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How To Apply

How To Apply

Complete PRCC Application

Within 3-5 days after you apply, you will receive Riverguide Credentials.听

Submit Your
Transcript

You must escript (preferred) or mail an official high school transcript and official transcripts from all previously attended colleges to:听

91福利听
Office of Admissions听
101 Hwy 11 North听
Poplarville, MS 39470听

TRANSCRIPTS/ACT*

An ACT composite score of 18 is required to qualify for the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program.听 The applicant is responsible for ensuring their high school and previous college (if applicable) transcripts have been received by the PRCC Admissions Office along with their highest ACT composite score. Applicant鈥檚 ACT score is part of, and vital to, the selection process. 听

GED/HiSet

A GED/HiSet Test Result Form with scores must be included if you completed a GED (Diploma Equivalence) program.听

Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Application

Use your RiverGuide credentials to complete the Diagnostic Medical Sonography application below.

Deadline – May 1st, 3:00 PM each year.听

For information regarding the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program application:

sonography@prcc.edu

or

601.403.1000

You have the option of saving your information once you鈥檝e started the application. This information can be edited and saved, if needed, until the program deadline. Once you have submitted the application, it will no longer be available to edit and you will receive an email confirming that it has been received.

Allied Health Program Application Rubric

The Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program is offered as a one-year (12 months) program, August – July, designed to prepare students for a career as a diagnostic medical sonographer.

Classes are held Monday 鈥� Friday, 8:00 am 鈥� 4:30 pm. There are no evening, weekend, online, or hybrid curriculum/courses for this program, and it is offered only on the Hattiesburg campus.听

Upon receipt of the application and all required documents, the highest ranking applicants will be contacted to schedule an interview by the PRCC DMS Selection Committee.

Information Sessions听

Each year, the Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program will hold Information Sessions for fall applicants.
Please click the button below for the scheduled Information Sessions.听

DMS Information Sessions
  • Proof of vision exam听with color-blind assessment听must be attached to the program application at the time of submission.
  • Documentation of at least 16 shadowing hours performed in a Diagnostic Medical Sonography department complete with the facility’s letter head and signature of the licensed sonographer shadowed must be present. Hours performed at an OB/GYN or cardiac clinic/department will not be accepted.听

听– The following courses can be in progress when applying but must be completed with a “C” or higher before the program begins –听

  • English Comp I听or听Public Speaking
  • College Algebra or a higher Math
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology I听and听Lab听or听Principles of A&P 1听and听Lab
  • Human Anatomy听and听Physiology II and Lab听or听Principles of A&P 2听and听Lab
  • Application submission and/or meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee acceptance.听
  • Completed file and participation in the interview does not guarantee a position in the class. 听
  • All statements related to admission criteria or announcements of present policies are subject to revisions.听
  • Any advice the Diagnostic Medical Sonography department gives regarding coursework does not ensure acceptance into the program.听
  • All PRCC Allied Health students are subject to random drug screening at any time during the course of the program and must have a negative result. The student will be responsible for all associated costs after the required screening at the beginning of the program.
  • Allied Health students may be exposed to various bloodborne pathogens, infectious diseases, blood and other bodily fluids. Universal and Standard Precautions, as well as PPE (personal protective equipment), will be used during clinical portions of the program.听
  • Health Care Criminal History Background Check: Applicants for PRCC Allied Health programs are required to submit fingerprints for a Criminal Background Check in accordance with Mississippi State Law. This process may be required by clinical sites. If any student is found to have a disqualifying event on their background check, they may be prohibited from attending clinicals and therefore, will not meet clinical criteria and will not be allowed to continue in the program.

Post Acceptance

Upon acceptance into the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program, the student must pass a background check as well as a drug screening.

Each community college president is asked to bring two (2) wrapped door prizes, minimum value of $50 each. We will have a station set up at the conference for you to drop off the door prizes.

Each community college is asked to provide name tags for their Board members, administration, and staff attending the conference.

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