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From submitting your application to admission to registration, Northwood Tech is available to help guide you through the admissions process. To help you successfully complete this program, Northwood Tech has developed a set of program requirements and technical standards. For students with a disability, reasonable accommodations are available to help you be successful in the program of your choice.
Admission Requirements
The first step to get admitted is to fill out a Northwood Tech application, and Northwood Tech will guide you from there. If you're not quite ready to become a student, visit a campus to get the full Northwood Tech experience. A campus tour will give you the opportunity to meet staff, instructors and students, tour the campus and get a real feel for the campus culture.
- Complete Online application form
- Submit an official high school (or HSED/GED) transcript with graduation date.
- If you are a current high school student, you can be admitted with an unofficial, or official, current transcript. Your final official transcript with graduation date must be submitted prior to the program starting or you will be withdrawn from the program.
- If you are a current high school student, you can be admitted with an unofficial, or official, current transcript. Your final official transcript with graduation date must be submitted prior to the program starting or you will be withdrawn from the program.
- Provide proof of a current State of Wisconsin EMT license with expiration date
- Review and sign EMT Proof of Licensure Disclosure
- Review and sign Background Check Disclosure
- Out-of-State applicants sign a Professional Licensure Disclosure
- Complete admissions meeting with a Northwood Tech counselor
Program-Specific Requirements
- Attend a mandatory program orientation session
- Have current immunizations by the first day of class
- Decision to not receive vaccinations may limit ability to obtain clinical placement based upon meeting site placement requirements
- Demonstrate negative status for tuberculosis (Tb) by the first day of class
- Provide two negative Mantoux Tests (skin tests) or one blood draw test (QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT-GIT) or T-SPOT®.TB test (T-Spot)
- Pay fee and have acceptable results based on the Wisconsin Criminal History Record Check, Wisconsin Caregiver Background Check, Minnesota Caregiver Background Check (if applicable), and/or other states, if applicable
- Information from the Caregiver Background Check may affect your ability to secure clinical
- Review and sign EMT - Paramedic Confidentiality Statement of Understanding Form
- Submit signed Syllabi Form, Background Information Disclosure (BID) Form, and a Student ID Form
- Complete Northwood Tech Authorization to Release Student Record Information with third party agency sponsor
- Possess current certification of "BLS Basic Life Support" or equivalent
- Certification must remain active through the completion of the program
Technology Requirements
If using Macintosh or Linux based computers, coursework must be submitted using your Office365 tools provided with your Northwood Tech email account. It is important to verify with your Program Faculty if non-Windows based computers are acceptable in the program.
Get the Northwood Tech experience
Attend an event or schedule a campus tour/program shadow.
