Polk State College nursing Fall 2016

Vonda03 · May 13, 2016

Your teas sounds pretty good to me, and your GPA is good. Is that your overall GPA or just the GPA for the prereqs? On the schools website, it says it goes by points and it tells you how to calculate them. They use both cumulative GPA and the prereq GPA. Good luck to you!!:)

Arthurn1 · May 13, 2016

Got a 74 on my teas, but my gpa is not high like others. An advisor told me to also apply in September. She also recommended me to get a lpn license & then to apply to increase my chances of getting accepted. I'm really nervous. Do you guys have a backup plan? If you do what is it?

Vonda03 · May 14, 2016

That's a little discouraging. I can see being realistic, but advising someone to obtain a nursing to have a better chance at getting in the nursing program seems a little extreme. Good luck to you!!

roro120 · May 14, 2016

I have my LPN license even before then advisor was trying to convince me to do generic which might be an option. My coworker did the transition and she wanted to rip her hair out the first week. My GPA just dropped after taking micro so I'm hoping the LPN license will help some

Vonda03 · May 14, 2016

Good luck on your teas!! Relax, don't over think it(that's what I did) and u will be fine! :)

monknbeans · May 14, 2016

I'm currently enrolled in my remaining prerequisites. Does anyone know for the pre-req gpa if they use all of the pre-req courses you have taken or the ones that need to be completed prior to the program?

charmon · May 14, 2016

I'm almost positive they just use the pre-reqs required for admission. But I could be wrong

monknbeans · May 15, 2016

[COLOR=#484647]Applications are up on the website [/COLOR] http://www.polk.edu/nursing

Natesangel1999 · May 18, 2016

I don't think that the advisor meant any harm by suggesting the LPN program. I applied for the RN last year and didn't get in so at the last minute I applied for the LPN program at Ridge CC, which was suggested to me by my advisor also. I graduate in 3 weeks and retook my TEAS about 2 months ago and scored 11 points higher than my previous tries. I applied yesterday for the generic program, I feel it will be a better fit for me, plus I'll be ahead of the game. As a backup I would suggest looking into the LPN program. It has been a killer and the next 3 weeks are promised to be even harder, but it's been so worth it. Good luck with whatever decisions you make!

Dog-Lover · May 18, 2016

I plan to apply for the fall, 2016. I plan to take the Teas test next week. Does anyone have any advice on the test...is it similar to the ATI study manual?

Dog-Lover · May 18, 2016

How did the teas test go for you? I am taking it next week.

Natesangel1999 · May 18, 2016

I used the study guide and the practice tests....wasted $100. For me, it didn't help. There is an app for the teas, it's called teas mastery...best investment ever. The night before I went through the entire practice quiz. Some of the questions were almost exactly alike. Several of the science questions I received were on a subject we had just covered the day before in class, so that helped too. Don't over think a question, narrow down your answers by eliminating 2. This last time I took it at the WH campus, they have ear plugs...use them. This was my first time taking it that I wasn't listening to someone suck snot up their nose for 3 hours. Although I finished up my prerequisites the year before, I'm a 9th grade dropout and and in my 30's so if and when I ever learned most of that I had lost all knowledge of it. The app is the best thing. Several classmates in my LPN program have gotten it and agreed with me.