i need help

bobby2112 · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 8

i have applied to the radiology program at liu c.w. post
i goto kingsborough community college now i have a 3.6 gpa b- in A&P 1 and doing well in A&P2 i have worked with a company that buys and sells imaging equipment and i did help with appraisles and install and deinstallation this is how i found out about the career what are my chances of gettin in they recive 100 applicants and accept 25 im freaking out cause this is the only thing i wanna do can any one let me know if i have a good chance ?

korn858 · Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 8

I would say you have a better than average chance of getting in. I just applied to a hospital based program that received 800 applications of which 120 get the chance at a panel interview, and then 40 will be ultimately accepted. I made it to the panel interview, which will be in April. So, out of only 100 applicants I would say you have a very good chance. Be glad your not in Ca.

bobby2112 · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 8

thank you very much for the reply ive been goin out of my mind its crunch time they just started scheduleing interviews then they make their desicion lol i hope i measure up to the compition and good luck with your interveiw im sure youll make into the program Wink

hjhogle · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:00 am Post subject:

Unfortunately Bobby, korn858 is a student who does not have enough data to tell you "I would say you have a better than average chance of getting in." If korn858 was in instructor at a different facility, it still would not be possible to give you the reassurance you're looking for.

Every facility has it's own criteria for determining placement, and you know nothing about the other applicants. 100 people applied for 25 openings - that means that 75 will not be accepted. Suppose that 25 % of the applicants have 4.0 GPA?

For heaven's sake. Take a deep breath. If it's true that "im freaking out cause this is the only thing i wanna do (and I hope your writing was better on your application - an inability to string together a sentence with punctuation would certainly work against you)", then you'll apply again next year. Perhaps apply to this particular program and some others to increase your chances of acceptance.

But don't jump off a bridge if you don't make it this time. With so many applicants applying for so few positions, lots of folks are not accepted the first time out. Having to wait is not the end of the universe.

Read some of the messages here on this board - there are many examples of students who stuck it out and applied the 2nd or 3rd time and were accepted at some point.

hjh, RT

bobby2112 · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 8

hey thanks for the reply and yes trust me my writting was perfect on the application. i am actually a strong writter but on message boards and ims i sometimes writte really fast and do not use perfect grammer.
unforchantly i have to stay in school i cant take a year off andif i goto the school which has the program it costs alot of money and thats alot of loans i will prob do that if i have no choice but i was just woundering if my experiance would give me a boost sorry for the poor grammer lol thanks again for the help

bobby

hjhogle · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:36 am Post subject:

So try this - if you don't get into the radiography program this year, attend that school anyhow. Get other courses out of the way - take whatever appropriate physics you can get into, do well. Take functional anatomy, medical terminology, ... anything else that you can think of.

This will do 2 things. It will relieve the burden of those courses once you finally start radiography, and it will demonstrate to the "powers-that-be" that your intentions are serious.

Good luck!
hjh, RT

bobby2112 · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 8

will do thanks very much for the advice. your advice really relaxed me, just been really nervous thanks very much

nancy6969 · Joined: 27 Mar 2009 Posts: 2

dont lisetn to her, she thinks she knows it all.... you can get in if you have a 2.5 just sell yourself

papa · Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:30 pm Post subject:

as another technologist, moderator of this site, is and will always be a student of hers, yes, listen to her.

your interview is an important part of being accepted, but it is not all there is. it's just like interviewing for a job. yes, you can sell yourself. yes, you can make a good impression. but if you don't have the educational requirements, or it appears to the employer/school that you really don't have an interest in the position, you're not going to get in, no matter how well you "sell yourself".

nancy6969: do you have reasonable expierence in the radiology field to know otherwise, or some new information that we haven't seen yet? since you've only posted twice, we haven't gotten to know each other very well.
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