I contacted the RN Coordinator at the CC I will be attending. I wanted to know how they select people into the Program, and she said it was on a Point System. Can anyone explain that to me? What are they looking for? I'm kind of irritated by this. Its a CC, not a state school, so I don't know why they are so picky. Especially when RN's are DESPERATELY needed in/around my town. Is it just grades they base it on?
sonja24 56 Posts Specializes in Emergency Department. Has 3 years experience. Apr 5, 2005 Well, I know that the CC RN program that I am applying for uses a point system also. It is a combination of pre-requisite grades, the nursing aptitude test, and they also give points if you work in a qualifying health-related field. Hope that helps. Your school should be able to provide you with more info. also if you talk to an academic advisor.
youknowho 470 Posts Apr 5, 2005 Dont be irritated. Unless the school picks 100% by lottery then they have to have some way of ranking students and making selections. I would rather have a system in place where I know that my good grades pay off instead of getting lucky in a lottery. Just find out what they count and how many points each thing is worth...tests, interview, grades, experience, essay, etc. Good luck:)
Glimmer 151 Posts Apr 6, 2005 i contacted the rn coordinator at the cc i will be attending. i wanted to know how they select people into the program, and she said it was on a point system. can anyone explain that to me? what are they looking for? i'm kind of irritated by this. its a cc, not a state school, so i don't know why they are so picky. especially when rn's are desperately needed in/around my town. is it just grades they base it on?the cc that i just applied to also does the point system. this is what we do:**everyone is expected to make a "c" or better and maintain a 2.5 gpa and must score at least a 30 on the compass math test**there are a total of 28 points to be earned. for each co-req you complete ahead of time you earn points. for a&p and micro you earn 5 pts each and the other classes are 2 pts each. the students with the most points are accepted. if there is a tie for points in the remaining seats then gpa is looked at and the student with the higher gpa will be given the slot. our admission deadline was last thurs with letters starting to be mailed that friday... it takes 1 day for a letter to get to me from the school... no letter yet! i am going to go crazy waiting for it even though i pretty much know what it will say. good luck :) alneehttp://www.livejournal.com/~futurern/
BoonersmomRN 1,132 Posts Apr 6, 2005 My CC is almost solely based on GPA. Just this semester they have added the TEAS but basically said it matters *more* for those who are near the bottom of the list and need to have a leg up. They said last semester they didn't take A SOUL below a 3.33. Each school really is all different.
JNEB 13 Posts Apr 6, 2005 the cc that i just applied to also does the point system. this is what we do:**everyone is expected to make a "c" or better and maintain a 2.5 gpa and must score at least a 30 on the compass math test**there are a total of 28 points to be earned. for each co-req you complete ahead of time you earn points. for a&p and micro you earn 5 pts each and the other classes are 2 pts each. the students with the most points are accepted. if there is a tie for points in the remaining seats then gpa is looked at and the student with the higher gpa will be given the slot. our admission deadline was last thurs with letters starting to be mailed that friday... it takes 1 day for a letter to get to me from the school... no letter yet! i am going to go crazy waiting for it even though i pretty much know what it will say. good luck :) alneehttp://www.livejournal.com/~futurern/ glimmer-sorry to sound dumb, but whats a co-req? also, will it be a problem if i do my pre reqs at a different school? i'll be transferring my credits from wa to md.
Glimmer 151 Posts Apr 6, 2005 glimmer-sorry to sound dumb, but whats a co-req? also, will it be a problem if i do my pre reqs at a different school? i'll be transferring my credits from wa to md.not dumb at all :) co-reqs are the classes that you can take while in nursing school... but they recommend that you take them ahead of time. it should not be a problem if you are transferring schools... just make sure that you contact the school you are planning to transfer into to make sure that they will take the classes you are currently taking. for our school the co-reqs are a&p for the healthcare professional, micro, med term, psy, eng, computer, sociology, ethics, & pub. speak... we also have to complete student orientation regardless of how long you have been at the school but you do not get points for taking the class. hope that helps :)alneehttp://www.livejournal.com/~futurern/
Tweety, BSN, RN 32,996 Posts Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac. Has 31 years experience. Apr 6, 2005 Nursing schools and even community colleges are "picky" because they have more applicants than student positions. This is partly due to the downward turn in the economy a few years ago making nursing more attractive and thus more applicants, as well as a shortage of instructors. This makes it more competetive to get in, hopefully graduating a better quality nurse. It's ironic with the need for nurses they can't get more students in. Good luck to you. I was lucky, there was a waiting list when I went to school, but it was first-come first serve. No competition. And there were no pre-reqs as long as you took Algerbra and Chemisry in highschool, you go fresh out of high school and start.
JNEB 13 Posts Apr 6, 2005 Thanks for all the help ladies!And Glimmer, yes, I'll be starting my Pre Req's in the fall. I have 3 years to get them finished. :)
land64shark 367 Posts Apr 6, 2005 My CC does a wait list thing. It's first come, first served. You can't apply until completion on A&P I and II with a grade of C or better. (No entrance test either.) Then you can expect a 2-3 year wait! This REALLY sucks! Good grades don't get you there any faster than average grades. :angryfire I'm going a different route. I'm taking A&P I currently and will take A&P II over the summer. I start LPN school at the tech school in August. Upon graduation and attainment of license, I'll go straight into the LPN to RN bridge program at the CC. (No wait list for that because of high drop out rates in the regular ASN program) I'll have most, if not all of my co-req's competed already. Gee, do you suppose there's a connection between high drop out rates and not having a competitive entrance standard? Hmmmm....
