Hi everyone! I wanted to start a thread for those of us planning on applying by April 1st....
Has anyone taken the TEAS yet? Where are you with your pre-reqs? What campus are you applying to?
I am planning on taking the TEAS in December, so I have enough time to retake it :) and this is my first semester at Ivy Tech. I'm taking APHY 101, ENGL 111, and PSYC 101 all this semester and I will complete APHY 102 next semester. I am planning on applying to Indy.
And good luck to all the Spring 2010 applicants! :yeah:Hope everyone gets in!!!
i doubt i get in anywhere =( i applied for 6 programs. i think schools make it way to difficult. they have no problem taking our money for the first year and a half. then they just turn us away. you can get straight a's and not get in. makes me sick to my stomach. i never once thought in a million years i would not be able to pursue my dreams. just seems really unfair :/ i can't keep trying like some people. i have a four year old daughter with serious health issues. she has surgeries every 6 weeks. we can't afford for me to be in school for years...sigh. just doesn't seem right.
I would agree with you Ericka. I also have put my heart and soul and everything within me to get straight A's. When I enrolled at Ivy Tech, my advisor actually suggested the RN tract, as I was undecided. I was never even informed of the huge possibility that even with straight A's, it might take years for acceptance. Had I known, I may have worked towards another degree. I have 210, and I haven't heard anything yet. I may still have a chance, but either way, I really think they should expand the program if they are going to encourage students to declare nursing. Good luck and God Bless.
i know. when i started this journey, ivy tech never never said you only have a very small chance of getting into the actual program. they should be a little more honest with people. i never heard how competetive it was until i attended a nursing information session. i put my heart and soul into the last 2 years. not to meantion our money as well. just a complete let down. i still have a very very slim chance of getting into the lpn program, but that's looking doubtful as well. just a little let down by a school that is suppose to be all about bettering our community:crying2:
i would agree with you ericka. i also have put my heart and soul and everything within me to get straight a's. when i enrolled at ivy tech, my advisor actually suggested the rn tract, as i was undecided. i was never even informed of the huge possibility that even with straight a's, it might take years for acceptance. had i known, i may have worked towards another degree. i have 210, and i haven't heard anything yet. i may still have a chance, but either way, i really think they should expand the program if they are going to encourage students to declare nursing. good luck and god bless.
Ericka I completely agree with you. I mean I have been going to school for two years and it just seems wasted. They knew that enrollment has skyrocketed in the last few years so why wouldn't they expand their program. I am so disappointed right now, I am a single mom which I know doesn't make me any different from any other mom, but I really want to have a great job so that I can give my daughter a great life and do something that would make me a great role model for her. Too many times single, young mothers end up trying to scrape by and have such a hard life, I really just want something different for us. I still have the drive and I am not giving up, but it sure makes you almost feel like you want to after seeing the scores and realizing that you are probably going to have to retake a class to get an A and still have the chance of not getting in, it is crazy. I know they want the best but they need to figure out a way to accommodate more of the best I mean I thought that I did really well in school, I have all A's in every other class I have taken in 2 years of school besides the one and I got an 89% so it's just really disappointing, and not to sound whiny, but is really unfair to all of you great girls on here. Straight A's is not what makes a great nurse.
just heard from the anderson/muncie region...now they're saying it'll be next week before letters are sent out. oh well. i'm heading to lafayette to drop off my acceptance letter for the lpn program there. if i get in at columbus or anderson, i'll just call and tell lafayette i'm going elsewhere. so for anyone on the lpn alternate in lafayette, there's still a chance you could be taking my spot.
The most recent I heard in Columbus was that the Lawrence cut-off was 205 and that the Columbus cut-off was 203. I had 210 in the Columbus program and when I went in I know someone that got in on the waitlist with a 198.
...................i just found this on indymoms webpage. i would have hope that this is the RN cutoffs,but a friend of mine got into indys LPN with a 207. so if the lpn cutoff was 203 then im out with my 199 (no region points).i dont know if its true,but i do know that us women are some great stalkers lol so maybe ppl are getting lucky and talking to the right ppl. i am going to iupui today though,i need to self preserve so if i get a rej. letter i wont fall into a depression.theres still hope but i dont know how promising this sounds...
You guys should apply in the spring. There are less applicants therefore the scores are lower. I'm really, really surprised at how high the scores are this semester!
Plus if you already have a 4.0 put more work in to taking the TEAS next time. I studied for that test for about 3 months and put about an hour in every couple days. I went to the public library and checked out 3 books on the teas and went through all of them. It was a major pain in the butt, but that's pretty much what got me in. Even tho i got in, i agree with people who think the TEAS is a stupid way to determine acceptance. It should be based more on GPA, attendance and perhaps the specific percentage you got in your pre reqs...like the points should be based on the percentage grade you got in your pre reqs... more points awared for a 99% in a&p vs a 90%. I mean a test based on random stuff from 4th thru 11th grade has nothing to do with being a nurse. It is what it is though, and i would definately try again if i hadn't gotten in this time.
i have one more chance of getting into the pn program and it will be about 3 weeks before i hear. i, like many of you, have busted butt and worked so hard at getting great grades and a great gpa and have been declined to 3 of the programs so far, but i am not giving up just yet. i went through a rough time when i received the rejection letters, knowing that there will be people who got into the program and will not want this as bad as i did and will probably drop out or flunk out leaving spots that someone could of taken. i wish ivy tech would do like some of the other colleges do and everyone is in the program to start with. you then take all of your co recs and you are eliminated by your grades mostly or you decide not to finish or whatever. those who are left (which that will weed out a good chunk of students) will go on to do clinical and further graduate.
hang in there and if i do not get in, i will reapply to january's program.....however, they say the competition is not as bad during the spring program, but i am a thinking that if every who did not get in applies for that program....it will be just as competitive....ugh!
Taranator, besides what you listed, you will have to take healthcare provider lever CPR endorsed by the American Heart Association. You need proof of (2) MMR's in your lifetime or a positive titer; (2) varicella or positive titer; and the 3-shot Hep b series and the 2-step TB. We did not have to have any documentation for tetorifice. For MMR and varicella they say you can have your physician sign that they had 'documented' proof of prior infection, but I know people who had their dr. sign for that and then they were told they had to get a titer done anyway. It might just depend on your campus as to how picky they are. I went ahead and got a second MMR (had had the first as a baby) and for varicella I got the titer done which was positive for me (had the pox when I was 5).
Some county health depts will do the shots for reduced cost but some won't, you just have to check around. My county does not do shots for adults. I ended up just going to my dr. for all of it since my insurance pays for that stuff.
i would have hope that this is the RN cutoffs,but a friend of mine got into indys LPN with a 207. so if the lpn cutoff was 203 then im out with my 199 (no region points).i dont know if its true,but i do know that us women are some great stalkers lol so maybe ppl are getting lucky and talking to the right ppl. i am going to iupui today though,i need to self preserve so if i get a rej. letter i wont fall into a depression.theres still hope but i dont know how promising this sounds...
Ericka_Unger
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i doubt i get in anywhere =( i applied for 6 programs. i think schools make it way to difficult. they have no problem taking our money for the first year and a half. then they just turn us away. you can get straight a's and not get in. makes me sick to my stomach. i never once thought in a million years i would not be able to pursue my dreams. just seems really unfair :/ i can't keep trying like some people. i have a four year old daughter with serious health issues. she has surgeries every 6 weeks. we can't afford for me to be in school for years...sigh. just doesn't seem right.