WGU Pre-licensing BSN for 2015

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Hey everyone,

I am looking at possible attending WGUs Prelicensing.

I have been between 2 schools but it is looking more positive with than the other school. I have to retake my A&P 2 due to the Lack of quality instructors. The Professor we had was absolutely horrible and many of us in the class need to retake it due to low grades. I will have to wait til Spring and take it at a community college instead of where I took the last one. I am wondering how many other are planning to attend in 2015.

Other than that I will have all I need to Apply. I am emailing my enrollment counselor and find out the upcoming dates that are out so far in 2015.

I am gearing more towards WGU and having a group to work together and keep eachother motivated would be great. Let me know.

Thanks

Shonda

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

I'm sorry, Shonda. What I said was unfair and not nice. I apologize.

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Its cool. I have always thought you were cool. That just caught me off guard. I apologize if it seemed I was being a know it all. It was not my intention at all. Im not like that.

I am good. I hope you enjoyed you holiday. As well as everyone here. :-)

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Hi, I'm looking into possibly going to . My current employer works with them and I'm hoping that I can have success at it. I've been a CNA in an acute care setting for about 4 years now.

Unfortunately my grades aren't stellar and i have a W on my transcripts in the sciences. My GPA overall and for sciences is 2.4 :'( this was due to me being a serious student too late in realizing what I wanted to do. I feel stuck in the CNA hole. Yet, I am hoping that I can get things accomplished with WGU.

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

I know that their prelicensure program is VERY competitive. I don't know that your grades would be competitive enough to be accepted. It says on their website that they will accept coursework with a C or better, but I imagine that if they have a lot of applicants to the program, they will be very selective. Have you finished all the necessary prerequisite coursework? Have you taken the TEAS V?

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Klone, I have all my pre-requisites but I need to check if they require any others. And my teas score wasn't great but all I can do is apply and see what happens. As much as I would love to be in school, I do have a good job so it's not a major rush either .

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

WGU's website says that you must pass the TEAS with a score of "proficient," "advanced," or "exemplary" to even apply and be considered. I know nothing about the TEAS. Did you score at least a "proficient"?

The ATI TEAS V Nursing Exam

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Oh! Yes, I at least scored proficient. Sorry

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Klone is correct.

I am processing for the pre-licensing. Here is what I can offer for the process to help out.

The process for the Pre-Licensing is:

The first thing to do is contact and link up with a Pre-Licensing enrollment Counselor and go through the initial interview. They won't allow you to just apply for their program. You have to go through the enrollment counselor.

The enrollment counselor will not move forward with you if they don't feel that you are a good fit for their program or their program is for you. Yes they are very selective. They don't want anyone who won't put In the time and 200% effort to go through their program. If they feel you can't handle it, they won't process you. Mine told me this the first time I called. We have been working together for a year now. I was finishing my Bachelor degree and continuing on to my science course and I will be done with my last 2 classes in May for the cohort in October. My counselor is really nice and very helpful.

He sent me to the FAFSA site to get my financial aid accomplished. I did it but I am not using it because I am a army vet, so I am using my Post 9/11 GI Bill so I am now working with the VA Department at the school.

One of the biggest thing they are looking at is are you experienced in the medical field in any clinical type area, such as CNA, LVN, Medical Assistant, EMT, etc. They prefer you have a certification not just have worked it.

They also look for a degree, Associate or Bachelor degree which will cover your general education requirements, then your completed science pre-reqs. They want to make sure all the general education is completed prior to your nursing packet going forward to apply. On their website there is a guide that you can download to get all the required general Ed they require. They do not offer any general education or science course to Pre-licensing students. Biochemistry is the only science course they will allow you to take through them.

They want at least 3 letter of recommendations with one or more being from the medical area you have worked but your current employer is also accepted. They have questionnaires that they can email you to give to your references to fill out for you and you can scan and email them to admissions or mail them. Makes it easier for your references.

You need all transcripts of any course you have done and sent to them. When they receive all the transcripts they will evaluate the classes and email you a completed eval showing you which classes they have accepted according to what they require for general education and sciences and each course will say either "Met" or "Not Met" and how many credits were accepted. Then your enrollment counselor will go over what you have left to take and give you some guidance on where to take courses and they will give you the Straighterline.com site to take some courses online because they are contracted with them and accept credits.

One of mine that I needed was a Psych course Human Life Span and Development that I am taking because my general psych class I have already completed in my degree doesn't cover life span. Sucks but I am taking that and A&P II because the last A&P II course I took was conducted by an very horrible instructor and 98% had to retake the course because of the unorganized and messed up curriculum and inability to teach. So I am in these two classes for this semester at a community college. After that its the TEAS exam then I am done. So it is a process.

Apply online to get in the system which is $65. You will get a login for the student portal.

You need a Healthcare Provider CPR card valid.

You have to complete a personal statement about why you want to be a nurse and why .

During this whole time you are working with the enrollment counselor to get everything in, they talk to you as often as you want, weekly appointment, monthly appointment, however. They will call you during that appointment time to keep updated and tell you what's next and their suggestions. They will work with you and get your nursing packet together to ensure you have submitted everything to complete it and when complete, they submit it for whichever cohort and facility they have available that you apply for and it goes before the committee to be evaluated for entry into the program.

If any other students who are done or almost done or actual students can add to this please do.

But the first is to Call the school and get connected to the enrollment counselor. They will conduct the interview then send you the email with everything you need.

Hope this helps anyone who was seeking information.

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Oh! Yes, I at least scored proficient. Sorry

Congrats on your TEAS. Which cohort are you trying to attend? Are you in So Cal?

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It is an online program that is contracted with WGU and other schools to offer their general education and sciences courses online. They have the home course lecture and lab. You have to pay $99 a month subscirption and each class cost $49 one time fee. The lab kit is purchased separately. They provide the syllabus and which textbook and lab kit you need.

The final exam is proctored meaning you can use 1 regular sheet of notes you made front and back and it is done while you are on webchat with the examiner.

You do your labs at home and answer worksheets and take pictures of your lab work.

Once you pass the course you request a transcript for WGU and they transfer the course.

The website is www.straighterline.com

you go to WGU and find the course that fits theirs.

Thanks for answering my previous post! :) I went to the information session at WCU in Ontario and its looking like I'm going to be going with as well. I'll have to start off with straighterline first since I don't have any of the pre-reqs.

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Awesome. Also call the school and ask for a pre-licensing enrollment counselor. They will let you know all the courses you need to satisfy to enroll.

They also love when you have a certification in some medical field area like EMT, MA, CNA, LVN something to show you have medical experience.

Yeah I was going to try WCU in Hollywood but decided not too.

Also I have been told about and I am checking into Mount Saint Mary's ADN and ADN to BSN program. They have an evening/weekend program for ADN that fits working individuals and then when you have accomplished that level you are their top pick over outside transfers for the ADN to BSN program there. I said I would not do an ADN program but if I must then I would do it there because they have a program that is geared for working adults.

So it will be in October or Mount Saint Mary's.

I am already a full time government worker making decent pay so working as an ADN most likely will not happen unless I find a registry and do a day here and a day there but I will not quit my job and move on to nursing until after my BSN. I will stay in the government system though.

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Hi everyone! I just came across this thread and have been thinking of applying to for the cohort starting this year. I live in Southern California (San Bernardino county). I have all my prerequisites completed for WGU and took my TEAS with a score of 89% I am also a CNA. I am currently accepted into an ADN program at my local community college and started this semester with what they call "pre-nursing" (nursing assessment and pharmacology). I start Nursing Process 1 next semester. The reason I am thinking of switching schools is that I don't enjoy the high stress these nursing schools put on you. I understand nursing is a stressful job and they are trying to prepare us, but I like to actually absorb the information they are teaching us, not just memorize it long enough to pass a test. Do you feel that WGU would be a better fit for me? It seems that you do most of the didatic work at home and clinical in person. I like this idea because I feel I could take the time to really learn the material.

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