another ivy tech post

[jennifers]

i'm about ready to just go to Bethel. Its my first choice but really expensive. Ivy Tech just seems very hard to get into. I just found out they have changed thir general education requirements to get into the program. Now they are giving points just off the teas test and 4 classes. ONLY FOUR! When your only taking 4 classes to get into a program I would think it would be really easy to get all A's. The whole admissions process has me really stressed out. One college wants this and another college wants that...ugh.

class A at one school does not equal the same class at another. Its so annoying. I would like to go to Ivy tech simply because it is a lot cheaper.

I got a C in psychology back in 1998. I hate to retake it. Since then I took several advanced psychology classes and got A's in all of them. But Ivy tech gives 30 pts for an A in psychology class. I got B+'s in A&P 1 and 2. I dont see how 2 b's and a C would ever get me into the program even if I got 100% on the teas. I bought a study guide for the teas. I did really really well in the practice tests. Sorry to vent.

also it looks as though the ivy tech program is changing in 2007? The paper work they sent me looks like the LPN and ASN take the exact same classes the first year. Anyone else trying to get in for 2007? Anyone had any advise or pearls of wisdom? lol

[takapahaRN]

I am also planning on going to Ivy Tech, I have a BS and MS in unrelated fields. I also don't have an A in English, so I am taking it again. Why not? It's only a few hundred bucks, and that will insure a 4.0. I think it pretty standard now that you MUST have a 4.0 to get into the clinicals at Ivy Tech. Why? It's so CHEAP! I think I can do the whole program for $6000 in tuition.

I think it will end up running you quite a bit more than that. I'm taking 4 pre-req's right now at Ivy Tech-Valpo, and my tuition for this semester alone was $1100. That did not include over $500 in books. That is the cost for 3 credit classes, too. It gets more expensive in the ASN program with 4, 5, and 6 credit classes.

[takapahaRN]

I'm curious as to which campuses are the most difficult to get into, and which have the most applicants.

It just seems strange to me that if they have SO many applicants, that they don't expand the program to take more applicants each semester. It's about money for them! If they are turing away over 100 students each semester, that is over (roughly) $130,000 in tuition PER SEMESTER they are losing out on.

[LovesDisney]

I think it will end up running you quite a bit more than that. I'm taking 4 pre-req's right now at Ivy Tech-Valpo, and my tuition for this semester alone was $1100. That did not include over $500 in books. That is the cost for 3 credit classes, too. It gets more expensive in the ASN program with 4, 5, and 6 credit classes.

I think that is in the ball park. The clinicals are about 10 hours/semester for 4 semesters, at around $100/hour that would be $4000, right? Plus lab fees and books of course.

Please let me know if this is way off! :wink2:

[ljohnsonjr]

I went to the information session at the Indy campus, and even though they only 70 for the fall this year, they also had a grant for night classes. Next year they said maybe 30 for spring '07 and then maybe 60 by fall '07 after the students that are currently following the "old" program graduate they will be able to accept MORE into the nursing program. I am only going part-time and won't apply for nursing until january '08 and they are hoping by that time they will be able to accept 60 to 90 people.

They had 175 applicants for the fall of '06 and accepted 70, if you don't get into the ASN program they send you an app. for the LPN track.

I also have a B in English and the advisor told me not to retake it and hopefully will just do good in the other 3 classes and it shouldn't make too much of a difference since they will be able to take more students in the years to come. But I am also only going part-time!

[CantWait2Nurse]

does anyone know any lpn programs that are easier to get into, or one with less applicants? i tried to get into the indianapolis-lawrence program but that all situation was stressful so i just started looking for alternate schools. i heard that the ivy tech anderson campus is easier to get into for their rn program. has anyone else heard that or has anyone been through the program and can confirm this? i live in indianapolis but i will frive for a nursing program.

[BernieRN]

Ivy SB criteria:

region of residence:

in region 3 points

out of region 0 points

pre req credits:

Eng 111

Psy 101

ANP 101

ANP 102

A 30 points

B 20 points

c 10 points.

Teas score IF benchmarks are met. They are:

Reading 80%

Math 60%

Science 60%

English 70%

ITCC credit: to be used as a tie breaker only (1 point for each prerequisite course taken at ITCC if this is considered).

Effective date: January 2007

There ya have it.

[WickedRedRN, BSN, RN]

does anyone know any lpn programs that are easier to get into, or one with less applicants? i tried to get into the indianapolis-lawrence program but that all situation was stressful so i just started looking for alternate schools. i heard that the ivy tech anderson campus is easier to get into for their rn program. has anyone else heard that or has anyone been through the program and can confirm this? i live in indianapolis but i will frive for a nursing program.

try looking at ivy tech in columbus. i believe they are still competitive to get into (as are all campuses). but i live in indy and choose to go to columbus for my lpn. it has been a wonderfully supportive program and i don't regret my decision for a moment, even with the spike in gas prices :wink2:

[TenebreKraa]

I am currently in the LPN program at Ivy Tech in Kokomo. You are right that they just changed the curriculum. Now you only have to have 4 pre requistes done but the other classes are considered co requistes to get into the RN program. I would suggest having your pre reqs and co reqs done because no matter how good you do on the TEAS test they are more apt to take those that have their other classes done. There is also a point awarding scale based on what grade you get in those classes. The more points you have the higher up on the list you are to get in the program. They have also started accepting students twice a year instead of once, so if you don't get in you don't have to wait a whole year to try again. I am doing the LPN transition to RN program. If you need to know anything else let me know.

[Pat_Pat RN]

I am currently in the ASN program in Bloomington. I have heard that they are changing the program in 2007. I believe what you are saying about the RN and LPN classes being the same, my instructors said something about that a couple of weeks ago.

Pat

[Pat_Pat RN]

It just seems strange to me that if they have SO many applicants, that they don't expand the program to take more applicants each semester. It's about money for them! If they are turing away over 100 students each semester, that is over (roughly) $130,000 in tuition PER SEMESTER they are losing out on.

The bottleneck is clinical space, and instructors.

[Ceteris Paribus]

I just got into the Indianapolis ASN class which starts in Jan 2007. I don't know how many applicants there were for this class. My GPA was 4.0 (actually 3.75 overall but 4.0 in the four courses they considered) and my TEAS composite score was 88 (which according to the stats provided placed me in the 98th percentile nationally, but only the 97th percentile of Ivy Tech applicants). Unfortunately, I was not given my "rank" so I don't know how many (if any) applicants were accepted who had lower scores than mine. I actually asked at the information session which I attended in March what the lowest score accepted was (in terms of points) in some of their previous classes, but they refused to answer this question (which I believe to be unfortunate since such information would be really useful for applicants, and furthermore this type of information is commonly available for medical/law schools et. ie. average LSAT, MCAT and GPA's accepted).

[bethin]

This year I decided I would apply to nsg school at different nearby campuses. I inquired to these campuses in Feb. and was told at every single one that they didn't even have any open test dates. Also, every campus is different regarding dates, requirements, etc. I was so mad that I quit and will be attending Marian in Jan. I was told by plenty of coworkers that if you make good grades (luckily I have a 3.5) that you will make it in. Sure, the school is private and very expensive, but at Ivy Tech I was treading water. I had all my prereqs done and have been waiting for admission into nsg school for 2 years. I'm not getting any younger so I switched. Marian and U of I both have 2 year ASN programs.

You would think that every Ivy Tech would be the same, but their not. I loved the teachers. I went to Ball State before Ivy Tech and felt the professors didn't care. They were there for their egos only. Teachers at Ivy Tech actually cared and listened. Overall, I feel my education was much better there than at Ball State.