Applied to Nursing program....Will I be accepted?

[butterfly80]

I recently applied to the nursing program to take clinicals at a Raleigh CC. I won't find out untill March if I have been accepted for the Fall! Our school runs on a point system for acceptance. However, the counslers make it seem like if you do not have straight A's in your pre-reqs, then your chances of getting in aren't great. I here from other people it's not as bad as they make it seem. I was curious what kind of grades did it take you to get into clincals? I have all B's and an A--I'm hoping to get A's in my final 2 classes, fingers crossed.

Thanks

[kdbsmom]

I recently applied to the nursing program to take clinicals at a Raleigh CC. I won't find out untill March if I have been accepted for the Fall! Our school runs on a point system for acceptance. However, the counslers make it seem like if you do not have straight A's in your pre-reqs, then your chances of getting in aren't great. I here from other people it's not as bad as they make it seem. I was curious what kind of grades did it take you to get into clincals? I have all B's and an A--I'm hoping to get A's in my final 2 classes, fingers crossed.

Thanks

Hello Butterfly80,

I just graduated from a community college in the Raleigh area in December. If you are talking about the one I am thinking of, it is quite competitive. I would like to clarify what you mean by pre-req's. Do you really mean pre-req's, as in courses that are not part of the curriculum credits for graduation (like Chemistry or Algebra)? Or do you mean the non-nursing courses that are required for graduation (A&P I&II, Nutrition, Micro, Patho, Eng, Psy, and a Hum)?

If you have not taken the non-nursing courses that are in my second question, then acceptance will be less likely. But if you have completed all of those and your Hobet thing (I did not have to do this, this is a newer thing) you have a good shot. It is very frustrating, especially since now, they make you reapply once a year and I don't understand how they determine the point system.

I can't give much info though because the process I went through was different. They completely changed it in the past couple of years.

Good luck!

[butterfly80]

kdbsmom,

Thanks for replying. I have taken the Hobet, I have my chem, eng, etc. I have almost finished my general course pre-req. I'm currently taking my last two classes, nutrition and patho. I have all B's and an A in Psych. I have just applied for the Fall semester for Nur courses but I don't know if I'll have enough points to get in because my nutrition and patho will not be counted since I'm currently taking them or if my grades are even good enough. They make it so confusing with theses points. I guess I'm just trying to prepare myself for rejection.