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.

14 hours ago, MEC Counselor said:

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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.

Thank you very much for posting this information for all of us! I do have a question after reading your post. Due to the large amount of applicants this cycle do you think the usual number of 100 accepted a semester might increase to accommodate?

Thanks again!

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2 hours ago, Marie33 said:

Thank you very much for posting this information for all of us! I do have a question after reading your post. Due to the large amount of applicants this cycle do you think the usual number of 100 accepted a semester might increase to accommodate?

Thanks again!

No.

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14 hours ago, SeaShellz said:

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

no.

13 hours ago, peggyham said:

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?

GPA is not a factor, see our prior post.

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MEC Application Team has completed its review of nursing applications. Admissions letters/emails will more than likely be sent last week of May First week of June.

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12 minutes ago, MEC Counselor said:

MEC Application Team has completed its review of nursing applications. Admissions letters/emails will more than likely be sent last week of May First week of June.

Thank you very much for this update!!

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Thanks for this! Sooner than later would help with class planning for Summer!

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3 hours ago, Bkk812 said:

Thanks for this! Sooner than later would help with class planning for Summer!

What are you planning on taking for Summer?

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I'm registered for micro for 10 week Summer session. If I don't get into the program I will most likely take it in the fall so it is a longer (16w) session and hopefully will be in classroom. Then apply again in Spring 2021!

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7 hours ago, MEC Counselor said:

MEC Application Team has completed its review of nursing applications. Admissions letters/emails will more than likely be sent last week of May First week of June.

thank you so much for the update!!

WOW!! hearing about the sheer number of applicants is giving me so much anxiety for everyone involved! with these kinds of application numbers, I wonder how they'll select applicants.

couple of questions!

-will there be any new factors introduced to rank students?

-how do transferred grades affect rankings? (for example: earning an A on PSY230 or BIO141 at another VCCS school which becomes a "T" at NVCC)

-and can I ask how many students were moved forward to the ranking phase?

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Has anyone heard when the testing center will reopen? I got As in Bio 141 and Psy but didn’t have any co-reqs completed by the application deadline for Fall 2020. (I just completed Bio 142 and Communications with both As). Since there’s such a large number applying I’m not counting on getting in for the Fall and will reapply for the Spring, but wondering if there will be enough time to take the TEAS by the Sept 20th application deadline. We get three attempts 1 month apart.

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On 5/6/2020 at 6:03 PM, mijlky said:

thank you so much for the update!!

WOW! hearing about the sheer number of applicants is giving me so much anxiety for everyone involved! with these kinds of application numbers, I wonder how they'll select applicants.

couple of questions!

-will there be any new factors introduced to rank students?

-how do transferred grades affect rankings? (for example: earning an A on PSY230 or BIO141 at another VCCS school which becomes a "T" at NVCC)

-and can I ask how many students were moved forward to the ranking phase?

  1. there are no new factors, please see prior post or nursing brochure for a full list of criteria.
  2. That information is not available at this time.
On 5/6/2020 at 8:24 PM, Molly15 said:

Has anyone heard when the testing center will reopen? I got As in Bio 141 and Psy but didn’t have any co-reqs completed by the application deadline for Fall 2020. (I just completed Bio 142 and Communications with both As). Since there’s such a large number applying I’m not counting on getting in for the Fall and will reapply for the Spring, but wondering if there will be enough time to take the TEAS by the Sept 20th application deadline. We get three attempts 1 month apart.

  1. The college is still working on reopening testing centers. At this time the testing centers remain closed. Visit our site related to COVID for all relevant updates, https://www.nvcc.edu/coronavirus/index.html.
  2. You should check www.nvcc.edu/medical/apply at least once a week for any updates related to requirements during this time.
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Is the anticipation KILLING anyone else!? It’s going to be a long few weeks ?

Good luck to all of you, my fellow applicants!

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