I need help!

SummerGarden, BSN, MSN, RN · Jun 3, 2006

My school started requiring the NET a few years ago. Scores on the NET did not guarantee a spot. However, they also did not start the requirement in the middle of an Application Cycle. :uhoh21: I think it is odd that your school has done so.

I think you have the right idea to contact your school. You need to know if the new requirement will have any determination on your accpetance and if so, what impact that will be.

From what you have written, it sounds like you and others will be SCORED based upon factors to include the HESI. And so I do not think you are guaranteed a spot after you take the test. Good luck.

Fun2, BSN, RN · Jun 4, 2006

Hi and welcome to AllNurses.com. :)

First of all, it would all depend on how your school's application process is completed. Every school is different.

It may simply mean that your application is complete, and you are cleared to take the HESI, or it may mean your GPA is high enough that you can move to the next step, which is the HESI.

I would contact your school's nursing dept. and find out for sure. That way you will get the most accurate information.

Good luck! :monkeydance:

texaschic888 · Jun 4, 2006

thanks for all yalls help i really appreciate it....and good luck to all of you as well....this is such a difficult thing (nursing program)....i think i will just contact the school and get all the correct info...thanks again

neeniebean · Jun 4, 2006

It may simply mean that your application is complete, and you are cleared to take the HESI, or it may mean your GPA is high enough that you can move to the next step, which is the HESI.

along these lines....

For my school, i had spoken to the director of admissions on the day that i took the NLN (which i'm assuming is similar to the HESI). He said that the way their process was run was that- there were over 1,000 applicants. out of that, they invited the top 300 (based on GPA) to take the NLN exam. Then from the grades on the exam, the top 100 applicants would be accepted. So they used the GPAs to filter out the majority, and then the test was the final determinant.

good luck :)

Kim O'Therapy, BSN, RN · Jun 8, 2006

the school where im attending just started making everyone take take the hesi test for fall nursing students. i sent my application during the spring and got a letter this june that said my application process is complete and that i have to take the hesi exam before or on july 12th and then my test scores will be sent for review on my acceptance....so does that mean that i basically will get in the program if i pass this test??? or this is what happens to everyone that submits an application??? im so confused and i know i could just call the college but i just wanted to see what everyone else had to say about it maybe yall know more through your own experiences....thanks so much!

sound like you probably go to the same school i do. i'm in pharm now, so i don't know how i can take pharm and study for the hesi and be prepared for the a&p section by july 12. if you come up with any ideas....let me know! :idea:

LauraF, RN, ASN, CNA, LPN, RN · Jun 9, 2006

Congrats on getting "The Letter". I just graduated in December. We did not have to take a test before starting. But I wish you luck all the same. Be sure and call them and ask for clarification. And I hope you have a secretary in your program that has a better personality then ours. :uhoh3:

texaschic888 · Jun 11, 2006

hey kim, im going to houston community college is that the same one as you??? well yeah i already took the pharm. test and let me tell you that was the easiest test ive ever taken...i feel bad b/c a lot of people in the testing room said they took the test like 3 times and failed and they went to that school and i never have i'm just applyin to the nursing program there. i dont know what the hesi test is about but the pharm test is part abbrev. and the other calculations just be sure to remember drop rate and all that (that is if you're takin the test at hcc) and if you didnt go to the tutoring session then go to the nursing office and pick up a study guide and a abbrev. page that has all the abbrev. that you need to know....but yes i have to take the hesi on the 12th and i called the people up there and they said everyone had to take the test so they really didnt clarify anything for me...o well...good luck everyone!!!

Kim O'Therapy, BSN, RN · Jun 13, 2006

hey kim, im going to houston community college is that the same one as you??? well yeah i already took the pharm. test and let me tell you that was the easiest test ive ever taken...i feel bad b/c a lot of people in the testing room said they took the test like 3 times and failed and they went to that school and i never have i'm just applyin to the nursing program there. i dont know what the hesi test is about but the pharm test is part abbrev. and the other calculations just be sure to remember drop rate and all that (that is if you're takin the test at hcc) and if you didnt go to the tutoring session then go to the nursing office and pick up a study guide and a abbrev. page that has all the abbrev. that you need to know....but yes i have to take the hesi on the 12th and i called the people up there and they said everyone had to take the test so they really didnt clarify anything for me...o well...good luck everyone!!!

hey there! yup, that's where i'm at. i'm taking summer pharm. i have always heard how terribly hard that class is. so far, it seems difficult because of the amount of information i'm cramming into my brain. the content itself seems pretty doable. if you did not take pharm at hcc, why did you have to take a pharmacology test there? just wondering.

as for the hesi....i took the net when i was at a different school and did fine; however, the net did not have a&p on it. it's been awhile since i took a&p. good luck to you and keep in touch.