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The closest community college to me has a rate of about 75%..and the state average is 84%.
the second closest has a pass rate of 87%..they are about 60 miles from my house.
In your opinion is 75 way to low to be a good school?
what is your schools pass rate?
They admit based on a points system..gpa, TEAS score, ect. Almost everyone who applies gets in because its a small community so not that many to beat out. They take 30-35 students each semester.
They require a 3.0 GPA in your pre req courses of AP, micro,nutrition,psych,and math for meds, TEAS V they require a pass rate of 58% i think. so basically if you take the classes, maintain a B average and pass your TEAS you are in.
At my school we are 100% across the board for the last 5 years. I also looked at the rentention rate and that was 95% for the last 5 years.
You really want to look at the rentention rate as well and go with a school that is at least 90% or higher.
I am shocked that the TEAS score is so low to be accepted into the program. We had to have an 75% or higher on the TEAS just to be considered for the program and a 3.5 GPA in all the science courses (A&P, chem, micro) and a 3.0 in all the other classes (english, math, psych, soc, speech, nutrition, etc).
At my school we are 100% across the board for the last 5 years. I also looked at the rentention rate and that was 95% for the last 5 years.You really want to look at the rentention rate as well and go with a school that is at least 90% or higher.
I am shocked that the TEAS score is so low to be accepted into the program. We had to have an 75% or higher on the TEAS just to be considered for the program and a 3.5 GPA in all the science courses (A&P, chem, micro) and a 3.0 in all the other classes (english, math, psych, soc, speech, nutrition, etc).
They switched to TEAS V this year and were requiring around a 65% but hardly anyone was passing it!!! So they took it down to 58% and they are still having problems with students passing it!! They require a 3.0 gpa in the nursing pre reqs but I know that students are having to get a higher gpa than that to get in..because they only take 30 students a semester and so far they have about 50 applicants for each semester.
Another thing to consider is the attrition rate.
I was a consultant to a BSN program which had a good NCLEX pass rate. But they failed out 20% of the students after one term, and another 25% in the second term. They ended up graduating only 52% of the students who then initially enrolled.
They did not use a lottery for admissions, but used TEAS, recommendations, and interviews.
as far as the attrition rate..I dont think its very high..at least I havent heard of a lot of people dropping out or being dismissed..I think the majority go on to finish the program once they are in.
I know a lot of being a good nurse is learning once you get OUT of NS...but I at least want a good head start...so Im still going back and forth on this program and if I should invest the next 2yrs in it. It seems the majority of nursing programs have a much higher pass rate than this school..
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Do they admit by waiting list or lottery? If so then they probably end up with a higher proportion of weaker students than an admit-by-selection school which would tend to lower their pass rates.
Even a pass rate of only 70% means that only 3 out of 10 fail.
If you're a good student then you should do fine.