bmuller78

Hi dturner, I'm the original poster of this thread and can answer some of you questions. At ECC they highly recommend that you finish all of your prereqs and coreqs BEFORE you apply. (A&P is the only one that is actually required to be fully completed before you even apply). There is a "worksheet" you can get from ECC's website under the Nursing program section that can help you figure out how many points you have from your previous degree. I applied with a total of 44 points and just got accepted. They say most people who get accepted have between 42 and 46 points from that worksheet. The points you get are calculated from all your prereqs/coreqs and what grade you received (A is 4 points, B is 3 points and so on). You also get a point each from having English I and II, etc. completed. Then there is a scale for how many points you get for PSB scores. So there's different ways you can accumulate your points for the worksheet. Like you, I also came in with a Bachelor's but I was required to retake almost all my sciences because it had been longer than 10 years since I took them. If that's the case you will most certainly need to retake BIO 110, Chem 112 (or equivalent), Microbiology, and A&P (1 or 2 part A&P is available but the 1 part A&P doesn't transfer later on to a Bachelor's in Nursing, although it's a quicker course and doesn't take 2 semester like the 2 part.) My biggest advice to you, would be to get a "credit evaluation" through Student records. Basically you just send in all your transcripts and fill out a little sheet with your info and request them to look at your credits for what would be accepted for the Nursing program. They will come back and tell you exactly what classes you would have left to take (and which ones will transfer). Then take the grades of what classes transferred and plug them into the worksheet that you can download online. If you're close to the 42-46 point range, you'll be good to go.

I was the only Barbara in the class. That's so funny...

Woah, I am blown away... I saw your email address and recognized it from my class list in Soc 100. Did you just take that class this summer online with Fountain?? Small world if that's you. Anyways, thanks for the advice and good luck with Nursing!

Did you submit that worksheet with your application dayanara? Luckily I have a previous Bachelors Degree so I have a lot of pre reqs and co reqs done. The only ones I have left after the A+P, are Micro and Psych 218. Other than that, it'll be nothing but Nursing classes if I get in. I just didn't know if I should wait another semester to apply in case I didn't get in. But you say just go for it, huh?

Just wondering if anyone has recently been accepted to ECC's Nursing program? They changed the format (now use a "worksheet" for points needed out of 54 points, and also PSB HOA instead of NLN). Just wondering if any new students can tell me how many "points" out of the 54 they had to get into the program. After A+P, I will have 44 out of 54 and I'm not sure if that's enough, or if I should wait one more semester to get 47 out of 54 after my Psych class. Thanks in advance.