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@RN in the making 2022 I made a post about my experience (I think it’s on pg. 4 of this thread), but the shorter version is this: 2019 Application: 88 TEAS / 3.6 GPA / 0/5 Classes Taken at BRCC — Didn’t get accepted and was 20-something on the list. 2020 Application: 88 TEAS / 3.8 GPA / 3/5 Classes Taken at BRCC — Accepted! Per the advice from the nursing advisor, I retook 3 classes at BRCC so I’d have that going in my favour and also managed to raise my GPA a little bit in the process.

I received my acceptance letter and will be starting in the Fall. ^_^ So, for anyone that read my previous post and finds themselves where I was last year, have heart! Go make a personal nursing advising appointment and see what they recommend to you to strengthen your application. Don’t give up. ❤️

So, here is what I know and have experienced over the last year. Hopefully it helps anyone reading this now or in the future. 1. Your application GPA is calculated from the 5 pre-reqs that are required in order to apply to BRCC’s nursing program. You CAN be currently enrolled in some or all of the classes while applying—they just have to be completed by the end of the semester (essentially: make sure you pass them and don’t withdraw, otherwise your application was a waste). This also means that if you have a lower GPA based on those five classes, you can re-take some to raise your application GPA. 2. As of this writing, BRCC still maintains that 50% consideration goes to TEAS scores, 40% to application GPA, and 10% to whether or not you took those five pre-reqs at BRCC. 3. Your TEAS score is valid for three years and you *CAN* re-use your score if you don’t get in the first time and re-apply. Keep this in mind because BRCC only allows you to take the TEAS twice, so if you feel like you can’t dedicate at least a month towards studying for it, I would suggest not wasting one of your attempts and trying again when you’re in a better position to prepare for the exam. My experience has been this: I applied last year with an 88 TEAS score, 3.56 GPA, and 0/5 pre-req classes taken at BRCC. I didn’t get in. After speaking with admissions, it wasn’t explicitly stated that I didn’t get in because I didn’t take my pre-reqs at BRCC, but it was heavily implied and I was encouraged to “re-take some of my classes to raise my GPA.” Considering that there were people with lower GPAs and TEAS scores that got in, however, the GPA wasn’t the real issue. The only difference is that they took some or all of those five pre-req classes at BRCC. So, for anyone that wants to go to BRCC’s nursing school, *PLEASE* keep this in mind if you have 0/5 or 1/5 of those classes taken at BRCC. That 10% may not seem like a lot, but when you’re being pitted against >400 other applicants, it makes a difference. If I knew then what I know now, I could have saved myself a lot of grief and time. So this Spring semester I re-applied while concurrently retaking three classes at BRCC (I chose English, a Humanities Elective, and A&PI). My old English grade was a B, and my old A&PI was an A for lecture and a B for lab since my old university split the two. I made a 4.0 this semester, so currently my application is as follows: 88 TEAS 3.81 GPA 3/5 classes taken at BRCC Effectively, I raised my application GPA and will also have 6% given towards taking some classes at BRCC. Will I get in with these changes? I don’t know, but I am trying to remain hopeful. I’ll update when admissions letters go out in June.

Copegirl21, I'm taking a dosage calc class this fall, as well, in preparation for the exam next year--though this will be my first time to attempt it. Which class are you in? Mine runs from late Sept-Oct--can't remember the exact dates off the top of my head. If you'd like a study partner, however, I'd be glad to have someone to team up with!

After finding that the original links that Daytonite posted are now dead, I did some googling and found that Hospitalsoup has moved them to a different part of the site. So, for anyone that comes to this thread looking for those references, here they are: Practice Interview Questions Interview Questions You Should Ask the Interviewer Inappropriate Interview Questions How to Respond to Inappropriate Interview Questions Sample Inappropriate Interview Questions Part 2

I was wondering if there were any Southeastern students who frequent the Louisiana section of the forums? :) I know a lot of you guys are going to places like OLOL and Charity! I'd love to get in touch with some people in the SELU Nursing program, though. :) I'm currently enrolled and am trudging through my pre-reqs still--I'll get them all done someday!