Medical
Assistant
MedicalAssistantApplicationProcess
1) IfyouarenotcurrentlyaSouthCentralCollegeStudentyouwillneedtoapplyalongwithcomplete
Accuplacertestinghttp://www.southcentral.edu/Admissions/admissions-checklist.html
2) RequestorchangemajortoPre-MedicalAssisting
http://www.southcentral.edu/webdocs/admissions/Program%20Change%20Form.pdf
3) ReviewrequiredMedicalAssistingAccuplacerscorestodetermineifCollegeReadinessCoursesare
neededtomeetMedicalAssistingProgramrequirements:
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Reading:Atleasta78oraboveontheAccuplacerORREAD80and/orREAD90
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SentenceSkills:Atleastan86oraboveontheAccuplacerORENGL80and/orENGL90
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Arithmetic:Atleasta56oraboveontheAccuplacerORMATH75and/orMATH85
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ElementaryAlgebra:Atleasta63oraboveontheAccuplacerORMATH85
4) CompleteMedicalAssistingProgramprerequisitecoursesandneededCollegeReadiness
courses.
MedicalAssistingPrerequisitecourses:
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MA1000MedicalAssistingOrientation-offeredbothFallandSpringsemesters
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HC1000MedicalTerminology-offeredbothFallandSpringsemesters
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CollegeReadinesscourses-offeredbothFallandSpringsemesters
WhileintheMedicalAssistingapplicationprocessyoumaytakethefollowingcourses:
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CollegeReadinesscourses
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MedicalAssistingprerequisitecourses(MA1000&HC1000)
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AnyoftheLiberalArtscourseslistedintheMedicalAssistingprogramplan
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ENGL,PSYC,COMM,FCS,OTEC,HUM,PHIL
Anatomy&PhysiologyDiseaseConditions
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HC1914-Springsemester
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HC1924-Fallsemester
5) CompleterequiredMedicalAssistingProgramApplicationandPersonalStatement
6) SubmitMedicalAssistingProgramApplication,PersonalStatementandDARSreportinMedical
Assisting/MedicalLaboratoryTechnicianApplicationandImportantDocumentsboxoutsideofC123
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ApplicationswillonlybeacceptedduringtheMedicalAssistingApplicationwindow:January
1st-May31st2017
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ApplicantsacceptedwillstartFall2017
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Medical
Assistant
MedicalAssistantProgramApplication
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DeadlinetoSubmitCompletedApplicationforpriorityreviewandacceptance:May31 ,2017.
ApplyingbytheapplicationdeadlinedoesnotguaranteeadmissiontotheMedicalAssistingProgram.
BeingadmittedtoSouthCentralCollegedoesnotimplyadmissionintotheMedicalAssistingProgram.
Name:
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
(Pleaseprint)
Last
First
MI
Address:
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Street
City
StateZIP
TelephoneNumber:___________________________________SCCStudentID:____________________________
ListedbelowisthecriterionforadmissiontotheMAprogram.Inordertobefullyconsideredasanapplicantfor
theFall2017MAprogram,individualsmustmeetthefollowingrequirements:
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BefullyadmittedtoSouthCentralCollegeasofMay31 ,2017
Demonstratetheyareingoodacademicstandingatthecollege
CompletethisapplicationinitsentiretyandturnitintoCristenCoxnolaterthan4:00pmCSTonMay
31st,2017.Incompleteapplicationswillnotbeconsidered.Noexceptions.
o Applicationscanbesubmittedvia:
§ Email:[email protected]
§ Mail:CristenCox,1920LeeBlvd,NorthMankato,MN56001
§ LockeddropboxoutsideofC123Lab-NorthMankatoCampus
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StudentsattemptingtoapplyaftertheMay31 deadlinewillautomaticallybeplacedonawaitinglistfor
thenextavailableFallstartdate.Ifaspaceisavailableandastudentqualifiesforitafterallother
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applicantsthatsubmittedtheirapplicationsbeforeMay31 areevaluated,theMAprogramdirectormay
offeraseattothenexteligiblestudentonthewaitinglist.Thisisnotaguaranteedopportunitysoitis
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importanttoturnintheMAapplicationbyMay31 at4:00pmCST.
CRITERIA
1.
AchievethefollowingAccuplacerscoresorsuccessfullycompletetherequiredcollegereadinessclasses
ifAccuplacerscoresarebelowtherequiredMAprogramcutscores:
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Reading:Atleasta78oraboveontheAccuplacerORREAD80and/orREAD90ORAccuplaceroverride
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SentenceSkills:Atleastan86oraboveontheAccuplacerORENGL80and/orENGL90ORAccuplaceroverride
o
Arithmetic:Atleasta56oraboveontheAccuplacerORMATH75and/orMATH85ORAccuplaceroverride
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ElementaryAlgebra:Atleasta63oraboveontheAccuplacerORMATH85ORAccuplaceroverride
OfficeUseOnly:
VerificationofCollegeReadiness:___________________
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Medical
Assistant
2.
Submitapersonalstatement(500wordsorless)onyourHealthcarePhilosophy.
a.
3.
Thoughtstoconsiderasyouwriteyourstatement
i. WhatroledoyouanticipateplayingasaMedicalAssistinginahealthcaresetting?
ii. Whatstrengths/skills/expertiseareasdoyoubelieveyoucanbringtoyourroleasa
MedicalAssistantinthefuture?
CompletePre-MedicalAssistingPrerequisiteswithatleastagradeof“C”orhigher
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AnycoursesusedfortheMAprogramshouldbewithin5yearsofMay31st,2017forFall2017semesteradmission.
Ifyouhaveapreviouscollegedegreeand/orhavehealth-careexperience,buthaveoldercollegecredits,please
contacttheMAprogramcoordinatorforapossiblewaiverofthe5yearrequirement.
ApplicantstransferringcoursestoSCCfromanotherinstitutionMUSThaveanofficialtranscriptonfileinthe
StudentAffairsCenterbyMay31stinordertobeconsideredforafallstart.
Youmaysubmitanapplicationifyouhavecoursesinprogress;however,completingcoursesinspring/summer
semestersbeforeafallsemesterstartmaybetoolatefortheacceptanceprocessifthenumberofapplicantsexceeds
thenumberofavailableseats.AnyinprogresscourseworkmustbesuccessfullycompletedpriortobeginningtheMA
program.
Pre-requisiteMACourses
Course/Requirement
#ofcredits
Listtheearned
gradeforthis
course
Listtheyearthiscourse
wascompleted(orwrite
“currentlyregistered”if
youarecurrently
registeredforthatcourse)
Listthecollegethiscourse
wascompletedat:
MedicalTerminology
(HC1000)
MedicalAssistingOrientation
(MA1000)
OfficeUseOnly:
MAPre-RequisiteGPA:___________________PointsAwarded:________________
ThankyouforyourapplicationtotheMAprogramatSouthCentralCollege.Notificationsregardingacceptanceto
theprogramwillbesentviaemailtotheaccount(s)listedonyourofficialapplicationtoSouthCentralCollegeafter
applicationsareevaluatedpriortothestartoftheFallsemester.
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AllapplicantstotheMAprogramwillreceivenotificationoftheirstatusbyAugust5 ,2017.
Signature:___________________________________________________________Date:____________________
KeepacopyforyourrecordsandreturntheoriginalapplicationformtotheCristenCox,MAprogramdirector.
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Medical
Assistant
MedicalAssistantProgramApplicationEvaluationGuide
TheMedicalAssistingprogramatSouthCentralCollegerequiresaseparateapplicationtoitsprogram
onceastudenthasmettheprogram’spre-requisiterequirements.Studentsapplyingtotheprogram
havebetweenJanuary1standMay31sttosubmitanapplicationtotheMAprogramforevaluation.
StudentsrequestingtobereviewedforacceptanceintotheMAprogramwillbeevaluatedbasedonthe
followinginformation:
1. BefullyadmittedtoSouthCentralCollegeasofMay31st,2017
2. Demonstratetheyareingoodacademicstandingatthecollege
3. CompletetheapplicationcompletelyandontimetoturnitintotheStudentAffairsCenterno
laterthan4:00pmCSTonthedeadline
4. VerificationofthecompletionofcollegereadinesscoursesthatwereneededperAccuplacer
scoresorrequiredcollege-levelAccuplacerscoresinreading,sentenceskillsandmathareas.
5. MedicalAssistingpre-requisiteGPA
6. HealthcarePhilosophystatement
7. Ifatieoccurs,interviewswithMAProgramDirector
PointsKey:
MAPre-requisiteGPA PointsAwarded
(4.0system)
4.0
4
3.5-3.99
3.5
3.0-3.49
3
2.5-2.99
2.5
2.0-2.49
2
GPAsbelow2.0
0
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