Chattahoochee Tech

reannen · Aug 27, 2010

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!

CAllen44 · Aug 29, 2010

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!

reannen · Aug 29, 2010

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.