Physical Therapist Assistant Admission Requirements

The minimum qualifications are:

• Graduation from an accredited high school, or successful completion of the General Education Development Test (GED).

• College grade point average of 2.5 or better (or high school if less than 12 college credits earned.)

• ACT score of 18 or a minimum of 12 hours of college credit with a grade point average of 2.5 or better.

• One year of high school or one semester of college physics (Oakton PHY 101), completed within the last five years with a minimum grade of C.

• One year of high school or one semester of college biology (Oakton BIO 101 or BIO 131), completed within the last five years with a minimum grade of C.

• College level competence for EGL 101 as demonstrated by course work or placement test. If applicants do not already have EGL 101 or equivalent, they will be required to complete Oakton's English placement test.

• Reading placement test score (DRP) of 65 or higher. Score below 65 may require additional course work.

• Documentation of an on-site visit to a physical therapy facility (download form) for a minimum of 10 hours accompanied by a recommendation from supervising therapist (download form).

Students with complete files will be sent for an interview with the program chair or admission committee on a first-come, first-served basis.

Those admitted will be required to submit a current and complete physical examination record before registration for classes and a copy of their health insurance card to prove coverage. Part of the physical exam includes immunizations.

Note:

a) Official college transcripts* from all colleges attended must be sent to the Office of Admission and Enrollment Management, Attention: PTA Admission, Oakton Community College, 1600 East Golf Road, Des Plaines, Illinois 60016. When all transcripts have been received, they will be evaluated by a Credentials Analyst.

b) Foreign high school graduates or students with foreign college credit, who wish to have credits transferred must have English-translated transcripts evaluated by Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc., in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Oakton requires the catalog-match approach. (Obtain form from the Office of Admission and Enrollment Management.)

*A transcript is considered official when it is sent by mail from one institution to another or if sent to the studen'ts residence, it must be kept in the sealed envelope and brought directly to the Office of Admission and Enrollment Management, Room 1530.