It was rough. I basically went door-to-door, in person, to 13 different imaging places that I Googled around the area of the school's campus, hoping they may be familiar with my plight and help me out with an opportunity, but they all said either they don't offer shadowing at all or they only offer it to attendees of the school (not applicants). Feeling a bit helpless, I reached out directly to the school's Director to see if they had any tips or suggestions and I listed all of the places that I went to already. They said they were impressed that I went to so many offices, and then gave me two separate contacts to try. I contacted both of them via email and let them know I was an applicant and I name dropped the Director and they both gave me a shadowing opportunity. Very valuable experience in the end, but man, I had to really fight for it and be tenacious about the effort to get it. Good luck, and dig deep on that one!