Ivy Tech - Indy

[butterfli325]

Anyone gone through the ASN program here? I am currently looking into applying. I am finishing up my pre-req's this semester at IUPUI and plan on taking the TEAS soon. I was just curious as to how hard it is to get accepted. How many times did you have to apply? What were your grades and scores like (if you don't mind me asking)? Do you know how many people applied to the program? I know how many they accept but just wondering what the ratio is like.

Thanks!

[zack1a]

Honey let me tell you. I was at Ivy Tech for a while and it's enough to make you jump off the roof. They take 80 people in the fall and 80 in the spring. About 1500 apply for each spot. Before you even apply you have to have perfect scores in your pre-reqs and very good scores on your TEAS. Even with perfect scores with those numbers you stll may not get in simply because of space. Then you go on a waiting list for 1-3 years. If you have the time and the patience then it's a really good school if you dont mind waiting. If you can stick it out I suggest doing so cause you cant beat the cost of the program. I couldn't wait, so I had to go elsewhere because I needed the money.

Obviously this post is old, but i couldn't leave it alone. I can only pray that this wasn't used in anyone's decision making process as these numbers are absolutely insane. The Indy campus now only accepts 120 students a cycle, 60 LPN and 60 RN, but I'll go ahead and do the math with the figures given. With 160 spots (80/80) and "1500 applicants for each spot" you're talking a total of 240,000 applicants. Lets put this in perspective. Harvard Business School (HBA) gets more MBA applicants than any school in the world. For the class of 2012 they received a total of 9,524 applications. This user is claiming that Ivy Tech, an associate degree (max) community college receives 25 times more applications than HBA. If this were true, as someone who is in nursing school, I feel pretty dumb for not applying to HBA.The reason I'm taking the time to type this is because I'm sick of all the nonsense regarding this program. I'm sure there are 100 others across the US with equally absurd "rumor mills", but this gets ridiculous. Many times you get people that didn't or couldn't put in the work, can't get in, and then blow it out of proportion to justify their shortcomings. If what you're hear seems out there, it's probably not true.Nursing school isn't easy, but it's far from impossible. If you are willing to put in the time, you can make it. The next time someone posts something crazy ignore it and grab your A&P book.Best of luck to you!