Educational opportunities are offered by the Dallas County Community College District without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, sex, or disability.

Admission requirements include:

• Graduation from high school or successful completion of the General Education Development (GED) certificate.
• Completion of all requirements for admission as a full-time student to the college
• Attendance at a program information session
• Satisfactory scores on pre-entrance assessment testing.
• Meet TASP requirements as needed.
• Rank ordering by grade point average earned on the two prerequisite courses
• Submission of a complete application packet to the Health Occupations Admissions Office during a designated filing period.
• Meet the competitive criteria and be formally accepted into the program

An applicant to the MLT Program must be a high school graduate, have successfully completed the General Education Development (GED) certificate, or be enrolled in a high school Tech Prep Health Cluster course or articulation agreement with the College.
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Applicants to the MLT Program must meet college admission requirements as outlined in the El Centro College Catalog.

If you are not currently enrolled in El Centro College, please contact the college Admissions Office (214.860.2311) to complete an application for college admission, or using your Internet browser, download and print a DCCCD college application for admission form. Adobe Acrobat must be installed on your computer to download this form.
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All prospective students are required to attend an information session. Information sessions are scheduled throughout the year and no reservation is required. Please bring the information packet with you to the information session. The packet may be downloaded, or please call the El Centro Health Occupations Admissions Office (214.860.2272) or TOP

All prospective students must achieve minimum assessment scores in reading comprehension and math skills. Students who have completed ENGL 1301 and MATH 1314 with a grade of "B" or higher in each of these two courses are exempt from assessment testing. Students who have earned a grade of "C" in one or both of these two courses must achieve minimum scores on reading comprehension and/or mathematics assessment testing before applying to the program.

It is not necessary to make an appointment to complete assessment testing. For Assessment Center hours, please call 214.860.2178 at El Centro College. For further assistance regarding assessment testing, please consult the Health Occupations Admissions Office (214.860.2242).

Students may present any combination of the following reading and math tests with the designated minimum scores to fulfill the assessment testing requirement. TASP, SAT, and ACT scores are valid for five years from time of testing to date of application. All other test scores are valid for two years from time of testing to date of application to the ECHO program. The College may require additional testing for TASP requirements.

Various assessment tests and the minimum acceptable scores for each:

If the applicant does not achieve minimum required scores on the retest, the applicant must complete one of the following options to be granted a third and final testing opportunity during that application filing period. The three options are:

• enrolling in developmental coursework
• submit documented proof of obtaining tutoring
• enrolling in the Continuing Education course "College Fresh Start" which grants access to the College Learning Center for self-remediation utilizing computer programs, video/audio tapes, etc.
  

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Effective fall 1989, the Texas Legislature mandated that all new students entering Texas public colleges and universities be tested for basic skills proficiency (reading, writing, and math). In most cases, a degree or certificate cannot be awarded until a student has passed the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP).

Students who have not earned at least three (3) credit hours of college-level coursework prior to Fall 1989, and who have not passed all sections of TASP, are considered "TASP vulnerable". It is in the student's best interests to resolve TASP issues prior to applying to the program. A student cannot be awarded a degree or certificate of completion for a Health Occupations program until TASP requirements are satisfied.

Assessment testing requirements does not reflect complete TASP policies or procedures instituted by the College or the State of Texas. Passing TASP is not required to apply to the program. However, if developmental coursework is required and the student is accepted into the program, the developmental coursework is added to the student's courseload. Developmental course requirements fall under the jurisdiction of the College Counseling Office. To determine your TASP status, please see a counselor in the College Counseling Center (214.860.2084).
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The entire 36-credit hour Health Occupations Core Curriculum is considered the prerequisite course requirement for applying to the Medical Laboratory Technology Program. The applicant must have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale on the following two primary prerequisite courses:

Applicants must achieve a minimum of a 2.5 GPA (4.0 scale) on the prerequisite courses to be eligible to make application to the program. Applicants must also achieve an overall GPA of 2.0 or higher (4.0 scale) to be eligible for program acceptance, and earn a minimum grade of "C" or higher in the Health Occupations Core Curriculum courses below (34 credit hours).

PLEASE NOTE:

• SCIT 1408 must be completed with a grade of "B" or better to substitute for 2000-level BIOL course. BIOL 1470/1472 accepted for SCIT 1407/1408 within a five-year time limit. BIOL 1408 recommended prior to SCIT 1407 if no previous high school biology. BIOL 1407 is a required prerequisite for BIOL 2401.
  
  
• MATH 1414 may be substituted for MATH 1314
  
  
• HPRS 1204 is a prerequisite course requirement for progression to HPRS 1291.
  
  
• Before an applicant may be formally accepted into the Medical Laboratory Technology program and be eligible to begin MLT courses in June, the applicant must have completed the above Health Occupations Core Curriculum courses with a minimum grade of "C" in each course by the end of the Spring semester.

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There are two application filing periods for the MLT program:

1. Prequalifying
2. Late Application

Applicants from each filing period will be rank ordered separately using grade point average calculation on the primary prerequisite courses and the Health Occupations Core Curriculum (HOCC) courses. (See below for details).

After qualified applicants are rank ordered on an interim basis, they will be notified by April 1 of their status as prequalifiers with provisional acceptance into the MLT program, pending successful completion of the remaining required courses by the end of the Spring semester.

NOTE: After the Spring semester grades have been reported, all Prequalifying applicants given provisional acceptance will be reviewed to verify successful completion of the remaining 34 credit hours. The Prequalifying applicants are then rank ordered using the process described below. Should any Prequalified applicant fail to successfully complete any required courses by the end of the Spring semester, their provisional acceptance to the MLT program is revoked for the upcoming Summer semester.

Applicants who have successfully completed the primary prerequisite course with the required minimum cumulative GPA, and the remaining Health Occupations Core Curriculum courses with a minimum grade of "C" in each course by the end of the Spring semester, may apply during this period. Due to the timeline for posting of Spring grades, applicants are required to obtain written verification of Spring grades from their respective instructors.

After Prequalified applicants with provisional acceptance have been verified, late applicants will be considered in the ranked format to fill any remaining spaces in the MLT program. They will be notified by May 10 of their acceptance status. Note that is is possible that the MLT class will fill to capacity with Prequalifying applicants.
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An applicant to the MLT Program must compile all of the materials listed below and submit the materials in a 9x12 envelope to the Health Occupations Admissions Office at El Centro College on or before the application filing deadline. Incomplete packets will be returned to the applicant.

Note that this process is separate from applying for general admission to the college. If you are not currently enrolled in El Centro College, please contact the college Admissions Office (214.860.2311) to complete an application for college admission, or using your Internet browser, download and print a DCCCD college application for admission form. Adobe Acrobat must be installed on your computer to download this form.

NOTE: Applications are not "held over", therefore, students who are not selected for admission the semester for which they apply must re-submit their application during the next filing period for the next admission opportunity. There is no "waiting list" for the MLT Program.

The application packet must include:

1. A completed Medical Laboratory Technology Program application form (available only at the information session).
   
   
2. Assessment test scores (if necessary) indicating successful achievement of minimum reading and math scores with the date of testing on the score sheet.
   
   
3. An official transcript from each college attended must be submitted including a transcript from any Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) campuses (only one DCCCD transcript is required).
   
   Official transcripts must be submitted with the application packet regardless of whether or not the applicant has previously submitted official transcripts to other campuses within the DCCCD.
   

   NOTE: Grade reports, official or unofficial degree plans, memos from instructors, and other such documents will not be accepted as substitutes for official transcripts. Due to the potential delay in posting Spring grades by faculty and the Registrar, an applicant applying during the Late Filing Period must submit official e-mails, sealed memos, or other official correspondence from DCCCD faculty members as verification of Spring grades only.

• Allow 6-8 weeks to receive official transcripts from colleges outside the DCCCD.
• If you have taken courses at more than one college in the DCCCD, only one DCCCD transcript is needed. Allow at least one week to receive an official DCCCD transcript.
• All science and math courses submitted for transfer credit must be completed no more than five years prior to program admission to the MLT Program.

  SPECIAL NOTATION REGARDING OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS

  If a college or university outside the DCCCD will not release an official transcript directly to the student, the transcript must be mailed directly to the Health Occupations Admissions Office at the address below.

  If the transcripts have previously been mailed to the El Centro College Registrar's Office, the student should request a stamped photocopy of their transcript from the Registrar's Office to include with their application materials.

  Please note that the student is solely responsible for ensuring that his/her transcripts are received in the Health Occupations Admissions Office by the filing deadline. Therefore, it is to the student's advantage to obtain transcripts personally if at all possible for submission with the rest of the application materials.

4. A photocopy of the catalog course descriptions of courses taken outside of DCCCD colleges which apply to the MLT curriculum and which the applicant seeks to transfer to the program. Course descriptions must be copied from the college catalog which was in effect the semester the course was completed. Course numbers must match the transcript and must be clearly marked on the photocopy. Do not mark or highlight courses on transcripts. No course descriptions are required for courses completed at DCCCD campuses.
   
   
5. If applicable, a copy of a high school transcript, high school diploma or GED certificate.
   
   
6. The signed "Statement of Student's Responsibility" form (included in the application form).

The above materials must be placed in a 9"x12" envelope and submitted in person or by mail to: following address:

Patsy Jones-Strawther
Health Occupations Admissions Office
El Centro College
Main and Lamar
Dallas, TX 75202-3604

Telephone: 214.860.2242 or TOP

Admission to the MLT Program is made without regard to race, color, age, ethnic origin, religion/creed, gender/sex, marital status, veteran status or disability.

There are twenty (20) spaces available in the program. Applicants are selected for admission according to the following competitive ranking process:

1. Applicants are listed by grade point average (GPA) on the two primary prerequisite courses from highest (4.0) to lowest (2.5). A minimum of a 2.5 GPA is required on the two prerequisite courses.
   
   
2. When two or more applicants have the same GPA on the primary prerequisite courses, the total number of required Health Occupations Core Curriculum courses are listed from highest number of credit hours completed (34 hours) to lowest (0 hours).
   
   
3. When two or more applicants have the same GPA on the primary prerequisite courses and the same number of required Health Occupations Core Curriculum course credit hours completed, the overall GPA on the required Health Occupations Core Curriculum courses is used to break any tie.
   
   
4. When two or more applicants have the same GPA on the primary prerequisite courses, the same number of required Health Occupations Core Curriculum courses completed, and the same overall GPA on the required Health Occupations Core Curriculum courses, the date of attendance at the information session will be used to break any tie

Example of Admission Priority

If there were five available spaces for admission, applicants #1 through #5 would be accepted.

Applicants applying during the Late Filing period must show completion of both primary prerequisite courses and the designated 34-credit hours of the Health Occupations Core Curriculum.

Applicants may improve their ranking by:

1. Repeating one or more prerequisite courses to earn a higher GPA
2. Completing additional support course hours
3. Earning a high GPA on the support courses

NOTE: The decision to repeat a successfully completed course in order to improve an applicant's ranking rests sole with the applicant.

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