John Tyler Community College RN Spring 2021

On 8/7/2020 at 9:57 PM, mumto2monsters said:

I actually just finished over the Summer.

With COVID our clinicals ended up being canceled because of the newness of the virus. The next semesters will most likely have a form you have to fill out talking about you understand that with COVID you're taking a risk going to clinicals, and I'm sure they will 100% fill you in on any changes that go on regarding you being in clinicals. Pay very good attention to what happens in clinicals because you learn a lot. Volunteer for things and ask questions. When I was in clinicals I was basically very hard to find because I had zero problems working with the nurses, asking to do new things and I asked questions of everyone, from the janitors to the doctors. You're there to learn so take full advantage. You're assigned 1 maybe 2 patients, but I've taken on 4 before and loved every minute of it. (This was by 4th semester)

I don't know how competitive it is to get in, but you'll want to do your level best in every single class you have for pre-reqs. I had a 4.0 going in. I got an 88 on the TEAS test. And pretty much everyone I was in class with was good. However, once you get in nursing school the competition stops and you work together. You're not competing for spots anymore, but you're aiming to finish so get in study groups. You can do it in person, over the phone, Zoom, whatever. If there's a FB group then use that.

I don't know if they prefer people who are already done over those still working on them, but I wouldn't worry about that and worry about getting the best grades in those that you can.

What do you have left?

hi quick question, for the hybrid program how many days a week roughly do you go on campus for labs? Also what is the probability of being placed in an evening/weekend clinical schedule. I’m planning to apply for the Fall 2021 start but was going to continue working my day job at a bank.

12 hours ago, Gingerails said:

@tallgal76 I recently enrolled in nursing courses and the program has been sort-of Covid-ified if you will. They accepted a lot more hybrid than usual for Spring 2021 start. They are also allowing hybrid students to enroll in classes and labs on days and times that only traditional students could enroll in before. A lot of in-person stuff is said to be online for the time being. No-telling what it might look like next fall. 

Thank you!

Hi I was wondering if you guys think it is possible to get in with mostly Bs for pre-reqs it seems that most of the accepted applicants got As? Also if anyone has the time to talk about the application process that would be greatly appreciated!

Hey as long as you are within the GPA requirements and score well on the TEAS you should be fine. They rank Everyone by TEAS score. 

Hello! First, I just want to say that reading through all of these comments in this thread has been beyond helpful. I am getting ready to apply to the nursing program for the Fall 2021 cohort and was wondering if any of you may be able to offer me a little guidance. I have completed my TEAS and all 5 pre-requisites. Today I filled out the actual nursing application in a word document and I think I am ready to submit. Before I do though, I just want to make sure that I am understanding it all. To my understand, all I need to do is email the application in a word document form along with the TEAS results bar graph in PDF form to the nursing program email address. Is this correct? I am a professional over-thinker. Should I include a message with my email with the two documents attached or should I just send them over in one email by themselves. Will I get a reply notifying me that everything was received? I just have so many questions. Goodness, I'm a mess. Any insight any of you would be willing to share with me would mean the world.  

Thank you so much and I hope everyone is rocking it in nursing school! :)

You can just write a short message saying you have attached the documents. Both in a single email. And yes you will receive a receipt but not immediately.  GOOD luck ? 

Thank you SO much!! I really appreciate it!

Hi all! 
I’m curious to what scores/GPA were accepted? Looking to apply for fall ‘21. My GPA is fine it’s the TEAS that’s scaring me. I’ve been taking practice tests before I take the proctored and I’m not doing as well as I’d like to.

Hi I was wondering if you guys think that a 77 on the TEAS would allow me to get in? I was aiming for an 85 but did not score as well as I would've liked and did not have enough time to retest. Thank you!

I think it's possible I created a poll to see what the range of our class was. I also got a 77 then retook and got an 82 I was accepted with an 82 and a 4.0. Once I get results I will update