Requirements for MLS Applicants

MLS Application Portal 

 https://admissions.astate.edu/apply/?sr=e3277782-29c3-4a69-acae-b8f4148ef16d 

 Important Note: DO NOT use your smail.astate.edu email address for this application ; instead, use the personal email address you used when you first applied to A-State. This is the same application portal as the initial university application, but this is an internal program-level application.  

 Applications are due April 15th. 

 When you apply to the Medical Laboratory Sciences program, we will ask for 2 references and a job shadowing experience. You also need to upload your transcripts from other institutions. Do not worry about sending a transcript for classes you took at A-State.  

 References: 

 The application will request references:  

 

 from an employer 

 from a professor.  

 

 If you have never been employed, you may use 2 references from professors.  

 Job Shadowing: 

 Set up a job shadowing experience at a local lab. If you are in the Jonesboro area, you can use NEA Baptist (any facility in their Baptist system) or St. Bernard's. Both require that you request the experience by completing a form.  

 Job Shadowing Opportunities – Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation | Career Development 

 Job Shadow & Student Volunteers | St. Bernards Healthcare 

 When you go for the shadowing experience, get the contact information from the person you are shadowing (name and email address). Enter their information in the application portal as a job shadowing "reference". They will get a form to fill out on you behalf to verify the shadowing experience.  

 English Proficiency Requirement for Foreign Students 

 Foreign-born applicants must submit test scores of English proficiency with their application. 

 English proficiency documentation includes one of the following: 

 

 Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) – minimum score of 83 (new score of 4.5) on the preferred internet-based test (iBT), 570 on the paper-based test, or 213 on the computer-based test 

 International English Language Testing System (IELTS) – minimum score of 6.5 and a spoken band score of 7 

 Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE) – minimum score of 56 

 

 Decision Deadlines 

 The MLS program admissions decisions are made no later than May 15th of the application cycle.  

 Post-Application Requirements  

 You will be asked to submit a background check through verified credentials and acknowledge all the program's policies. You will also be asked to take a colorblind test and upload a valid driver's license.  

 MLS acceptance form contains: 

 

 Attendance policy 

 Essential requirements & functions for admission & retention: technical standards form 

 Professionalism objectives 

 Academic standards policy 

 Readmission policy  

 

 Orientation acknowledgment contains: 

 

 Dress Code 

 Academic integrity policy 

 College code of honor 

 Substance abuse compliance contract 

 Student confidentiality contract 

 Educational records release form 

 Clinical rotations & service work policy 

 Student handbook verification