Welcome to Academic Advising Tutorial Open College Nursing

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Welcome to Academic Advising Tutorial--Open
College Nursing

• Middlesex County College
• Academic Advising Center
• Chambers Hall 109
• 732.906.2596
• advising_at_middlesexcc.edu

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Overview

• Students interested in Open College Nursing have
  grown in great numbers over the last several
  years.
• Because of the growth of this major, several
  faculty members find themselves as OCNUR
  advisors. Hopefully, this tutorial will provide
  assistance in your advising.
• This is a very competitive program with a limited
  number of seats for many, many applicants. For
  example, there were over 850 applicants for 70
  seats in Fall 2007.

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OCNUR and Financial Aid

• Students in OCNUR who are interested in obtaining
  financial aid need to choose or hide behind
  another major. Federal standards do not permit
  students enrolled in any type of OC program to
  receive financial aid. This other major also
  works as fall-back position in the event they
  are not accepted into the program. Therefore,
  advisors who have OCNUR as an advising field may
  find their advisee(s) enrolled in a different
  major in the SASM screen of Colleague.
• Many students have decided to change their majors
  to LAGEN while still following the requirements
  of Open College Nursing.

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Requirements I

• Open College Nursing students must have completed
  any developmental RDG, ENG, MAT courses indicated
  by the College Placement Test.
• Open College Nursing students must also have
  earned at least a C in high school lab biology
  and high school lab chemistry.
• Students without these lab science grades must
  complete BIO 010 and/or CHM 01O with a grade of
  C or better.
• These requirements must be completed prior to the
  Spring semester of the year for which they are
  applying for Fall admission.

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Requirements II

• Students who have successfully completed the
  previous requirements must apply for the Nursing
  program no later than January 15 for the Fall
  semester.
• Students must also take the competitive admission
  test offered several times in December and
  January.
• Students will receive news (Admitted, Denied
  Admission, Waiting List) in mid-April.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent
  residents who have been permanently domiciled in
  the state of New Jersey for at least one year
  prior to the start of classes.

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How to Find the Exact Biology and Chemistry Lab
Grade for your OCNUR advisee

• Colleague has the NCWS screen which allows the
  advisor to determine if the BIO and/or CHM 010 is
  higher than a C.
• The following link will take you to a page in the
  Advisors Manual which will help you interpret
  the NCWS screen in Colleague (Look at the 4th
  link).
• Finding the exact High School lab science
  grades
• Students with a grade of C in either high
  school lab biology or chemistry should consider
  taking the BIO 010 and/or CHM 010 to improve
  their chances.

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Required Social Science and Humanities Courses

• The new partnership with the Raritan Bay
  Medical Center requires the following social
  science and humanities courses
• PSY 123
• PSY 232
• SPE 121
• COM 115