Admissions Process
To be considered for acceptance, the applicant must meet the following requirements:
- Be 18 years of age or older by the start of the program.
- Be eligible to work in the United States as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents)
- Submit a fully completed and signed (electronically or by hand) application for admission.
- Along with the application for admission, submit the $40 application fee in the form of a money order or bank check.
- Attend an in-person pre-admission conference. (Details can be found on the NDT Program Home page or Pre-Admission Conference tab.)
- Submit official academic transcripts from high school/GED and any post-secondary institutions attended.
- Submit the Verification of Job Shadow Observation form for a minimum of four (4) hours within the Neurodiagnostic department at Ascension St Vincent Indianapolis. This needs to be completed before the application deadline but less than one year prior to the start of the program. Please contact the Program Director to arrange the job shadow. Observation hours must be documented on the Job Shadow form and verified by the supervising technologist. (Further information about the Job Shadow can be found on the Clinical Observations tab.)
- Submit a narrative to include the following: a) Explain why you want to be a neurodiagnostic technologist, b) Based on your job shadow observation experience, explain what a neurodiagnostic tech does in a typical day and explain what interested you most, c) Describe what you believe are essential traits of a neurodiagnostic technologist, and d) List your long-term career goals.
- Disclose on the application for admission all criminal proceedings including a conviction of or guilty plea to any felony or misdemeanor other than minor traffic violations.
- Disclose on the application for admission if a professional license or certification has been suspended or revoked by any certifying agency or governing body.