NVCC Fall 2020

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For those that are applying to the Fall 2020 Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA/NVCC) Fall nursing program we'd like to invite you to reach out to us with any questions you may have.

Make sure to review the information session and program application requirements on our application portal, www.nvcc.edu/medical/apply and our FAQ on our blog https://blogs.nvcc.edu/mecexchange . If you have advising questions drop our office a line by email at [email protected]. One of our advisors will respond. We recommend that if you have questions about your NOVA account, you contact us via your official NOVA student email address. When doing so include your ID number. that will allow our advisors to look up your account and answer questions in greater detail.

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8 hours ago, Hope92 said:

Hi, do you mind telling me the number of applicants accepted the year you applied? Just curious. I'm kind of upset they waived the TEAS just because my GPA is not bad but the TEAS would have helped a lot in my ranking. This is my third time applying. I am so scared and nervous.

If you look on all nurses, there’s a thread for fall of 19, and Spring of 20 as well. I read through all of those to kind of get more insight

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22 minutes ago, Culleya said:

If you look on all nurses, there’s a thread for fall of 19, and Spring of 20 as well. I read through all of those to kind of get more insight

Yeah thats where I looked for the 350 number, from my cohort's thread ?

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When your GPA is considered, does this include transfer credits as well or just your GPA associated with NOVA? My transfer credits all just have "T" next to them with no actual grade and I know they do not affect my NOVA GPA. If it is only our NOVA GPA being considered, what does this mean as far as ranking is concerned for someone who may have taken Bio 141 or Psychology at a different school, but other pre-requisite classes with NOVA?

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On 4/27/2020 at 7:41 PM, MEC Counselor said:

If you submitted your transcripts on March 31, it would already be considered too late. It takes time to process transcripts and credits posted to your account. The College Records Office has to download your file, link it to your record and evaluate it. The application page states 4- 8 weeks to process applications. If you sent it in that close to the deadline we normally tell students that they will probably be rejected if they had been planning on using credit from the transcript they submitted close to the deadline.

I understand, thank you for your response.

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On 4/28/2020 at 4:24 PM, sana44 said:

Thank you for the information. When will we know the exact numbers for the nursing program?

On 4/28/2020 at 4:30 PM, Marie33 said:

Thank you for the information. Can I ask how many applications the school normally averages for the nursing program each application cycle? And any idea when we might get the details of how many applied this application period?

On 4/28/2020 at 4:39 PM, gailRN2B said:

They usually don't tell us how many applications. In the past, it's only when different people spoke to different staff in student services that someone let it slip and we found out. It's varied tremendously from year to year since they've changed the requirements a lot over the last few years.

2 hours ago, sana44 said:

When your GPA is considered, does this include transfer credits as well or just your GPA associated with NOVA? My transfer credits all just have "T" next to them with no actual grade and I know they do not affect my NOVA GPA. If it is only our NOVA GPA being considered, what does this mean as far as ranking is concerned for someone who may have taken Bio 141 or Psychology at a different school, but other pre-requisite classes with NOVA?

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GPA and Number of Applicants

  1. GPA is used only to make sure you are eligible. Your NOVA GPA must be 2.5, if you don't have a GPA at NOVA your last school GPA is looked at. GPA is not used in the ranking of students.
  2. Applicant Pools have been as little as 100 to as many as 600. various factors impact the size of the applicant pool. We have a near the record-high number of applications. The specific number of applicants is not available yet.
  3. NOVA nursing has accepted in the past between 60 and 220 students. As mentioned by one of the earlier commentators, that has stabilized at 100.

Help MEC process faster

  1. Please avoid swamping the application team with questions as it greatly delays their work.
  2. Make sure you upload any document they ask for right away. If they ask for it, provide it via the online application ASAP. Students often assume their documents are on their NOVA record or that their bachelor's degree waives having to submit a high school transcript. It is stated on the application requirements document and on the application website. It does not state in any location that a degree waives providing high school transcripts.
  3. The high school transcript requirement has been on the website, information session, application portal, nursing brochure, etc long before COVID. The deadline was extended as a result of COVID to April 20. Students who were requesting high school transcripts the first week of March were already in non-compliance and at risk for not meeting requirements.
  4. If you submitted transcripts for evaluation by the college records office in March or April, you were already in non-compliance. Transfer credit must be posted to your NOVA record by the deadline. Credit posted after that will not be counted.

Don't meet the requirements?

Given the overwhelmingly large number of applications, there will be no exemptions granted or extra time provided. If you do not meet the requirements, you will have to apply for the next application cycle.

The deadline and requirements are posted www.nvcc.edu/medical/apply.

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If GPA and TEAS scores are no longer being used to rank students, has NVCC moved to a lottery system?

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10 minutes ago, SeaShellz said:

If GPA and TEAS scores are no longer being used to rank students, has NVCC moved to a lottery system?

I’m guessing it’s just grades in pre-reqs and then completion of any co-reqs? it seems like there must be tons of ppl with As in all of the above. how will they cut down that pool??

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Specializes in Pre nursing.
7 minutes ago, peggyham said:

I’m guessing it’s just grades in pre-reqs and then completion of any co-reqs? it seems like there must be tons of ppl with As in all of the above. how will they cut down that pool??

It’s GPA of BIO 141 and PSY 230. Then you get extra points for all the Co-req you complete (BIO 150, BIO 142, humanities, and communication), and they also give priority to people in the NOVA counties.

https://www.nvcc.edu/academics/divisions/nursing/_docs/nsg-brochure.pdf

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22 minutes ago, Culleya said:

It’s GPA of BIO 141 and PSY 230. Then you get extra points for all the Co-req you complete (BIO 150, BIO 142, humanities, and communication), and they also give priority to people in the NOVA counties.

https://www.nvcc.edu/academics/divisions/nursing/_docs/nsg-brochure.pdf

yes, I was just saying that I had thought GPA was a factor, too. I bet a LOT of applicants have As in those courses, live in county, and have taken co-reqs. I understand how TEAS is no longer a factor, but what will be the tie-breakers now?

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This has to be a massive applicant pool. Not a lot of criteria to differentiate one person from another.

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Specializes in Pre nursing.
33 minutes ago, SeaShellz said:

This has to be a massive applicant pool. Not a lot of criteria to differentiate one person from another.

Yeah I’m sure it’s going to be interesting. I’m sure it’s even more difficult for them right now. I’m hoping not as many people have their co-reqs done as we think LOL.

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This whole thing is nuts!! I know for me I spent ALOT of money and ALOT of time killing myself to do well on the TEAS. I can't believe that is has been waived. I know me and countless others are quite frustrated about it. I hope that there is a FAIR solution. Because there isn't much competition in two class grades!

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