Nassau Community College : Anyone Applying for Spring 2011

To kuklara511: What kind of test questions do they ask at the interview? I'm extremely extremely nervous for the interview especially for the tests. I hate taking tests I don't know what to prepare for. How long does the whole testing/interview take. Did you start right when u got there or did they make u wait for a while? Were the critical thinking questions nursing questions? I would GREATLY appreciate it if you provided a detailed response. I'm awaiting an interview in may at 9am. Thank You!!

Hi Milijs, did you get accepted?

I am still waiting on letter, so very enxious, was you done with all you prereq and coreq?

Yes I was, and I did all my prereqs and i'm finishing off my coreqs right now.

Hi everyone, congratulations to all who were accepted. I unfortunately did not get in. I called the dept. to find out exactly why, because I have mostly A's and B's , A's in all prerequisites. She said my name is on the list, but they hav'nt gotten to me yet. I thought Nassau did not have a waiting list, I did not want to question her too much. Does anyone know if seats open up if they reconsider those denied?, and if so when does that happen. Thank you!

hi virgomoon , they have a lot of applicants with all their pre-reqs and co-reqs done with great gpas. so if you still have classes to take, just take them and next semester you will be fine. of cause gpa should be high as well.

Thank you Tranzfikst for your reply. I know I read on an older post that sometimes people who get rejected get accepted later on, but I can't seem to get into those old posts. I wish you lots of luck, and I hope you get good news! This was my 2nd attempt, and I'm an older student, so I don't know if I will try again. I have to rethink my options.

Hey,

I got my acceptance letter wednesday :) Congrats to all those you got in and best of luck to those who didnt. Dont give up! Im sooo nervous about this interview! My date is for May 17th at 9am. Hope to see some of you there!

To everyone who gets accepted... good luck. Nassau puts their nursing students through hell. I have heard from a hand full of NCC's nursing students students that half their class is gone, mostly from being kicked out. The school has 5 nursing classes all together. 1 class did not survive (they were all kicked out) and the remaining four classes have half of it's students left... I don't know exactly why they do this, but I think the nursing school wants the best NCLEX pass rate they can get, by kicking out students that can't pass test or keep up they will have a better chance at receiving 100% pass rate on the NCLEX. That's the only reason I can see them kicking more than half of their originals out.

^^^ sounds unbelievable and over exaderagted, I know, but I'm not joking and I am not stretching the truth.

NCC's nursing program is no joke! Some of you guys might as well go to a private school or another public institution to get you BSN. Just saying.

Does anyone know if the tests at the interview are multiple choice?

There is no "real" test. If you got a letter to go for an interview you have been accepted. On that day you'll receive your schedule and clinical site. Good luck. I'm just finishing 101 now and we have lost about 1/4 of our admitted class. Its not because people weren't smart or committed it simpky comes down to the fact that they failed the tests. Your entire 101 grade will come from 5 test. The first one is worth 4% the second, third, and foruth are worth 22% and the final is worth 30%. The tests are very different than what one might expect. You can spend hours studying all the chapters for the test and feel like you never see one question related to anything you've studied. Supposedly next semster 105 is worse, however I believe the attrition rate isn't as bad. In 101 all classes should expect to loose at least 5 to 10 students out of 21ish. Sounds hyped up, but I just watched it happen and we'll probably lose more people after out final next Tuesday.

does anyone know what we should wear to the interview session?