Montgomery College Nursing Fall 2020

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Hello everyone ?!! I decided to create this thread for anyone applying to Montgomery College Fall 2020 nursing program. Did you guys finish all your priority courses? Are you guys still getting prepare to take the TEAS? Did you guys already take TEAS? Have you guys already submitted your application? By the way, the deadline is April 1st. Come and share your progress and let's support each other through this entire journey. Hope to hear from you all!!

@zbarrie

Do not repeat A & P because MC does not like when you repeat a course. I remember that Prof. Matthews said that when that happens you need to take Pathophysiology BIO 228

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15 minutes ago, Tatiana Berrios said:

@zbarrie

Do not repeat A & P because MC does not like when you repeat a course. I remember that Prof. Matthews said that when that happens you need to take Pathophysiology BIO 228

Ohhhh okay good to know! Thank you ??

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19 minutes ago, zbarrie said:

Ohhhh okay good to know! Thank you ??

You are welcome!!

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@Tatiana Berrios When did you get the information about MC not liking when you repeat a course? That's new to me...I know it counts against you in terms of ranking you when they count how many attempts it takes to pass a prerequisite or priority course, but I never had the impression they discourage it? Just curious where/who you heard that from! I know people who retook micro because they got a C in it the first time and it helped them b/c it helped them stay above the 2.5 GPA requirement while in the nursing program.

@zbarrie From what I've read online,

"*BIOL 212 and 213 older than five years of the application date may only be accepted upon permission of the program coordinator. Nursing applicants with BIOL 212 & 213 older than five years of the application date must take BIOL228. Students who transfer to Montgomery College with BIOL212 and/or BIOL 213 do not need to complete BIOL 150.

**BIOL 150 IS A PRE-REQUISITE FOR BIOL 212"

You dont have to retake BIOL 212 but you do need to take 228 which is Patho and is SO MUCH FUN! I took it and highly recommend it, I learned ALOT and I feel like it gave me at snapshot of what Nursing courses will be like, it was very specific and applicable to the field!

Does anyone know if BIOL 150 is calculated in your science GPA on your nursing application?

Thanks!

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What did you guys use to study for the reading portion of the TEAS? Reading is my worst subject on the TEAS!! Can you guys please give me some strategies? What is the best way to get prepare for reading?

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1 hour ago, jbren said:

Ha thanks for the encouragement! Those are awesome scores! The prerequisites are a little different from the packet I looked at when I went to an info session in the fall to the one that's posted on the website now. Who knows? When did you go to an info session?

You’re welcome! & thanks!
what changed on the prereq requirements? I attended the info session on Zoom in April. Nothing came as a surprise to me other than hearing not a lot of people get accepted to the dual enrollment program at UMD and like only 25 people graduated from the dual enrollment program since they started in 2015. Correct me if I’m wrong.

I was surprised by that info

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21 minutes ago, Tatiana Berrios said:

What did you guys use to study for the reading portion of the TEAS? Reading is my worst subject on the TEAS!! Can you guys please give me some strategies? What is the best way to get prepare for reading?

Hi Tatiana,

I used the Yellow Mometrix book to study and do all the practice readings. I also watched Professor Carolyn McAllister’s videos on Youtube. (I was surprised when I found out she was a professor at MC!) she is amazing!
I also searched TEAS practice readings on Google and practiced with any passages I could find. It really helped me and I even had time left by the end of the section. You got this! practice and you will see improvement.

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Hi @QueenB

It sounds like practice is the key to pass the reading portion!! Thank God I got the Mometrix book on Saturday. That was amazing that you had time left at the end of the reading section, I ran out of time on the reading portion and I miss like two or three questions. I tried Carolyn McAllister on both of my TEAS but it did not work for me!! Thank You so much for your advice!

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@Queen B In the info session I went to, the packet they passed out said that prior degrees are worth 5 points, not 3. Eng 101 was the prerequisite not 102/103, those were a priority course but not required to apply. So for the "Priority courses completed" part of the point system, you could earn 4, 2, or 0 points, now it's 4 or none. Taking Patho if your A&P was expired wasn't a thing...I don't think, but that didn't apply to me so I didn't make note of it...I took patho anyway and I'm so glad I did, it was super interesting and I learned ALOT!

And yeah, they warned us too, of the success rate of the dual enrollment program. Thankfully, I have all foundation courses done for both programs, short of micro and chem but I plan to have those completed before starting the program in the Fall so I'll only have to take NURSING courses and worry about clinicals. I also plan not to work during the program, but with COVID, I'll have to reevaluate my situation once it all settles, so who knows... Apparently, Hagerstown just worked out a dual enrollment program with UMD to start this year as well, they announced that at their info session earlier this year.

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35 minutes ago, Tatiana Berrios said:
52 minutes ago, QueenB said:

Hi Tatiana,

I used the Yellow Mometrix book to study and do all the practice readings. I also watched Professor Carolyn McAllister’s videos on Youtube. (I was surprised when I found out she was a professor at MC!) she is amazing!
I also searched TEAS practice readings on Google and practiced with any passages I could find. It really helped me and I even had time left by the end of the section. You got this! practice and you will see improvement.

@Tatiana Berrios I used the same book and it was very helpful but honestly, I concentrated on the reading part the least and somehow scored really well on it. My advice when taking the TEAS as a whole is to not second-guess yourself. It is one thing for one answer to be a "better" answer than another but dont over think it! What I noticed with the TEAS, is there were many questions that had 1 completely wrong response, 1 half right, half wrong response, and a correct answer then a more correct answer. That was the most frustrating part for me!

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7 hours ago, Tatiana Berrios said:

What did you guys use to study for the reading portion of the TEAS? Reading is my worst subject on the TEAS!! Can you guys please give me some strategies? What is the best way to get prepare for reading?

MC has a reading link on the assessment center page that has TONs of passages and questions that are very similar to the exam. It's a free resource. Check it out https://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=236&Itemid=318%3f

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22 hours ago, jbren said:

Thank you so much for your advice!!

15 hours ago, ES_DOT said:

MC has a reading link on the assessment center page that has TONs of passages and questions that are very similar to the exam. It's a free resource. Check it out https://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=236&Itemid=318%3f

I will use that to practice!! Thank you so much!!

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