Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) Spring 2021

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Hello All,

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.

Application website

https://www.nvcc.edu/medical/apply/

Application Period

July 20 to September 20

Entry Requirments

  • 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

  1. The student did not take a course listed as an entry requirement
  2. The student took a course listed as an entry requirement but never transferred the credit to NOVA via the official transfer credit process.
  3. The student had a C- or did not take a required high school level course
  4. 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.

  1. GPA of 2.5 at NOVA or if you have never taken NOVA courses a 2.5 at your most recent school
  2. Completion of ENG 111 or higher
  3. Completion of SDV 101 or SDV 100
  4. Completion of BIO 141
  5. Completion fo PSY 230
  6. Completion of Open elective [ BIO 150 and BIO 142 can not be used as open electives]
  7. Provide high school transcript-
    1. 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.
    2. All students regardless of the level of education are required to provide their high school transcripts
    3. not doing so will automatically flag your application and lead to a rejection
  8. 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.
    1. BIology
    2. Algebra
    3. Chemistry

How will you be ranked

Ranking criteria are listed on the information session(

and in the nursing brochure (https://www.nvcc.edu/academics/divisions/nursing/_docs/nsg-brochure.pdf) ) Please carefully review these documents and follow all steps to submit a complete application.

What are your grades in bio 142? And do you know anyone who got accepted with both A”s and only 3 Coreqs completed?

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Hello! I am applying to NVCC 2021 Spring. My grades are All As including Bio 141/Pysch230 but I only have 3/4 coreqs completed? Do I actually have a chance being accepted? Anyone know anyone who was accepted with 3/4 coreqs? Thank you!

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I am also curious as this is also my exact situation 

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That question is hard to answer. Ultimately it all depends on the applications received, how many of them have A”s in bio 141/Pysch230 and have many Coreqs they have, and the people that  don’t accept there spot. I will tell you this I have spoken to at least 20 people who got accepted, and out of those 20, 5 had 3/4 Coreqs. So you definitely have a chance! This is a very anxious process for us all! Also I got some inside information that having A”s in bio 141 and 142 is a really good look. Along with the A in Pysch230 and as many Coreqs as possible. 

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For those who are in the nursing program or know anyone. How are the classes? Are there a lot of students who are not able to maintain the required grade and fail out? Or everyone usually passes? Do you guys still have a good balance of life or absolutely not? thank yiu

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On 9/1/2020 at 11:39 AM, Molly15 said:

For those with all 4 co-reqs completed…have you thought ahead to what you will do for Spring semester if you do not get into the program? I have As in PSY and BIO 141 and currently 3 co-reqs completed. I am hoping this will be enough to get me in, but I'm not hopeful. I am taking the 4th co-req now in the Fall so I don’t want to sit out a semester without any classes to take. Can we start taking BSN level classes at NOVA that will transfer to say, GMU?

Yes, GMU has an extensive list of pre reqs if you want to apply to their BSN program. I did not apply due to Mason factoring classes that have been retaken due to GPA, but if you did well in the pre reqs the first time I say go for it. 

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If you have applied and were asked to provide your high school transcript, please do so ASAP. The proper way to provide that document when asked is via the Health Science and Nursing Applicaiton. Click the Green "View Application Button" in the email that was sent to you and attach the requested documents. Having provided college transcripts or holding a degree does not exempt you from this requirement. Due to the large volume of applications questions regarding the "status" of your application won't be answered.  You can see the status by clicking the "View Application Button" in your original confirmation email.     

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800+ nursing applications this cycle, wow. 

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800+ applicants....feeling so low right now. 

If this keeps up (waiving the TEAS), they really really need to change the requirements. 800 is just insane. 

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I am worried about 800+ plus applicants.

I felt safe because I have a perfect application, I have an A in Bio141 and Psy 230, and all 4 coreqs completed. But I am worried how many of those 800 had the same application as me as me. For the 80-100 slots open, how will they decide if more applicants than slots open get all A's and have all coreqs done,

I got rejected last semester, so I retook classes and I am sure I am not the only one. 

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I know there are a lot of applicants, but it is insane it takes so long for the school to make a decision. After all we are being ranked on 2 criteria and 4 coreqs, you would think a computer program could do that with ease. Even with 800 applicants a computer program could easily rank them in order based on grades. 

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Guys what can we do, I know 800 plus applications is kind of degrading, but we all can only do our best! Who knows maybe 600 of them are weak applications we don’t know, there’s enough stress in this world let’s not get discouraged. Do your best! Stay busy taking classes that you will need later on, and be hopeful but also  prepared for all outcomes. I was really stressed but now I think about I’m eventually going to get this goal done! Just have to be patient and do my best! It will eventually pay off! Good luck to you all

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