PTA Admission Requirements

Applications for 2013 are no longer being accepted.

Minimum Qualifications

• Health Care Application for the PTA Program.  In order to assist us in establishing residency, students are required to submit a copy of their drivers license or state issued ID with their application.
• Graduation from an accredited high school, or successful completion of the General Education Development Test (GED). Submit official high school transcripts, or GED to the Enrollment Center.
• College grade point average of weighted cumulative 2.75 or better (or high school cumulative 2.75 if less than 12 college credits earned.)
• ACT score of 18 taken within the last three years or a minimum of 12 hours of college credit with a lab science and a grade point average of 2.75 or better.
• One year of high school physics or Oakton's PHY 101, or equivalent four semester credit hour course with lab, completed within the last five years with a minimum grade of C.  Course content must be equivalent to Oakton's PHY 101 otherwise two semesters of higher level physics are required.
• One year of high school or one semester of college biology (Oakton BIO 101, BIO 121, or BIO 231), completed within the last five years with a minimum grade of C.
• College level competence for EGL 101 as demonstrated by course work or Oakton's EGL (English) Writing Assessment Test (WSAT). If applicants do not already have EGL 101 or equivalent, they will be required to complete Oakton's English placement test. (English 102 or higher is not proof of English 101 requirement).
• Native English COMPASS Reading Test with a score of 77 or higher.
• 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).
  

  Recommendation forms must be submitted in a sealed envelope, signed by the recommender. Forms not submitted in a sealed, signed envelope will not be accepted.

• Educational Credential Evaluation (ECE) of international high school transcripts or students with international college credit who wish to have credits transferred.  Request a "Catalog Match." (Form available at the Enrollment Center)

Applicants with complete files by the published deadline for each application cycle will be ranked using a numerical point scale. The top 32 ranked applicants will interview with the program chair or admission committee. Before registering for classes, admitted students will be required to submit a current, complete physical examination record and a copy of their health insurance card to prove coverage. Part of the physical exam includes immunizations.

These minimum qualifications are subject to change.

Note:

a) Official high school and college transcripts* from all colleges attended must be sent to the Enrollment Center, Attention: Cynthia Lynn, Oakton Community College, 1600 E. 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 Enrollment Center.)

*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 Enrollment Center, Room 1260.