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SCHOOL OF NURSING
Q. Can students apply to Ivy Tech Community College nursing programs while they are
still in high school?
A. Yes! Current high school students taking Ivy Tech dual credit course may apply while still
completing their senior year. In order to apply, they must submit a letter through the high school diploma link in Ivy Tech’s online application. In addition, they must submit a high school transcript to the regional nursing dean (at Ivy Tech Campus where accepted) by the following deadlines:
- Spring graduates must submit high school transcripts by August 1
- Summer graduates must submit high school transcripts by August 1
- Fall semester graduates must submit high school transcripts by January 1 Please review the Nursing Booklet for more information.
Nursing Program Application Questions:
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Q. When do prerequisite courses have to be completed?
A. In order for prerequisite general education courses to count towards program admission
selection points, the courses must be completed by the time that the application site closes and auto selection begins. See table below for dates when prerequisite courses must be completed. MATH 123 or higher is a prerequisite course for students admitted to the ASN program only ; however MATH 123 is not included in the selection point system. Students taking prerequisite courses the semester immediately prior to the start of the nursing program, MUST complete these courses with a grade of “C” or higher to remain eligible for admission. Please review the Nursing Booklet for more information. Completed Application Deadline Nursing Program September 1 Spring Admission February 1 Summer Admission May 18 Fall Admission
Q. What courses do students need to complete before being accepted into their nursing program of choice? A. Completion of the following prerequisite courses with a grade of “C” or higher is required for admission to the Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) and Practical Nursing (PN) programs:
- APHY 101 Anatomy and Physiology I
- ENGL 111 English Composition,
- PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
- MATH 123 or higher is a prerequisite course for students admitted to the ASN program only; however MATH 123 is not included in the selection point system. In order to receive points for prerequisite courses, those courses must be completed prior to the established deadlines, although students may be offered a spot in the program of their choice if those courses are in progress and they have enough points from completed pre-requisite courses and TEAS scores. Please review the Nursing Booklet for more information. Q. How are total scores for admission determined? A. General education points and TEAS points will be added together for a total selection decision score.
- Applicants will be ranked by total selection decision score.
- For each round of auto-selections, the online application will look at each applicant starting with the highest score to see if any seats are available at the campuses they have selected, starting with their first choice and working through to their last choice. Once the system finds an available seat, that student is placed. Applicants with the highest scores will be offered admission to the program according to the number of clinical spots available. If two or more students have identical decision scores, the tiebreaker points will be applied (as identified in the Nursing Overview and Application Booklet) until a difference in decision score occurs.
- The number of students admitted is determined by availability of clinical resources and may be adjusted without advance notice. Please review the Nursing Booklet for more information.
Q. How are admission scores for prerequisite general education courses calculated? A. The following table identifies scoring for general education prerequisite courses: COURSES A B C D/F V APHY 101 30 20 10 0 N/A ENGL 111 15 10 5 0 15 PSYC 101 15 10 5 0 15
TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION POINTS POSSIBLE: 60
Please review the Nursing Booklet for more information. Q. Why do nursing applicants have to submit their high school transcript or High School Equivalency exam results when applying to the nursing programs (especially if the transcript of exam results have been submitted previously)? A. Consistent with Indiana State Board of Nursing (ISBN) requirements, a copy of the student’s completed high school transcript from a state-approved high school or its equivalent, or individual and total GED test scores must be submitted with the online nursing application and will be maintained on file. International students will need to provide official credential evaluation from a NACES (naces.org) approved organization showing the equivalence of a U.S. high school diploma. Official evaluation must be sent directly from the credential evaluator to the regional Ivy Tech Campus registrar. A copy must also be submitted with the nursing program admission application. Q. Since students have already been accepted to Ivy Tech, why do they need to submit another application for the nursing programs? A. The nursing programs at Ivy Tech have more specific admission criteria than the College as a whole. While admission to the College does not ensure acceptance to a nursing program, the student can be working on prerequisite courses for nursing after admission to the College and prior to application to the nursing program of choice. In addition, selective admission processes are needed because there are more people interested in taking courses in the nursing programs than there are seats available. Please review the Nursing Booklet for more information.
Q. Is there a waitlist for nursing? A. No, there is not a waitlist. Applicants who are not accepted to the nursing program of their choice are invited to apply during future application periods or consider other programs within the School of Health Sciences. Q. Can a student apply without a social security number? A. International and undocumented students may apply without a current social security number. However, the state of Indiana will not authorize a graduate to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) exam without a social security number. A flag will alert the student that the social security number field is blank, but leaving that field blank will not prevent the student from completing the online application. Q. What should a student do if they are not admitted to a nursing program? A. It is recommended that non-admitted applicants meet with their advisor to explore potential areas for improvement prior to reapplying in the future. Students may also have a conversation with the regional program chairperson or nursing dean at their local Ivy Tech campus if they have nursing program specific questions. Advisors can assist students in exploring other programs of interest in Ivy Tech’s School of Health Sciences if they have applied several times and have not been accepted into the nursing programs. Q. Are there any other requirements for immigrants to the United States to be aware of? A. Yes, the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency has recently taken a position that may prevent visa holding or otherwise undocumented students from taking the NCLEX licensure exam and being licensed in the state of Indiana. Such students should seek legal counsel before choosing to proceed. Q. Will English 112 substitute for English 111 when applying to the nursing programs? A. No, it will not substitute. The required course for admission is English Composition (ENGL 111). ENGL 112 is Exposition and Persuasion, which is a different course that will not be counted in the admission score. Students cannot apply without ENGL 111. The ENGL 111 course requirement may be achieved through taking the course or receiving credit by CLEP exam.
Q. How long before applying can a student wait to take the TEAS test? A. Due to processing time for the ATI TEAS to appear in the student’s application, it is recommended that testing times be scheduled two to four weeks prior to the posted application deadline. ATI TEAS scores not available by the above mentioned deadlines will not be considered. Ivy Tech Assessment Centers have limited availability for testing, so students should schedule far in advance to accommodate. Please review the Nursing Booklet for more information. Q. Who do students contact if they are having issues completing their application? A. Contact information is listed in the online application, which refers to the Regional Nursing Program for questions about the application. Students are advised to contact the Answer Center or submit a Helpdesk ticket for technical issues with the online application. Refer to the below table for who to contact for which type of issue: Type of Issues Who to Contact TEAS scores not appearing in online application after 3 days from exam date or missing composite scores. Regional Nursing Division Transfer Grades not appearing in the online application. Regional Nursing Division or Registrar’s Office Not receiving credit for substitute, pre-requisite course. Regional Nursing Division Getting Error Code 500 (or other numbered code) Submit Helpdesk ticket along with a screen shot of error if possible. Q. Why are transfer grades not showing up on the application? A. The online Nursing application pulls course and grade data directly from Banner. If no Banner data is found, the online application will advise the student that he/she is not eligible for the nursing programs. The Nursing Dean and/or Registrar’s Office will need to assist in this matter, as this typically involves transcript evaluation, a process that is done outside of the online nursing application system.
Q. If a student takes the ATI Allied Health TEAS test, do they need to take the ATI Nursing TEAS test once they determine that they will apply to the nursing program? A. No. The ATI Allied Health and ATI Nursing TEAS tests are the same test, they are just scored differently. Taking the Allied Health TEAS will count the same as taking the ATI nursing TEAS test. When the ATI Allied Heatlh TEAS test scores are pushed out from the ATI website, the scores are converted to nursing scores. Q. What is the difference between the auto selection process currently employed and the past procedure for applicant selection when paper applications were utilized? A. When paper applications were utilized, ASN applications were processed first, and then after the ASN applicants were offered admission, all applicants who applied to ASN and PN were then added to the PN pool of applicants. As a result, many who only applied to PN were not offered admission because often higher scoring applicants from the ASN/PN pool were admitted instead. With the online application system, PN and ASN applicants are selected at the same time. Q. Why do students have to “accept” their admission to the nursing programs twice? A. The first request for acknowledgement of acceptance into the nursing program is through the statewide selection process with a system generated email. Applicants have 7 days from the date of auto selection to accept their invitation. The next form of communication will be from the region where the student was offered a seat. The regional message may request a confirmation of acceptance along with more specific information from the region. If students do not respond to the deadlines contained in the email from the region, it may appear as though they are declining their seat. Students can speak with the regional chair or dean of nursing if they have issues completing requirements for the nursing program as requested. Please review the Nursing Booklet for more information. Q. What happens if a student selects more than one campus on their online nursing application? A. When auto-selection begins, if the student has enough points to be selected in the first round, they will receive an offer from their first choice. If not, they will potentially receive an offer for their second choice in the first or second round as identified in the table below. Please review the Nursing Booklet for more information.
Auto Selection Time Frame Process System Actions: System Action if no seats available If selected through auto-selection Round 2 Begins seven (7) days following the launch of Round 1 Auto- Selection Auto- selection continues based on campus rankings by applicant and available seats. Begins seven (7) days following the launch of Round 1 Auto- Selection). Round 2 will repeat same steps as above with the applicants who’ve been placed in the pool for this round. Students are auto-selected based on their campus rankings and available seats. Round 2 will repeat steps with the applicants who’ve been placed in the pool for this round. Round 2 will include: Applicants not auto- selected in Round 1, Applicants who declined offers for admission in Round 1, and applicants who did not respond to offers for admission within the seven (7) day time period following Round 1. If no match found, the application is placed back in the pool for round 3. Applicants will have seven (7) days following the launch of each Auto- Selection round to either “accept” or “decline” any admission offers. If the applicant does not accept the offer OR they decline the offer, their name will be included in the next Auto-Selection Round.
Auto Selection Time Frame Process System Actions: System Action if no seats available If selected through auto-selection Round 3 Begins seven (7) days following the launch of Round 2 Auto- Selection Auto- selection continues based on campus rankings by applicant and available seats. Begins seven (7) days following the launch of Round 2 Auto- Selection). Round 3 will repeat same steps with the applicants who’ve been placed in the pool for this round. Students are auto- selected based on their campus rankings and available seats. Round 3 will include: Applicants not auto- selected in Round 2, applicants who declined offers for admission in Round 2, applicants who did not respond to offers for admission within the seven (7) day time period following Round 2. System generates email. messages sent to student if not accepted in round 3 identifying that they will go on to manual selection in the 4th round. Students are told in these email messages what to do if not selected during the manual selection phase (Round 4). Applicants will have seven (7) days following the launch of each Auto- Selection round to either “accept” or “decline” any admission offers. If the applicant does not accept the offer OR they decline the offer, their name will be included in the Manual Selection Round.
