Nightingale College 2023

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Hey guys I'm super excited to be starting Nightingale's RN program fall 2023. I tested out of reading, writing, and math. I was a little nervous to test because im pretty bad at math but its actually pretty easy. They're accepting 30 of my pre req credits so it will take me 24 months to complete the remaining credits. I have to finish up my fasfa application fingers crossed I hope it covers a good amount of the tuition. Anyone else starting this fall?

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@missrn2025, you are so lucky to have gotten this far. I'm just starting the process like you I have a lot of gen ED prereq's done. Kinda nervous about the entrance exam and doing some of the testing out exams, tho. I was told the next start is sep. 2023 so hopefully, I'll be ready to go. Going to a brick and mortar school daily is not for me. 

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I'm also planning to start the BSN program this fall. I've taken the entrance exam, sent transcripts. Currently going through the transcript evaluation process. So far, they're going to accept about 39 of my credits but I have two more classes being looked at for possible transfer credit. Where do you guys live and what clinical site are you hoping to get?

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chempansy said:

I'm also planning to start the BSN program this fall. I've taken the entrance exam, sent transcripts. Currently going through the transcript evaluation process. So far, they're going to accept about 39 of my credits but I have two more classes being looked at for possible transfer credit. Where do you guys live and what clinical site are you hoping to get?

I'm in mo. hoping to get maybe kansas or iowa. How did you do on the entrance exam? I'm taking it in a few days hopefully I'll do well.

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I'm in mo. hoping to get maybe kansas or iowa. How did you do on the entrance exam? I'm taking it in a few days hopefully I'll do well.

I did okay. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. I remember taking the accuplacer (TSI is what they refer to it as in Texas community colleges) when I first started college. It was very basic reading, math and grammar/sentence structure. I had to retake the math section because I fell just a few short points. I got tripped up on the adding/subtracing fractions, as well as adding decimals parts.

I did watch a quick video on YT about how to add, subtract, multiply fractions and how to do the same with decimals BY HAND. You might also want to look at how to multiply two-digit numbers by each other by hand as well. There was a part where it asked me to calculate percentages by hand.For example: "6 is 10% of which of these numbers?"

There are some problems they let you use the built-in caculator inside the test. However, I felt like the calculator wasn't needed as much on those. If anything, I just used it to check my answers. I believe I received the maximum amount of points for the math section the second time I took it.

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Hello everyone. I am applying for this Fall 2023 as well. So far they have told me they will accept 30 credits. I'm a bit disappointed though, because I have nursing classes from an ADN program I was in, and they recently told me that *none* of my nursing classes are being accepted for transfer. And since none of my nursing classes are being accepted, I am doubtful on whether I can afford the program. 

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Celly09 said:

Hello everyone. I am applying for this Fall 2023 as well. So far they have told me they will accept 30 credits. I'm a bit disappointed though, because I have nursing classes from an ADN program I was in, and they recently told me that *none* of my nursing classes are being accepted for transfer. And since none of my nursing classes are being accepted, I am doubtful on whether I can afford the program. 

So, from my understanding it's pretty common for nursing programs to NOT accept credits from other nursing programs. You usually have to start over from the beginning between school to school. 

I also have some credits from another nursing program I was in and they didn't take any of them either. 

I'm assuming the 30 credits they're accepting from you are the GE courses? Did you calculate how much the total cost would be for you? Are you still eligible to get Pell grants/federal student loans? The price for me would be about $47k with them taking about 48 of my credits. 

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chempansy said:

So, from my understanding it's pretty common for nursing programs to NOT accept credits from other nursing programs. 

Yeah it is common to not accept but my advisor told me that they have done it the past and a nightingale student told me they allowed her credits to transfer but she still had to take the HESI for the class. I don't think she passed the HESI tho.

30 is with basically all the pre requisites. I'm waiting to see if 2 of my other prerequisites can transfer in too. 
 

how did you get 48 credits to transfer in? Seems like that's more than the prerequisites?

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chempansy said:


I'm assuming the 30 credits they're accepting from you are the GE courses? Did you calculate how much the total cost would be for you? Are you still eligible to get Pell grants/federal student loans? The price for me would be about $47k with them taking about 48 of my credits. 

The classes were GE and prerequisites. I think my advisor said it knocked off about $24grand so far but I didn't get the new estimate. I'm also still waiting to see if I can petition the other 2 prerequisites 
I have a bachelors degree already so I don't qualify for any more Pell grants. I do qualify for federal loans but I know I will have to take out a lot of private loans and IDK if I can do that ?

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Celly09 said:

The classes were GE and prerequisites. I think my advisor said it knocked off about $24grand so far but I didn't get the new estimate. I'm also still waiting to see if I can petition the other 2 prerequisites 
I have a bachelors degree already so I don't qualify for any more Pell grants. I do qualify for federal loans but I know I will have to take out a lot of private loans and IDK if I can do that ?

From my understanding, there are 120 credits required to earn the BSN degree. 48 credits are GE classes and the remaining 72 credits are nursing courses. On the transcript eval they gave me, it says they took 48 credits worth of GE classes as transfer credit from me. The rest are just nursing classes. 

I don't yet have my first bachelors degree but I'm a couple of courses away from graduating. If I were you, I would do the federal student loans and minimize the personal ones if you can. Take only what you need. I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum in the sense that I've used up most federal loans for undergrad but I have a little Pell grant money left. I had to do some type of appeal so they could qualify me. I'm also hoping to get some of the scholarships they offer. 

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Celly09 said:

Hello everyone. I am applying for this Fall 2023 as well. So far they have told me they will accept 30 credits. I'm a bit disappointed though, because I have nursing classes from an ADN program I was in, and they recently told me that *none* of my nursing classes are being accepted for transfer. And since none of my nursing classes are being accepted, I am doubtful on whether I can afford the program. 

 I too was in a previous nursing program, so hopefully I can get some of the credits. I'm reaching my limit with undergrad loans but qualified for a pell grant this time around. Hoping to knock as much off tuition as I can using scholarships. I never seem to get the scholarships I apply for which is really frustrating. There's gonna be some out-of-pocket costs with this program so I'll make sure I budget myself down to the penny. 

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chempansy said:

From my understanding, there are 120 credits required to earn the BSN degree. 48 credits are GE classes and the remaining 72 credits are nursing courses. On the transcript eval they gave me, it says they took 48 credits worth of GE classes as transfer credit from me. The rest are just nursing classes. 

Yeah it seems 48 is the absolute max on my transfer evaluation so you got the maximum in in, that's great! It will help lighten your load. 

 

right now it says I'm transferring in 33 but but I'm hoping with the other 2 classes I'm petitioning it will be 39. Then I'm taking 1 or 2 prerequisites over the Summer at a community college. So hopefully I transfer in 39-42 credits by the end of Summer. 

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