How to Apply

Welcome to Admissions

We are pleased that you are interested in attending Reading Area Community College. To get started, please follow the steps below for either general admission or admission to a selective program of study.

 

 

 

General Admission

Selective Programs of Study

Contact Information for Selective Study Program Coordinators

Culinary Arts
Dennis Moyer
Cell Phone: 610-413-2996
Berks Career & Tech: 610-987-6201
Extension 3371 (Sept - June 15)
Fax: 610-374-1340

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration
Tim Strunk
Home Phone: 610-406-9486
Berks Career & Tech: 610-372-4721 Extension 5066

General Admission

Degree Candidate

  1. Complete the Application for General Admission and forward to the Office of Admissions, Room 111 Berks Hall.
  2. Request that the high school forward an official copy of their complete high school transcript directly to the Admissions Office.
  3. Applicants who hold a high school equivalency diploma (G.E.D.) should request an official copy of their G.E.D. scores to be sent to the Admissions Office. (Requests can be made to the department of education from the state in which you earned the G.E.D.)
    NOTE: Applicants who did not finish high school and do not hold a G.E.D. will be evaluated on any or all of the following: readiness to undertake college work on the basis of placement assessment results, previous scholastic records, interviews, or employment experience, and will be admitted to the College only after such evaluation. Contact Admissions for details at 610-607-6224.
  4. If applicable, request that official transcripts be sent to the Admissions Office from all post-secondary institutions and/or colleges/universities attended.
  5. Arrange to take the placement assessment. immediately by contacting the Admissions and Advising Center at 610-607-6224.

Nondegree Candidates Transient:

  1. Complete the Application for General Admission and forward to the Office of Admissions, Room 111 Berks Hall.
  2. We recommend that you have the college or university at which you are pursuing your degree complete and forward to the Admissions Office a Transient Student Application form, granting permission for a term of study and approving transfer credit for courses completed. This form can be obtained from the registrars office at your college or university. If the course approval form Transient Student is provided, the College may waive the placement assessment.
  3. Take placement assessment if appropriate.
  4. Download the Permission to Transfer Form - Adobe PDF file PDF 12 KB

Headstart to College:

  1. Contact Admissions Office for Specialized Headstart materials at admissions@racc.edu.
  2. Complete the Application for General Admission and forward to the Office of Admissions, Room 111 Berks Hall. Students must be 16 years old at the time of application.
  3. Complete Headstart to College application form (requires approval from your parent or guardian and high school counselor) and forward to the Office of Admissions, Room 111 Berks Hall.
  4. Request high school transcript be sent to Admissions Office.
  5. Schedule an interview with a member of the Admissions Office staff.
  6. Take a college placement assessment test in reading, writing and math.
  7. Schedule a follow-up appointment with a member of the Admissions Office staff.

NOTE: All Reading High School students must contact Melissa Manzano at mmanzano@racc.edu or call 610-372-4721 ext. 5286.

All Others:

  1. Complete the Application for General Admission and forward to the Office of Admissions, Room 111 Berks Hall.
  2. Take placement assessment.
    NOTE: Any applicants who do not enroll in classes within one year of the original term for which they applied are required to re-submit all application materials and all transcripts. No records will be kept longer than one year for applicants who do not enroll in classes.

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Selective programs of study

The following is a list of those programs

  1. The open admissions policy does not guarantee acceptance into Selective Programs of Study
  2. Selective programs of study have requirements that must be met in order for students to secure licensure or certification upon completion of the program.
  3. These programs must comply with regulations established by various governing groups.
  4. Other factors include limitations on enrollment based upon availability of college or community facilities used for practice experience.

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Culinary Arts Program

Applicants must:

  1. Contact the Culinary Arts Job Site Developer no later than ten weeks prior to enrolling in any culinary arts course, i.e., any course having a CUL course designator.
  2. Have two separate interviews: one with the Culinary Arts Job Site Coordinator and one with the Culinary Arts Job Site Supervisor.
  3. For each culinary arts (CUL) course to be taken, secure a job site that enables all course competencies to be mastered.
  4. Have a medical examination certifying the student to be able to perform duties required on the job site.
  5. Submit evidence of current health insurance at the beginning of each culinary arts (CUL) course.

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Electric Utility Technology Program

FirstEnergy and RACC’s are cooperating on a new Electric Utility Technology Program that will provide students with background and the skills necessary to work as utility linemen.
Read the Fact Sheet Adobe PDF file PDF 230KB

For more information contact:
Randy Blatt, EUT Program Coordinator
610-372-4721 ext 5273 or rblatt@racc.edu

Medical Laboratory Technician Program

Contact Admissions for more info.

Applicants must:

  1. Be a graduate of an approved secondary school or hold a high school equivalency diploma.
  2. Have completed, with grades of "C" or better, two years of biological science (including advanced biology), laboratory chemistry, and algebra. If the previous academic experience is lacking or if placement scores indicate the need for preparatory work, the following Reading Area Community College courses may be used to provide the needed academic background: BIO 150, CHE 120, MAT 030, MAT 110.
  3. Meet with the M.L.T. program director for an interview to discuss the academic background, the M.L.T. program, and the selective M.L.T. admissions policies before declaring a major of Medical Laboratory Technology. The interview is mandate

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Nursing Program

Contact Admissions for more info.

Applicants must:

  1. Have completed work equal to a standard high school course with a minimum of 16 units, including 4 units of English, 3 units of Social Studies, 2 units of Mathematics (1 of which is algebra), and 2 units of Science with a related laboratory or its equivalent. Applicants whose high school academics were completed outside of the United States will have to apply for a Certificate of Preliminary Education through the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
  2. Have completed, with grades of "C" or higher, one course in algebra, biology, laboratory chemistry, and one advanced laboratory science course such as advanced biology, advanced chemistry, anatomy & physiology, or physics. The course must be one carnegie unit in length, or its equivalent.
  3. If enrolled in grade 12, applicants must submit a list of their courses for the senior year. Upon graduation a final transcript must be submitted.
  4. Take college placement assessment. All nursing majors must take college placement assessment for math beginning July 1, 1999. The required placement level for math should be Algebra II. If the student does not place at Algebra II level, then must take math through and including Algebra I prior to the first nursing clinical course. Ex.: If math score indicates placement into Basics then the student must take Basics of College Math or Math Fundamentals, and Algebra I prior to admission to nursing clinical courses. Students must test at the English Composition level on the reading/writing portion of the placement assessment of take the appropriate courses.
  5. Students enrolled at Reading Area Community College must attain and maintain a cumulative G.P.A of 2.5 or higher to be eligible for enrollment in NUR 120.
  6. Show evidence of good mental, physical and dental health.

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Practical Nursing Program

Contact Admissions for more info.

Applicants must:

  1. Be a graduate of an approved secondary school or hold a high school equivalency diploma. Applicants whose high school academics were completed outside of the United States will have to apply for a Certificate of Preliminary Education through the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
  2. Take the College's placement assessment and meet with an advisor from the Center for Counseling and Academic Development.
  3. Complete the required foundation coursework and maintain a GPA of 2.5 or better. The prerequisite coursework is as follows:

Note:

  1. All PN students must take the college’s placement assessment and enroll in all relevant courses designed to meet minimum program prerequisites.
  2. All PN students may have COM 051 and COM 061 waived if an appropriate score is obtained on the college’s placement assessment at the regular-entry English Composition level (i.e., COM 121).
  3. All PN students must take the mathematics component of the college’s placement assessment and he/she must score at the Algebra II math course level.
  4. Students possessing a high-school level biology and/or chemistry course (with lab) with a “C” or better will satisfy this/these prerequisites. Such high school-level prerequisite courses(s) must be completed within the past five years of high school graduation and subsequent program application to RACC.

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