Are there additional requirements for admission to the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Programs?
A. The Pennsylvania Department of Education requires School Counseling students to take and pass the Pre-Professional Skills Tests (PPST). The PPST test is comprised of the reading, writing, and mathematics tests. The Department of Counseling only provisionally accepts school counseling candidates until they pass the reading, writing, and mathematics sections of the PPST. This provisional acceptance allows you to register for courses, but will only remain valid until the time of your candidacy interview at the end of Phase I in the program. At that time, if you have not passed the reading, writing, and mathematics sections of the PPST, you will be dismissed from the program. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you take the PPST prior to entry into the program. Those who pass, immediately gain standard acceptance to the program. If, however, you fail one or more sections of the PPST, you have a choice about whether or not to proceed in the program based upon how close you are to passi
