Suffolk County Community College 2017 Applicants

Hi I have not taken the teas yet but here are my prerequisites

Chemistry=A

A&P 1 = A

A&P 2 =A

Medical Microbiology = A

Modern Biology 1 =B+

Psychology = B

Sociology = C+

I have other courses as well but these are the major ones

motherof3kids, be sure to check their rubric. Here's the link. SCCC Nursing Department A.S. Degree Admissions Rubric

You get points for exemplary and advanced scores on the TEAS, so be sure to do well! I haven't heard from anyone, so I'm just going to post what I learned. I hope it helps. I'm sure I missed some things, so please don't use this as an excuse not to go to the info seminar to clarify any questions you may have. Also, I realize that this has been posted earlier on in the thread, but I guess it'll be helpful for those who don't want to go on the search.

1. FALL:

If you plan on applying to the Fall '18 program, you need to fill out the application and send your ATI TEAS score by Jan 15. Decision made in March. You wouldn't be eligible for the program in Fall '17 unless you sent in all of the info like around the 2016 fall semester and got in. In which case, congrats and stop reading! The program is about 2 years full time status; 72 seats in Ammerman (Selden) campus and 56 seats Grant (Brentwood). Status might change for the following years. The director of admissions said that previously they had 100-something students and had to decrease the number of students they admit because lack of clinical sites.

2. SPRING:

-Part-time Evening: Ammerman and Grant campuses each offer 24 seats in their programs and it's 3 years. Program starts in Spring, so you need to hand in TEAS and application by August 15. Decision made in October.

-Full time day:24 seats in each campus, 3-4 semesters. App and TEAS due by Aug 15. Decision made in Oct.

3. LPN-RN Program: The application, ATI TEAS, AND gotten your result from the NCLEX due by August 15. I spoke to admissions, and the assistant said it should be a green and white form that they need from us. The top 65 rubric scores they get for the TEAS (and additional classes is applicable) will be admitted into the program o.o

Also, you must maintain a 3.1 GPA and pass the NCLEX within 11 1/2 weeks of finishing the program to automatically be admitted into SBU. If you get like a 3.0 and you want to go to SBU, then you have to apply like any other student who wasn't in the LPN-RN program from Suffolk.

*So you can apply now. IF you realize that you won't be able to test for the NCLEX and you're running out of time, you have until August 14 to tell admissions that you'd like to switch your application from LPN-RN to the Part Time Evening 3 year program.*

LPN-RN admissions decision made in October.

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Reading the A.S. Degree Admissions Rubric:

If you go on the site (SCCC School of Nursing, click the link on the left where it says "A.S. Degree Admissions Rubric" near the middle), use it to follow along with this post.

Ok, so in the past the program required you to take prerequisite classes. This became a problem because grading at Suffolk (and many other institutions) is very subjective. Some professors may emphasize a specific topic more than another professor. Some professors may give extra credit for a test after it's been graded, some tests are a mix of multiple choice and short answer... there's no standardization and becomes unfair for people who get the difficult professor who's always miserable, etc.

You no longer need prereqs for SCCC nursing programs, HOWEVER taking prereqs can help with your status being admitted. Now they follow an admissions rubric and the max amount of points you can get is 100. Obviously more points is a better chance at getting accepted.

Your TEAS result counts for **75%** of your score for admissions. The other 25% are optional classes (aka the prerequisites) prior to the program that can boost your score and give you those points (However, if you decide not to take them before being admitted, you WILL eventually have to take A&P 1 and 2 and English 1 and 2, etc while you're taking your nursing classes. This is why the PTE program can be 3 years. So taking these classes beforehand will lessen your load and crying sessions).

* You can only take the TEAS twice in a year. If you take it twice they only count that second grade. If you take it once, you get 2 points added to your admissions score*

So look at your TEAS score. If you got an "Advanced" (78.0- 90.0) or "Exemplary" (90.7-100) then you get points added to your admissions rubric score. Advanced gets 20 points while Exemplary get 25 points. And the director of admissions said **Exemplary is guaranteed to get into the program.**

If you get a proficient score (58.7-77.3), you can still get into the program, but she said they only admitted like 5 people (maybe less, not sure) with proficient scores. And I think they were high proficient scores in the mid 70s and already took classes like A&P and English, which boosted the points they get.

Next, look at the specific grade you got on the TEAS for each category (Reading, math, science, english). Convert these according to the admissions rubric (second box) "sub-scale adjusted individual score". As an example, if you got a reading score of 70, then you get 8 points. A math score of 79 get you 8 points. A science score of 89.9 gets you 10 points. An English score of 69.2 gets use 7 points. Now add the points. In this case you get 33 points for the rubric score.

Now if you got a proficient, then at this point you only have 33 points. But if you got an Advanced on the TEAS, you have 53 points (33+20 for advanced), and Exemplary 58 points (33+25). If you only took the TEAS once, the Advanced score is actually (+2 points) 55 while Exemplary is 60. The max score for box 1 is 25 while box two is 48-50 depending on if you took TEAS once or twice.

Now, if you haven't taken any classes that fulfill the "Relevant Coursework box" (the fourth box with the A&P etc), then your score is only the TEAS score you came up with (first two boxes).

Relevant Coursework (4th box) adds more points.

So getting an A in A&P means you get to add a 4 to your score. C in Microbio gets you a 2. Convert and add any classes you took to your score. Max points here is 24.

Remember, these classes include any AP classes you took in HS that are 3 or better, any classes you CLEP out of, and other classes that transferred from other colleges. Just make sure it's on your record and they have the result. Two points will be deducted if you retake A&P 1 and/or A&P 2. This includes needing to withdraw for medical issues or failing the class. Also, A&P 1 & 2 AND Microbio expire in 10 years.

I'm going to repeat that Bio 244 is not the same as Bio 272. Even though Bio 244 is General Microbiology and Bio 272 is Microbiology, they are not the same class. They won't substitute 272 for 244.

For the last box, if you take any of these classes and got a C or better, you add 0.25 points to your score with a max of 1 point -.-

In the case of a tie between 2 rubrics with the same score, "the total adjusted TEAS test individual score will determine final decision." That includes Box 1 "Academic Preparedness" and Box 2 "For each sub-scale adjusted individual score."

Anyone who didn't get accepted for the fall applying for the spring? Just retook my TEAS and got a 90...applying for the January program and was wondering if there's anyone else applying?

Also, for those who are already accepted for the fall, is the nursing first program the stonybrook bridge program? If so, do you know if it's available if you do the spring part time program as well? And do they pick people based off the rubric scores or something else? Thanks in advance!

Has anyone in the Ammerman day program get anything about doing ATI modules or anything like that bedore class started? I havent gotten anything but someone told me they did but theyre from the grant campus??

Also, for those who are already accepted for the fall, is the nursing first program the stonybrook bridge program? If so, do you know if it's available if you do the spring part time program as well? And do they pick people based off the rubric scores or something else? Thanks in advance!

When I emailed the director of admissions, she said the nursing first program is only offered to full time fall students. She didn't really answer my questions fully, so who knows if there's more to the answer.

Also, I'm wondering if anyone got accepted into the LPN-RN program for 2018? I just took the boards and finally got my license and registration certificate. On Monday i dropped it off... so I'm not sure if they are just waiting until that August 15 deadline to pass before sending the acceptance/denial letters.

So if anyone is applying for the LPN-RN program a decision will be made between the end of September and the beginning of October.

Hello..

Thank you for the info. I've finally decided to take the next step and go for my RN. I applied to SCC for the Ammerman spring 2018 LPN to RN program. I scored a low proficient on the TEAS and I am quite nervous. Would you happen to know approx how many students the program accepts or how competitive is this particular program exactly? Admissions said this pool of applicants is not as big as other programs.

Hey everyone so I took the TEAS yesterday and did not do as well as I wanted. I received an overall grade of 63.3%. For reading I got a 63.8%, for science I got a 46.8% which really upset me but I mainly studied cells and reproduction and I still have to take A&PII, for English I got a 62.5% and for math I got a 84.4% which brought my total average to a 63.8%.

I already took the following classes:

A&P 1- B+

English 101- B+

English 102- A

Statistics- B

Psyc- C

His 101- A

I applied for both Grant and Ammerman ‘s evening nursing program and I was wondering if anyone thinks I may have a chance. I am very upset about my score on the TEAS & I only took it one time so I will get 2 additional points for that .

According to the rubric I only have 38 points since I scored proficient. Does anyone know if the Grant/Ammerman night program is easier to get into? Also should I apply to the LPN or would they then maybe give me less of a chance for the RN program. =[

What was your grade on the TEAS if you don't mind me asking and did you take any of the old pre-reqs prior?

Applying for Spring '18! I chose Grant evening as my first choice and Ammerman evening as my second choice.

TEAS:

Overall: 82.0%

Reading: 89.4%

Math: 93.8%

Science: 70.2%

English: 75.0%

Prereqs:

A&P 1: A

ENG 101: A

ENG 102: A-

Stats: B

Did not take microbio or A&P 2 but I do have a Bachelor's degree so hopefully that gets me something? From past forums it looks like spring acceptance letters come out around early to mid October since the final applications aren't due until August 15th.

Good luck everyone!

Also... since everyone else is posting their self-calculated rubric scores:

TEAS: 10+12+8+8=38 +2 points for taking it only once =40

Relevant Coursework: 4+4+4+3 = 15

Gen ed coursework: .25+.25+.25 = .75

Total = 55.75!

The rubric also mentions up to 25 points for academic preparedness but I can't find how this is calculated... any ideas?

EDIT: apparently "academic preparedness" is also based off your TEAS score... adding an extra 20 points on my overall rubric score.

Total = 75.75!