Radiologic Technology Application & Placement Requirements

Students interested in applying to Southern’s Radiologic Technology program should review the application, testing, transcript, and college-level placement requirements below. These requirements should be reviewed carefully before submitting a program application.

Application Process

Program Application Requirements

  • Applicant must apply for admission to Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College if not currently enrolled.
  • Applicant must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all previous college-level courses. If no college courses have been taken, the high school GPA or equivalent will be considered.
  • Applicant must take the ATI TEAS pre-entrance exam and achieve a score of 60% or higher and attach ATI TEAS results to the application. Cost of the exam is the responsibility of the student.
  • Applicant must attach transcripts from all colleges/universities attended. These can be unofficial until applicant is accepted into the program when they must order official.
  • Applicants who have not taken college-level courses must attach high school or equivalent transcript.
  • Applicant must have English language proficiency.
  • Applicant must be eligible to enter college-level English and Math. Applicant can use SAT, ACT, or ACCUPLACER to satisfy this requirement prior to the first day of classes. See the placement requirements below.

College-Level Placement Requirements

Mathematics Placement

Students at Southern may enroll in a college-level, credit-bearing math course without required academic support programs provided the following cut scores have been met:

Placement in Math
Assessment Test Quantitative Reasoning Elementary Statistics College Algebra
SAT Math (taken March 2016 and later) 510 52 530
ACT Math 19 20 21
Next-Generation ACCUPLACER – Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics (QAS) 250 255 260
ACCUPLACER – Elementary Algebra n/a n/a 76
ACCUPLACER – college-level math n/a n/a 40
ACCUPLACER – arithmetic test 85 n/a n/a

English Placement

Students at Southern may enroll in a college-level, credit-bearing English course without required academic support programs provided the following cut scores have been met in English composition and reading:

Placement in English
Assessment Test English Composition Reading
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (taken March 2016 and later) 480 n/a
SAT Essay 13 (combined score) n/a
SAT Reading n/a 23
ACT English 18 n/a
ACT Reading n/a 17
Next-Generation ACCUPLACER – Writing 250 n/a
Next-Generation ACCUPLACER – Reading n/a 252