for being an alternate.
[Note: Although we give additional points for reapplying and for having been selected as an alternate last year, students are not placed on a waiting list for automatic placement into the program next year or at some future date. Our goal is to obtain the most qualified students each year. Therefore, although you may have applied last year, to be selected next year, you must reapply again and compete with all other applicants again.]
To download a copy of the current co-requisite and other point calculation form, please click: Co-requisite and Other Point Calculation Form
[IMPORTANT: As of 3/13/08 the above download is the current co-requisites and other points calculation form to use when constructing your application packet. Always check here for updates.]
If you are fortunate to have enough points to be ranked as one of the 18 top applicants, then congratulations -- you'll be invited for an interview sometime during the month of June where six Registered Technologists and one advanced student radiographer will conduct interviews lasting between 20 and 30 minutes each. You'll be asked about 10 questions and the total points you earn in this interview will be added to your total score. The goal of the interview is to determine how motivated you are for becoming an RT by way of the CSI Rad Tech Program. Our advice is that you treat the interview seriously -- like a job interview. That means you should know a lot about the CSI RT program and what will be expected of you. Also, be prepared to present yourself professionally (dress appropriately, don't chew gum, don't bring your soda pop or water bottle in and set it on the table, etc.) and answer about 10 questions. Your job during the interview is to "convince us" that you are Registered Technologist material! How do you convince us? Our advice is that you practice interviewing several times before the actual interview.
Students selected for interviews will be required to take a brief "Career Awareness Quiz." The quiz is designed to assess your awareness of the radiologic technology profession. To help you study for this quiz, please consult the PDF download in the menu at the left toward the bottom titled: What is Radiology and Radiologic Technology?
Please note that after officially being offerred and accepting a training position in the program, you must present evidence of:
1. Good health with current immunizations, TB screening, and
tetanus booster.
To download a copy of the CSI physical and sensory health
requirements of a student radiograhper, please click here.
2. Continuous health insurance coverage.
3. Undergoing and passing a drug and background screening.
4. CPR certification. (Health Care Provider Level)