North Hennepin Community College program?

So awesome!! Congratulations lmead11!

I am looking at transferring into a MANE program. It's pretty confusing because I have a previous BS and have taken prereqs at Bemidji State. But I'm working on it.

Century would be close to where I'm planning on living so I contacted them first. They said that they had 354 applicants for 70 spots this fall. I was hoping to start in the fall but didn't realize the deadline was in Feb, but I suppose I didn't have my courses done at that point anyway. Inver Hills will be next I think and of course I'll apply to everything that I can reasonably drive to from where I'll be living.

Congrats to those who got in and best of luck to those waiting to hear back!

Hello everyone,

New to the forum- looking for a little advice. Fortunately, my problem is a good one. I did an un-related 4 year degree at the U of M then attempted to get into their Master's of nursing program 2 years in a row. I made the interview round both times, top 100, but failed to get in . So, this year I applied to Normandale, North Hennepin, and the U of M's undergraduate program.

I worked hard to prepare for these applications because I didn't want to wait another year it had been so deflating! I scored a 85% on the TEAS and have a 3.8 prereq gpa.

I recently got accepted to both North Hennepin and Normandale! Super relieved.. but now I'm not sure which one to choose! I will have a very good chance at getting into the U as well... but will not hear back for awhile still.

Does anyone have any opinions/suggestions as to their experience with any of these schools or things they have heard?

Thank you!

Evan

Hey you said that your gpa score was 3.75 for your admission classes .. What do you mean by admission classes ? Like all your prerequisites or just the classes that they chose from first semester that is like interpersonal communications and psych , etc ? This is for bucketlist ..

Hi Summer_2009--Yes, I was referring to the first four classes of the MANE curriculum for ARCC: English, Psychology, Biology, and Chemistry. These are the only classes, along with the TEAS score, used to calculate the overall admission score. I think the classes used for admissions are different at some of the other community colleges, so I'm just referring to ARCC.

For example, I had three A's (English, Psychology, and Biology) and one B (Chemistry). So my GPA for these classes is 3.75 or 3.85 depending on how they weighted my 4 credit chemistry class since the program only required a 3 credit chemistry. Not sure if that increased my GPA to 3.85, I didn't ask. This, along with my 78.7 TEAS score, gave me an admission score of 11.62 or 11.72 (depending on my chemistry).

Since there is no 'set admission score' for the program. It just goes by the top scores and spots available. The adviser at ARCC I spoke with last week told me that of the 420 applicants, one person scored a 14, which is the highest you can get. So basically a 4.0 GPA and a close to perfect TEAS score. She said the majority of the next highest scores after that were pretty much mid 12's down to around an 11.2 or 11.3 being admitted into the program. I know a couple people who are right around that 11.2/11.3 and didn't get in, but are on the alternate list so it must have been close for a lot of people.

For me personally, I have 94 college level credits (I originally went to school for law enforcement). The school didn't care about the amount of credits or if I had a previous degree. Just the GPA of those four classes mentioned above and the TEAS score. Fortunately for me, I'd taken almost all of the classes in the MANE curriculum except for the core nursing classes, so those are the only ones I have to take from here on out.

Sorry, I got a little winded here, but I hope I answered your question

hoffm585--Congratulations on being accepting at Normandale and North Hennepin...great scores too! I've only attended Anoka Ramsey and North Hennepin, but I'll put in my two cents anyway

I thought North Hennepin was great, and I have nothing bad to say about my experience there. I've heard their nursing program is very good too. Some factors that I personally would consider:

1. Location and distance to commute?

2. Tuition costs if that's a factor or not?

3. Time to graduation/NCLEX-RN licensure?

4. NCLEX pass rate for the school? I'm sure the colleges you're looking at are close or comparable, but some MN colleges NCLEX pass rates are significantly lower than others. Which to me says something about their program and ability to teach effectively to future nurses.

5. What are your future goals beyond a BSN?

I might also look ahead to the classes offered at each college that you would need to be taking in the fall semester. I know at ARCC you can view their fall nursing class schedule so I'm sure that's the case with others too. Maybe one campus's class schedule (hours and days of classes available) may work out better for you personally.

You could always accept a seat at Normandale or North Hennepin and if get in to the U of M program, and you decide you do want to go there, decline your seat at the community college. It's not unheard of to decline a seat a week before the program starts, they'll just pull someone from the alternate list. If for some reason you don't get in to the U of M, at least you're ready to go for this fall semester.

One more thing that I would consider, especially reading your post, it kind of sounds like you may have had your heart set on the U of M since you were applying there for two years. The U's program is amazing and very well respected in MN and throughout the country, as you already know. So I do have to say that a degree for the U of M may be considered by some to be more prestigious than a degree from other colleges, but for some people a nursing degree is a nursing degree and it's great to be happy with that too. Also, if you're planning on going on to graduate's school related to nursing, especially at the U of M, it might be beneficial for you to have your undergraduate degree from there too, in addition to the degree you already have from there. I would think a returning nursing U of M alumni might have some weight when applying to some type of nursing graduate school. I have a friend who graduated from the U of M years ago with her BSN and then went back to get her CRNA. She thinks it helped to have her undergraduate degree from there too when getting into the program.

Just my two cents. Good luck to you whatever you decide!

Thank you so much bucketlist you helped a lot (: (:

Just got accepted to NHCC daytime program! Is anyone going to orientation on Wednesday?

I went to orientation at NHCC on Wednesday. The first part wasn't super helpful because it was all about MANE and other information that was available online so I'd already seen it. The last part, however, was really helpful. We learned what we need to do to before starting the program: uniforms, immunizations, stethoscopes, etc. Were you there? Or are you going to the next one? If you have questions about it, let me know.

I went to orientation at NHCC on Wednesday. The first part wasn't super helpful because it was all about MANE and other information that was available online so I'd already seen it. The last part, however, was really helpful. We learned what we need to do to before starting the program: uniforms, immunizations, stethoscopes, etc. Were you there? Or are you going to the next one? If you have questions about it, let me know.

That's great you made it Wednesday! I had all intentions but... That sleet. I'm going to the next one but good to hear it was useful. Did you buy your stethoscope there? I'm not sure if I should or not.

Also are you going for days or evenings?

Anyone know where sells the cheapest scrubs we need?! Online or in the store, either works.

I purchased one set via Amazon just last night for maybe $43 for top and bottom. I hope someone knows of someplace cheaper! I am guessing that I'll need more than one set.