Leo James

Program is great. Honestly, it flies by pretty quickly. It's alot of hard work though. Long hours of nonstop studying. When I talked to my summer program friends (during Term 6 and 7 both traditional and summer take the same courses) they say that it is intense but that they're happy to get done earlier. And tbh, prepare to work nonstop no matter which one you select. So, it's up to you...if you want to get done quicker and don't want/need a summer off, do the Summer track. If you want summers off (for a break, study for NCLEX or summer externships) do the traditional track. You do get 2-3 weeks off inbetween semesters and the usually month off during holiday season if you're a summer track student

If you're that close to the cutoff, you should get in. They've taken at least 5 alternate list people per cycle and I've heard of them taking 10 one time, due to people also applying to UofA, GCU, NAU and various other programs. Not to get your hopes up, but you should get a email for a spot. In my cohort, we had 6 people accepted from the alternate list, one of them being called literally a week before the semester started

I finished the traditional path, but I have friends that did the summer track. Ask away.

Honestly, I brought a TEAS book from Barnes and Nobles for 35 bucks and downloaded an app that had TEAS practice questions for 5 bucks. I got an 85% on the TEAS first try and got into my program.

Honestly, no. 52% is pretty low for the TEAS and I would honestly look into retaking it. The lowest admitting TEAS score the semester I got in was an 80%. I know two people who were alternate listed that got in, but their scores were 79.98% and their overall GPA was a 4.0, so their combined GPA and TEAS score, which programs use to admit students, was assisted by having a perfect GPA. I also remember seeing the national average when I took it was in the 70s/80s too. If I were in your shoes I would write down why you get nervous during the exam, which parts of the exam make you nervous, and try to look up tips to overcome those. What helped me not be nervous was getting a good night sleep the night before, eating my favorite breakfast, and bringing essential oils into the exam room to rub on my wrist to calm me down. But...keep studying, plenty of RNs today have failed the TEAS and/or NCLEX and still became RNs. Dont give up!!