Application Deadlines And Interviews
Academic (Non-Technical) Requirements | Non-Academic (Technical) Requirements
Transcripts Evaluation For Foreign University Students

The program accepts applications from May through November and makes admission decisions by December 31 of the year prior to the start of the clinical year. A personal interview is required after all application materials have been submitted. An interview is granted to all applicants meeting academic requirements.

In additional to those courses required for a degree from the appropriate college/university, prerequisite course work required for admission into the program includes:

• Chemistry, including organic or biochemistry: 16 semester hours.
• Biology, including microbiology and immunology: 16 semester hours.
• Mathematics:3 semester hours.

Electives should include courses related to clinical laboratory science, such as genetics, anatomy and physiology, cell biology, parasitology and computer science. All of the above science courses must fulfill the requirement for a degree; survey courses are not acceptable. Major science courses completed seven or more years prior to application must be updated. Applicants must also have:

• Minimum grade-point average of 2.5 in the sciences.
• Reference from three college professors and/or employers.

The applicant must, with or without reasonable accommodations, have sufficient:

• Visual acuity to identify microscopic structures, cells and microorganisms and to operate analytical instruments appropriately and safely without endangering instructors, students, other healthcare personnel and patients.
• Fine-motor skills and manual dexterity to obtain and manipulate specimens, reagents, instruments and analytical equipment according to established guidelines with speed, accuracy, precision and in a manner that does not endanger others.
• Communication skills to convey and/or explain results effectively to other healthcare personnel, both within and outside the laboratory.
• Interactive skills to maintain cooperative and productive working relationships with patients, fellow students, instructors and other healthcare personnel.
• Emotional stability to exercise appropriate judgement in responding to emergency situations that may present in the healthcare environment.
• Ability to handle stressful situations effectively.
• Ability, with or without reasonable accommodations, to perform safely all core tests required of a medical technologist.

These standards were formulated to be in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and The Americans with Disabilities Act.

In addition to fulfilling academic prerequisites, students who have obtained a degree in a foreign university must have their transcripts evaluated by one of the following evaluating agencies:

International Education Research Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 66940
Los Angeles, CA 90066

World Education Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 745
Old Chelsea Station
New York, NY 10011