I am interested in entering a local RN program this fall. I was advised in October to go ahead and take the teas 4 b/c the college that I am applying to was upgrading the test in January. I took Teas 4 in December. I did pretty good on it. I also took two classes to bring up my gpa to a 3.0. I will also mention I have a BSEd. And I completed AnaI and AnaII and Micro with A's and one B five years ago. I am also a CNA at the hospital.
Well, in April I decided to take another jab at the Teas...this time TEAS 5. I needed to make above the national mean. I made THE national mean. Grrrrr. My advisor told me that they will NOT grandfather December's Teas 4 (the one I did great on) test in. That they will only consider this last Teas 5 exam. The catch!? You can only take the TEAS twice in 5 years. She said it is unlikely I will get into the program. If it had been my previous test 4 I stood more of a chance. I am so heartbroken because I have jumped through hoops to get here. But nothing I have under my belt matters. Everything is being weighed on this standardized test that has nothing to do with Nursing. She started spouting off my other options...like LPN. Which I don't mind. I called a local LPN program a tech school and she said I am overqualified for the program!!! I need to go the RN route. I am so disappointed
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I am interested in entering a local RN program this fall. I was advised in October to go ahead and take the teas 4 b/c the college that I am applying to was upgrading the test in January. I took Teas 4 in December. I did pretty good on it. I also took two classes to bring up my gpa to a 3.0. I will also mention I have a BSEd. And I completed AnaI and AnaII and Micro with A's and one B five years ago. I am also a CNA at the hospital.
Well, in April I decided to take another jab at the Teas...this time TEAS 5. I needed to make above the national mean. I made THE national mean. Grrrrr. My advisor told me that they will NOT grandfather December's Teas 4 (the one I did great on) test in. That they will only consider this last Teas 5 exam. The catch!? You can only take the TEAS twice in 5 years. She said it is unlikely I will get into the program. If it had been my previous test 4 I stood more of a chance. I am so heartbroken because I have jumped through hoops to get here. But nothing I have under my belt matters. Everything is being weighed on this standardized test that has nothing to do with Nursing. She started spouting off my other options...like LPN. Which I don't mind. I called a local LPN program a tech school and she said I am overqualified for the program!!! I need to go the RN route. I am so disappointed