Some recently culled statistics about the program's outcomes:

-80% of students admitted to the program graduate (past 3 year average data)

-72% of graduates who take the licensing exam the first time pass it, while 95% of graduates ultimately pass it within one to three attempts

-100% of graduates reported being employed within 3 months of graduation

PTA Program SELECTION PROCESS: Thank you to all applicants for your patience. The selection process is still underway, with the Connections Center continuing to process the large volume of applications (approximately 90 applicants for the 20 seats in the program). This has taken a bit longer than normal. The list of applicants should be delivered to me (the PTA Program Director) by late January, and then I will do some sorting and processing of the list and beginning making calls to set up the group interviews for the top 40 students selected for the interview process.

The interviews are likely to be held on a Saturday, probably in March. We will try to give those selected as much notice as possible, and then afterward, contact those NOT selected for an interview to inform them as well.

PLEASE make sure that if you have changed phone or address, that the college has your current information. Otherwise we will be unable to contact you, and unfortunately, there is not enough time to try to "track people down" if your information is out of date or incorrect, or if you fail to return phone calls and messages.

One change that we anticipate this year to speed up the process, is to have those interviewed write their narrative essays ON the day of the interview, rather than taking the form home with them to be returned at a later time. You might with to start thinking NOW about what you might wish to include in that narrative. The instructions for the narrative are as follows:
"Write a narrative about yourself. Include some autobiographical information to tell us about yourself, your background, and why you wish to pursue this field of study. The narrative must be handwritten, in ink. Limit yourself to the lines provided on this page only, and no more than 350 words. Do not write in the margins, on the back, or on another page. Sign, date and print your name in the spaces provided on the back of this page."

In addition, the form for performing and verifying the 40 volunteer/observation hours will be given out during the interviews. There is no need to pick up the form ahead of time.

Thank you for your understanding and patience!