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Yes I got into my first choice, NWCC. Yay!

Hey NEF, did you get your letter yet???

Yes, NEF.. and that's where I took all my pre-reqs.

I got A's in all of the pre-reqs, I have a few B's in non-nursing co-reqs from wayyyyyyyyyy long time ago (like English and Psych). My current GPA is 3.97 however when you tie in some of my lower grades from other schools it does drop a little, so I'm guessing my NGPA was around a 3.6 or so? I got somewhere around an 85 or something on my TEAS V. I took it once before even taking chem just to get a baseline and came out with that... thought it was such a pain in the butt test that I didn't bother trying to take it again. I thought it was good enough, and turns out I was right!

IT's HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WELL I checked my mail this morning and the school sent me something, date stamped YESTERDAY... something completely unrelated to nursing... but still, it made it here in one day, what's the delay with the nursing letter? Ugh. Are they coming from Hartford or from the individual colleges? I'm guessing from Hartford... since it's taking longer than the mail from my college. Hopefully tomorrow! BTW my mail gets here by 10am most days... so if it's here tomorrow, I'll be sure to come on here and post that it came!

Kbatch.... the info packet says that you must submit ALL transcripts, regardless of whether or not they apply as transfer credits. If it says you must do this, and you ignore it... and then after being accepted they somehow find out (which, if you ever received financial aid they can find out very easily), they can kick you out for "academic dishonesty." Just keep that in mind.

Good luck!! Where are you taking it?

ooops... The other one had 2011 instead of 2012... let's try this again: Just thought I would start a new thread for the current application cycle. Questions... stats... rumors... etc! My question is... for those applying this cycle, how did you do on the TEAS V? Since this is the first year they are using this test, it would be nice to see how everyone is doing. (Please don't post TEAS 3 or TEAS 4 results, as the scores are NOT comparable with the TEAS V.)

It doesn't matter which of the CC's you take your pre-req's at... and yes many of the "soft sciences" are available online. I have done everything online except for the classes that require a lab. I am at NWCC in Winsted, and am an "evening only" student. So far I really enjoy the education that I'm getting at NWCC (and I have taken classes at UConn, Tunxis, Asnuntuck, etc). As far as scheduling, Human Bio is offered during the day in the fall, but evenings in the spring. Lifespan Development is offered online in the summer, Chem is offered both day and evening each semester, and A&PI/II are both evenings as well... everything else is offered online!

Northwestern CT Community College in Winsted offers a strictly night/weekend program (classes & clinicals). I believe it's Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday evenings... and it goes through the summer as well.

STCC in Springfield has a ultrasonographer degree and certificate program. Not sure how close you are to the state line, but it's a straight-shot up I-91 and pretty easy to get to.

You'll have to take pre-reqs no matter what program you go for... I'd say take your pre-req sciences at a community college and then apply to a MEIN program.

I don't know anything about the other schools... but NWCC in Winsted doesn't start until the following spring. (So if you apply Fall 2011, you wont start classes until Spring 2013). This one is also nights and weekends, and goes through the summer. I'd say apply to whichever school is closest commute for you. Remember that your clinicals aren't AT the school, and what if they are an hour away from the school in the OPPOSITE direction? Keep all of those things in mind as you chose where to apply. Also look into the class sizes, times, etc and see which one would work best for YOU.

Did you take all of your pre-req's at Goodwin? If that is the case.., they won't transfer to any of the CT Comm Colleges, and you'll most likely have to take them again. Keep that in mind as you make your decisions.

AH! Now I see what you were getting at. Thanks for clearing that one up for me, and anyone else who was reading and wondering the same thing!

What "Dosage Calc" course are you talking about? I didn't see one for the CT Comm Colleges (I did see that for STCC, though.) I don't think that the CT Comm Colleges are going to take that Dosage Calc in lieu of the two Parmacology courses, but I could be wrong... haven't actually asked anyone (but, I highly doubt they'll take it as a substitution). Did you talk to someone who told you otherwise??? Maybe I missed something completely... just curious!

This document should have the info that you are looking for. http://www.commnet.edu/nursing/docs/Nursing%20Information%20Packet.pdf

First, it's really important to specify which version of the TEAS you took. Version 5 is much different and more difficult than Versions 3/4... and the scoring is different on the v5 as well. There are several threads on here about Bridgeport Hospital SON, flip through them and see where you stand as compared to some of the other applicants. AND, the best answer I can give you is to call the school you are looking at, and get your answers straight from them.

That sounds like a great plan! (AND I hear ya on the "Outlaws" LOL!) How far is your commute to Storrs? I'm also keeping UConn in my back pocket, but I don't know that I can handle the commute...

Just FYI -- I spoke with Hartford a few weeks ago... and they said last year they received 1200 applicants last year, and about 930 were eligible applicants. She also said that this year they've received about 1500 applicants... and of course didn't have the stats as far as who was eligible or not, yet. She also said that the total number of seats available, statewide, was 575 last year. I'm not sure if that included the new program at NWCC or not though. If it doesn't, then there is 600 total available seats this year.

My plan is to get into an RN-BSN bridge program immediately after obtaining the associates. It seems as though it's much easier to get into a BSN program (at the 4-year schools within commuting distance from where I am), if you have the ADN already. Plus, there are quite a few articulation agreements that guarantee admission to RN-to-BSN bridge programs if you rec'd your ADN from a CT Community College. While HOSPITALS may prefer BSN nurses, LTC is not as selective and there are MANY more LTC facilities as compared to hospitals. So after the associates, if you have to go back to work ASAP, work in LTC while studying part-time for the BSN. Ya know what I mean?

Yes, I do know exactly what you're talking about... in my opinion, a 3.44 should NOT have to rely on the lottery. What I'm saying is that without the lottery, the GPA "cut-off" would be a little lower. So lets say the school has 100 slots, 60 of them given to rank students. The cut-off (just a hypothetical example) is at 3.5 for those 60 seats. If they expanded the rank to incorporate the next 40 students, the cutoff would probably drop to maybe a 3.1 or 3.2 -- get what I'm saying? Oh well.. it is what it is, and I know that practically EVERYONE who is working hard to get in, is serious about it and deserves a seat. The unfortunate part is that there just aren't enough seats to meet the demand, so it makes all of us sit on the edge of our seats through our pre-reqs and the app cycle... I don't know about you guys, but I feel like most people who are trying REALLY hard to get in (myself included) become really obsessive about all-things-nursing-school-related, hah!

I know... in fact, one person from my school (who shall remain nameless) didn't even "know" if they could give that information out (total BS, btw, it falls under freedom of information act, I believe.) I called the main hub to get the state-wide information. I do plan on calling again once this cycle is over to get this year's stats. Someone will give you the information, it's just a matter of finding the person who is a.) competent at their job, and b.) willing to take the time (a whopping 30 seconds) to look it up for you. Personally, I think they should publicize the data and post it on the CCCNP website... people have a right to know if they're a valid candidate or not. Think about it, high schoolers have access to college admissions statistics in order to find the colleges they want to attend -- SAT/ACT scores, HS GPA, as well as % breakdowns of everything from race, gender, in/out-of-state residency, etc, etc. So, in theory, prospective nursing students should have access to admissions statistics as well... it would save the admissions contact people A LOT of time fielding phone-calls/emails if they would just post the statistical report on the website.

I called one of the offices and asked for all the stats of accepted students last year. There are tons of rumors that float around, so I go directly to the source to find out straight from the horses mouth.