Bellevue College 2012 hopefuls

CyndyRD · Mar 5, 2012

Hi,

This is from the website:

Applicants for Full-Time Program will be notified in April of admission to fall, winter, alternate list or not qualified.

I know from reading this site last year they were notified at the end of April.

Hope that helps.

downton · Mar 5, 2012

I remember hearing in the info session that last year's accepted scores ranged from about 85-90%. So it seems like most our scores fall within that range. And I think our scores seem lower than past years because they changed the test version. We took version 5, and version 4 was used in the past (which was apparently an easier test).

margritamix · Mar 5, 2012

Wow, we won't hear back from them until late-April? I may just lose all of my hair by then worrying about it

rnjenn, what did you mean about having to take the Compass E-write? Is this a new procedure that they're doing or have I just not heard of it?

downton · Mar 5, 2012

The office will contact qualified candidates to schedule the Compass E-Write test. Not sure when they'll be contacting people about this.

Fishgirl1983 · Mar 5, 2012

Yes, everyone who gets in has to take the E-Write test and get a certain score on it, but I don't know if they do that before they send out the letters or after......It would be nice to know. I also would love to know how many applicants they received this year! Almost tempted to attend one of the information sessions....just to see if they would mention that! ;-) It is a long wait......

downton · Mar 5, 2012

If anyone gets a chance to go to an info session (I think there's one tomorrow), they should ask about scores that will probably be accepted this year, number of applicants, etc. I'm really curious about all the applicants' TEAS scores!

CyndyRD · Mar 5, 2012

I called and was told 215 applicants this year!!

CyndyRD · Mar 5, 2012

Oh yeah, my Teas score was 88.7 and that was 99 percentile.

downton · Mar 5, 2012

I had the same score! Really hoping we're in the clear.

Fishgirl1983 · Mar 6, 2012

That's less applicants then the year prior! Better for us!

margritamix · Mar 6, 2012

oh goodness! 215 applicants?! Now I'm freaking out :eek: what if I don't get in, with so many people applying?

So regarding the Compass E-write, does anybody know if we have to take that before we get our acceptance/rejection letters? If so, would this then determine if you're in the program or not? Now I'm also freaking out about this essay. It would just be so cruel if we receive letters saying that we got into the program based on our TEAS scores but if we fail the Compass E-write, you actually can't get into the program. I really hope not

downton · Mar 6, 2012

At a past info session, we were told the E-Compass writing test is really simple and straight forward. Basically, it tests your ability to write a sentence and use proper grammar.