FAQs

Yes, please visit our website, scroll along the left side of the page to make an appointment.

Yes, you need to schedule a one-hour appointment with Doris Abrishami.

Yes, you will need to agree that you give permission to discuss your grades in front of the additional
attendee(s).

First, make sure to read the informational packet on our department website. Then, for students not
currently enrolled at CSUN, please make sure to send your unofficial transcripts to your advisor before
your appointment.

Applications open in early October and will be due the second Friday of December.

No, there are no spring admissions. The cohort always starts in the Fall semester.

All prerequisites must be completed with a letter grade of a C or better by the spring before the program
starts in the fall.

Yes, but make sure you get your official transcripts turned into us ASAP.

Yes.

40 hours, however the program encourages you to do more.

No, you have until the first day of school to have it completed and make sure it is CPR for the Healthcare
provider also called BLS given by the American Heart Association.

No, you will need to apply again for the following year.

You should dress as if you were going to a job interview in business dress attire.

Responses to the applicants usually go out by the first week of May via email.

You will be asked, “What have I done in this last year to be successful in the RS program?”

While a vehicle is not necessary, transportation to all of the clinical sites is expected. Carpooling and
public transportation are additional ways to get to the clinical sites.