RN generic full Time fall 2014- Miami dade college

[Can02noles]

I'm applying for the Generic Full Time RN program for fall 2014 (August). I took my NLN Pax exam already and got an overall score of 143. Curious if this will be goof enough to get in? Can't find any stats since the previous test was the TEAS... Looking forward to hearing back from anyone else that has taken the test already. Thx.

[nursejoy22]

Thank you so much nurse-bee!

[nursejoy22]

Another quick question if you don't mind, does mdc help you find a job after you graduate?

[cdeta002]

Whats the grading scale like btw? For some programs you need like a 77 to pass the class and move on. So I was wondering if mdc is the same. Oh, and how do they grade clinicals? Is it pass or fail, or do we receive a letter grade?

[nurse_bee]

My TEAS was in the high 70's & I cant remember my Sceince GPA, but I remember my total score was 77. (By the way, I had advisors tell me not to get my hopes up, that I probably wouldn't get in). But I did!, did amazing in the program, and definitely went back to that same advisor at graduation time to show her my grades lol

Question, you guys waiting to get in for fall are going based off the NLN right?

[nursejoy22]

Yea we took the NLN

[nurse_bee]

jucris88- I started in Spring 2013 (just graduated May 2014) so my acceptance letters were in October.

nursejoy22 - ehh somewhat, haven't personally gotten that far yet. I'm in the middle of studying for boards, but MDC does hold job fairs every so often. Tip, NETWORK NETWORK NETWORK during clinicals, these could be potential employers :)

cdeta002 - lectures you need 77 to pass. clinicals & skill labs are pass/fail.

[cdeta002]

Yeah, they switched the exam to NLN which is what kinda adds to the anxiety. Before you had an idea of whether you score was competitive or not under teas, but we don't really have past examples to judge ourselves now with the nln.

[nursejoy22]

Thanks nurse bee!!

[nurse_bee]

ok just making sure, was wondering if they were still accepting TEAS.

my leadership professor was telling me back in April that for this fall it's going to be easier for people to get in because they had a significantly lower amount of applicants (She was guessing people were scared to take the new entrance exam)

I hope all of you get in! :)

[nursejoy22]

Thank you, that's great news to hear!

[gracehope26, ASN, BSN, RN]

See that's what I thought would happen cause many people would rather wait and see how the first group goes.

[cdeta002]

The narrative has kinda changed. mdc extended the deadline and apparently theyve received the most applicants for a cycle. And were hearing stories from how the exam was super hard, so a lot of people failed, to how there will be a lot of competitive applications.