Getting ready to apply: CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2013

best1203 · Mar 7, 2013

Hey all, I applied this round too. NV is my first choice. My nursing GPA is 3.6, A&P I is an A and TEAS is 82.0. I don't test well and wish I did better on the TEAS but there's nothing I can do about it now. Hopefully I will get to meet some of you in Nursing 101 in the Fall. Good luck to everyone patiently waiting for a letter!

HelenaHandbasket · Mar 8, 2013

Thanks for the update. Comforting to know. ******was AWESOME and helped me so much with getting my application and transcripts in. I checked again today and the only thing showing is my TEAS as "met". I hand delivered my transcripts so I know they got them. As Tom Petty once sang, "and the waaaaaaaaaiting is the hardest part!!".

NAM2bRN · Mar 9, 2013

Hello everyone, just joined this site today. I have applied to the Gateway nursing program. Just waiting patiently like everyone to hear if I got in. I heard it is very competitive. I am staying positive. I have finished all of the courses for the program except obviously the nursing courses so I am hoping this is the year for me. Fingers crossed and positive vibes to everyone!!

NAM2bRN · Mar 9, 2013

Sorry my post went up twice! Lol!! :)

HelenaHandbasket · Mar 11, 2013

SOMETHING CHANGED!!!! :yes:

My A&P II requirement is listed as "MET 3/11/13". Of course, I'm going to assume that they mean they know I am currently taking it and that's ok because I haven't completed it with a C+ or better.

I take some comfort in knowing that if they know I am enrolled in my A&PII course that they received my transcript and that other requirements will be checked off soon. Maybe. I think. I hope.

As a side note, I took my first A&PII lecture exam today. The good news is that I got the highest grade in the class! :yes: The bad news is that it was an 87%. :sniff: I got the highest grade, the lowest was a 44 and the average was a 69. I took exception to 3 points she took off of one of my essay questions but she doesn't let us keep our exams so I wasn't able to address it with her today. I'm doing better this semester with her than last semester with her but having her as a professor is proving more an emotional intelligence challenge than a knowledge challenge. As students we assume that if we study hard we will get good grades, forgetting the human factor. We will encounter professors, hospital staff in clinicals and eventually patients for who nothing we do will seem right even when we DO everything right. One grade from one professor does not define the sum of my parts. :up: Serenity now!

HelenaHandbasket · Mar 12, 2013

YES!!! My transcripts are showing up as MET on 1/23 and 1/30 so that means they have ALL my pre-reqs even if they aren't posted yet. The only thing not listed as MET is my high school transcript which I'm sure is there. That makes me feel SOOOO much better!!!!!

motosteph · Mar 13, 2013

yay, congrats!

NurseWannaBe86 · Mar 18, 2013

Hi Guys! This week, all of you who are "ineligible" and those of you who forgot to submit any documents, will receive their "ineligible letters." if you don't get anything in the next week or two, you're off to the next round, either ACCEPTED OR WAITLISTED! Good luck!

and btw...3.6 GPA at NVCC sounds about quite right..most of my students in my biology classes had GPAs of 3.8 and higher! It is very competitive, but don't forget, you can also get in through the lottery! And yes, the GPA is very important, as it counts 50% of the acceptance! Good luck to all of you! let me know if you have any questions! I'm in my second Nursing semester at NVCC.

HelenaHandbasket · Mar 20, 2013

Ok. So now is the time when we all begin to question our sanity and go a little bat shat crazy, right?!? :wacky:

I try to check commnet everyday to see if anything has changed. Well, first of all, all of my requirements have been met!!! Yay!! I am SO flipping happy I could scream!!!! :yes: AND I have an A- in APII at midterm. With the Professor I have, it makes me REALLY happy!

Then I realize that they will NOT be sending acceptance letters. There is an update on the commnet homepage that mentions it. It would appear we have to download all of the paperwork ourselves from the site. There are links there. We will have a tab under Student Records where we can click to view our acceptance. Waitlists will still get a letter via snail mail. I'm wondering if that means we may find out sooner?!?!

I typically poke around my commnet account to see what all the links do etc. I looked and saw that CCC has 162 seats for NUR101. I checked out the "transcript" link, which I knew I wouldn't have because I haven't gone to CCC yet as I'd be transferring. For Spring 2013 it has me listed as a "non-matriculating/non-degree" student. Which is accurate since I only have a general application for CCC on file and am attending at HCC right now.

For Fall 2013 it lists my current program as "Associate in Science". :bored: So it's been changed from "non-matriculating/non-degree" to "Associate of Science". It still has me listed as majoring in General Studies which I would expect until I register a major (in nursing hopefully!!)

Even my General Student Record has my Curriculum Information as Associate in Science with an Admit Term of Fall 2013. :nailbiting: Go ahead, tell me I am reading WAY too into this. I printed out the pages and got a little emotional about it. My dogs think I'm weird but they and you guys are the only ones who know how far off the deep end I've gone!! :whistling:

NurseWannaBe86 · Mar 20, 2013

haha how cute you are, helenahandbasket! I know how you feel, I went crazy last year as well! turned out my school did a mistake with my transcript, so I got the "ineligible" letter. I "forced" them to fix it, so I got back into the ranking....everybody got their acceptance letter the same day, except for me, and the following day I received mine. I was so happy I couldn't even scream!

I sent mass messages to friends and family :)

I know that last year somebody said there was a trick to see it sooner whether you're accepted or not. the way they did it was that they clicked on the tax year link, I believe. can't remember 100% anymore. but try also clicking on this one. I never saw my results, I guess bc I got so much drama with my transcript, but many people could see that they were wiatlisted/accepted days before the letters went out...keep me posted

what are your stats again?

SC APRN, DNP, APRN, NP · Mar 20, 2013

Nothing is decided until after April 1st because that is the deadline for re-admit/transfers. After they know how many seats each school has, they can plug students in.

NurseWannaBe86 · Mar 20, 2013

hey studentnurseCT. are you excited to graduate pretty soon? I'm so excited for you

did you have to spend a lot of money on books in the senior year fall/spring?

and how is it having 2 patients instead of one to take care of? thanks.