We are the Advisors and Counselors at the Medical Education Campus with Northern Virginia Community College. We will attempt to answer your questions about the upcoming Spring 2021 Nursing admissions process.
All course work must be final by the program deadline of September 20, 2020. Course work that
Ends after the deadline of September 20, 2020, will not count
has not transferred AND posted to your NOVA account from an external school Including other VCCS schools, will not count.
For example, you submit your GMU transcript on September 20, 2020, and your transfer credit post-September 31, your applicants would have been rejected.
Common reasons applications don't make it past the initial review for eligibility
The student did not take a course listed as an entry requirement
The student took a course listed as an entry requirement but never transferred the credit to NOVA via the official transfer credit process.
The student had a C- or did not take a required high school level course
The student never provided their high school transcript with their application.
We are still waiting on the final word for the ATI TEAS exam. Check our website for an update on July 17.
GPA of 2.5 at NOVA or if you have never taken NOVA courses a 2.5 at your most recent school
Completion of ENG 111 or higher
Completion of SDV 101 or SDV 100
Completion of BIO 141
Completion fo PSY 230
Completion of Open elective [ BIO 150 and BIO 142 can not be used as open electives]
Provide high school transcript-
If your high school was in a different country you will need a course by course evaluation by either www.ece.org or www.ierf.org.
All students regardless of the level of education are required to provide their high school transcripts
not doing so will automatically flag your application and lead to a rejection
Show that you took and passed in high school or college with a C or better [not C-]. If you took some other science course in place of Chemistry for example it is likely that it will not count.
BIology
Algebra
Chemistry
How will you be ranked
Ranking criteria are listed on the information session(
Yes, 12:31 it came in. This is my second time applying. I have 3/4 coreqs (currently taking the 4th) and all A's in every class. This is so disappointing.
Don't give up. Complete all your co-reqs. thats what will set you apart from the others. It will raise your ranking. So finish the fourth one and then apply again.
As I rejected the second time, I complete Bio 150 with a C at Nova. I do not sure if that reason for the rejection or not. My question is that there is no bio 150 that end in March at Nova. If I take this class at Lord Fairfax college which has class end in March, Is that works to apply for the next cycle at Nova for nursing program. thanks
As I rejected the second time, I complete Bio 150 with a C at Nova. I do not sure if that reason for the rejection or not. My question is that there is no bio 150 that end in March at Nova. If I take this class at Lord Fairfax college which has class end in March, Is that works to apply for the next cycle at Nova for nursing program. thanks
don't retake Bio 150. That course is only for extra points, not competive ranking.
We are ranked by grades In Bio 141, and Psych 230.
The coreqs are only for completion. If I were you I would focus on getting an A in Bio 141 and Psych. In addition apply to other nursing programs out there!
don't retake Bio 150. That course is only for extra points, not competive ranking.
We are ranked by grades In Bio 141, and Psych 230.
The coreqs are only for completion. If I were you I would focus on getting an A in Bio 141 and Psych. In addition apply to other nursing programs out there!
I was also aware of this, but I still retook bio 142 that I had a C to get an A. I am not sure if it made a difference but I retook it anyway to increase my overall GPA. I didn't want to wonder again if I should have retaken the class if I had gotten rejected again so I retook it. It's up to you. Perhaps you should email the MEC counselor.
I was also aware of this, but I still retook bio 142 that I had a C to get an A. I am not sure if it made a difference but I retook it anyway to increase my overall GPA. I didn't want to wonder again if I should have retaken the class if I had gotten rejected again so I retook it. It's up to you. Perhaps you should email the MEC counselor.
I would double check with MecCounselor . The nursing brochure online has changed
I would ask the counselor, but the ranking criteria never mentions ranking by GPA
they never really mentioned what they used to rank students. I mean there were applicants with As in both psy230 and bio141 who got rejected. So that's not the only thing they are using to rank the applicants. I retook the class for my peace of mind as I didn't want to keep wondering. But I agree, definitely ask the counselor.
Kristen Thomas
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Don't give up. It sounds like the next round, you will have everything.