Admission Procedures
To be admitted to the college, the
student must:
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a completed Application for Admission plus any fee to the Admissions
and Records Office.
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official transcripts.
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the college’s placement tests, if required. Contact Student
Assessment Services.
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an appointment to meet with a college adviser to review the results of
the tests.
Special
Admission Criteria: Nursing Programs
The Nursing Programs have limited
enrollment capacities and rigorous academic standards, and require
additional procedures for selective admission, initial enrollment, and
continuation in the programs. Therefore, there is a special
process, called petitioning, associated with admission into each
program. Admission to the college does not guarantee admission
into any of the nursing programs. Admission is competitive and
proper academic advisement is essential for success.
Minimum standards must be met for
program consideration. If there are more petitioners than seats
in a class, then students will be ranked according to their cumulative
GPA in all general education courses required by the program in
question, not just those which are required to petition. Students
with the best GPAs for the greatest number of required general
education courses will be admitted first, followed by those with lower
GPAs and fewer completed courses, until the class is filled.
Petitioning
Deadline Date and Prerequisites
RN Program
Deadline for petitioning is April 1 for all and November 1 for
spring.
An average GPA of 2.50 or higher is required for the six courses listed
with no grade below a C.
· EGL 101 · MAT 112 · or higher ·
PSY 101
· BIO 205 and BIO
206 · NUR 101
LPN Program
Deadline for petitioning is April 1.
An average GPA of 2.50 is required for the five courses listed with no
grade below a C.
· EGL 101 · BIO 205 and
BIO 206 · PSY 101 · NUR 100
Eligibility for college-level math (MAT 112 or higher)
LPN to RN
Transition Program
Deadline for petitioning is March 1 for fall and October 1 for spring.
The following seven courses must be completed with an average GPA of
2.50 or higher with no grade below a C before petitioning:
· EGL 101 · MAT 112 · or higher ·
PSY 101
· BIO 205, BIO 206
and BIO 201 · PSY 207
Students are strongly encouraged to complete all other general
education courses prior to enrollment in the transition course, NUR
106.
Current Maryland
LPN License (or Compact License from another state).
Nursing
Programs Admission Process
Students must petition for admission to the Nursing
Programs. To begin the petitioning process, the student must
first meet with an adviser to obtain a list of admission criteria and
prerequisite coursework. The petition for program admission
should not be completed until all criteria have been met or the student
is enrolled in and attending NUR 100 or NUR 101.
Students will be given a petition for
admission to a Nursing Program from their instructor during NUR 100 or
NUR 101. The completed petition will be turned in to the
Admissions and Records Office.
The Nursing Programs require a minimum
2.50 GPA for admission, and students must satisfactorily complete
prerequisite courses with a C or higher, prior to petitioning.
Students may repeat each course only once to achieve the required
grade.
Background
Check
A criminal background check is required of all students in the
Nursing Programs. Continued participation in the programs is contingent
upon a satisfactory response on the background check. All
information on the background check remains confidential and is only shared
with the requesting clinical agencies. If a clinical agency
denies clinical placement for a student because of the background
check, that student may not be able to complete the clinical program.
See
catalog for more information regarding Admissions, Testing and
Placement.
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