Application Submission Guidelines

APPLICATION SUBMISSION PROCESS

Each fall semester, a cohort group will be selected to begin the two-year sequence of coursework in the RT Program. No student may enroll directly into the RT Program; students must first submit an application, then be formally selected BEFORE they may enroll into any Respiratory Therapy course, 

All applicants will be notified via email within a month of their application being submitted to the RT Program on whether the application is incomplete or complete. If the application is determined to be incomplete, the applicant will be notified what is required to complete the application. Completed applications are placed into the cohort applicant pool.

Applications must be submitted with:

  1. Transcripts to verify the completion of the required prerequisite coursework; for students utilizing classes taken within the nine-campus LACCD system, unofficial transcripts from the Student Information System (SIS) are permitted. Students who wish to use courses taken outside LACCD must first transfer those courses to ELAC for acceptance; please refer to the section below regarding the process for Transfer Students.
  2. Student Resume, to which you should include any volunteer work, college degrees, any type of licensure, or hospital training cards (Eg: BLS card, Fire card, etc.)

    A. Please write a Life Experience or Special Circumstances section on your resume or RT Application.
  3. If you are a veteran or the spouse of a veteran, you will want to include Defense Department Form 214 (DD214)

The annual application period will run from the start of the fall semester until April 15, of the following year; this time may be extended at the discretion of the RT Program Director, Chairperson and/or Department Dean if the cohort capacity has not been reached. Pre-clinical clearances such as the health examination, drug screening, background check and CPR certification are not required at the time of application. Please Note: Do NOT submit the RT application to the College Admissions Office.