Chattahoochee Tech

I've asked this question before on this board and never received a reply. I'm not sure if that's a bad sign? Either way, it's one of the two programs that I've applied to and am hoping to get in. Just sweating the TEAS now!

I did my prereqs at Chattahoochee and am currently in the nursing program at Georgia Highlands. I work with a LOT of Chatt students who are debating whether or not to apply to the Chatt ADN program. Here are a few reasons:

1. I know when I started my prereqs at Chatt (Fall 2009), my advisor told me that the nursing class that was beginning January 2010 had over 400 applicants - from which they selected a class of 40. In other words, you better have BANGIN' grades. And a great TEAS score.

2. Correct me if this is misinformation, but this is all the info I've been able to get from my coworkers and the hospital where we work - for a nursing program to be accredited, they must graduate their first class and have a certain pass rate on the NCLEX. The first class graduated earlier this year, but we haven't heard anything yet about the accreditation status. I, personally, wouldn't want to attend a program that isn't accredited. This is the dilemma many of my friends face also.

Maybe we're wrong, and if that's the case, please let me know!

The 1st class began 01/10 and won't graduate until around the end of May '11. That's when we'll know about the accreditation. I think that they actually took around 25 students! This time around, they are taking 30-50 students. From what I've heard, the decision on how many will be based on how good the applicants look. If there is a huge variance between the scores of student 30 and 31 then they will cut the class off at 30. Entry is being calculated as follows:

All applicants that have a 3.0 or higher will be considered. From there, they will rank those candidates by TEAS score. Top 50 scores get in. It's both that simple and that unfair.