New competitive entry for SSCC’s nursing program
Applications available online beginning Aug. 1, 2010
Good news for
those interested in Southern State Community College’s associate
degree nursing program – the wait list is gone. Beginning with
the spring 2011 class, the college will use a competitive-entry
format for all applicants.
In the past,
if applicants met all entry requirements to the college’s
associate degree nursing program, they were placed on a waiting
list and admitted to the program according to their wait-list
number. For the upcoming round of applications, however, the
highest-scoring applicants will be admitted to the program.
“The
competitive entry process was designed to select the most highly
prepared applicants to enter the nursing program,” said Dr.
Julianne Krebs, director of nursing at Southern State. “Other
nursing programs have seen a higher rate of completion when
similar entry processes are utilized.
“The
applicants must complete pre-requisite courses and achieve the
required minimum standards before they submit an application to
the nursing program,” she said.
Application
dates to remember are as follows:
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Spring
Quarter 2011 on Central Campus: Applications will be
available online Aug. 1, 2010; application deadline is Sept.
30, 2010; acceptance/denial letters will be mailed on or
before Oct. 31, 2010.
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Fall
Quarter 2011 on Central Campus: Applications will be
available online Feb. 1, 2011; application deadline is March
30, 2011; acceptance/denial letters will be mailed on or
before April 30, 2011.
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Fall
Quarter 2011 on South Campus: Applications will be available
online Feb. 1, 2011; application deadline is March 30, 2011;
acceptance/denial letters will be mailed on or before April
30, 2011.
To learn more
about Southern State’s nursing programs, please call Dr. Krebs
at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 2641, email
jkrebs@sscc.edu, or visit
www.sscc.edu/Academics/degrees/nursing.htm.
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