Raritan Valley Community College

Admissions

Admissions at Raritan Valley Community College

Programs here admit roughly 99% of applicants. Open Enrollment.

• No overall acceptance or admission rate (%) specifically for the nursing (Generic RN) program is published on official RVCC pages. However, the general college acceptance rate is approximately 98.62% for 2025, reflecting admission to the college—not the selective nursing program.
• The minimum overall college GPA required to apply to the clinical nursing portion is 2.75 or higher.
• TEAS (Test of Essential Academic Skills) is required. Applicants must meet these minimum threshold scores:
• – Overall TEAS score: at least 60%
• – English & Reading TEAS section scores: each at least 58.7%
• TEAS must be taken outside RVCC via atitesting.com, and may be taken only once every 3 months.
• Prerequisite courses for the Generic RN program:
• – BIOL‑124 (Anatomy & Physiology I) and BIOL‑125 (A&P II), both with grade C or better
• – Completion of any required developmental courses in reading and writing (including ESL)
• – Math proficiency through Elementary Algebra (MATH 020)
• – Medical Terminology for Generic RN
• – At least 6 credits completed at RVCC before applying to the clinical nursing program
• – Two grades of D, F, or W in any required science course (BIOL-124, 125, or 133) disqualify th

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Format

Schedule and format at Raritan Valley Community College

• 1. Delivery Format (online, hybrid, on‑campus)
• The RN nursing program at RVCC is delivered on‑campus, with students attending in person for lecture, lab, and clinical components; e.g., “Fall offering only” for key courses and structured weekly class/lab/clinical hours (e.g., four lecture hours, twelve clinical hours, independent lab).
• A hybrid format exists for the Nursing Seminar (NURS 015), described as combining online work and presumably in‑person components.
• 2. Schedule flexibility: evening, weekend, multiple cohort starts
• Courses such as NURS 123 – Nursing of Adults II include lecture and clinical hours offered for day and evening students, indicating some flexibility in time of day.
• The Nursing Transition course (NURS 130 and its lab) is scheduled on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with specific times (8:30–15:00 lecture; 9:00–17:00 lab).
• There is no mention of weekend offerings or multiple cohort start options—e.g., it specifies “Fall offering only” for clinical sequences.
• 3. Asynchronous vs synchronous coursework
• No explicit details are given regarding whether nursing courses are asynchronous or synchronous. The hybrid Nursing Seminar implies online c

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