Advanced Placement Nursing STEPS Session

1. Associate Degree Nursing - Advanced
Placement for Licensed Practical Nurses
3 semester program.
Admission is based on Weighted Criteria.
Applications Due:
January 1st-31st for a seat in the Summer semester
class (May) on the Grand Strand campus.
May 1st – 31st for a seat in the Fall semester class
(August) on the Grand Strand Campus.
Early, Late, or Incomplete applications will not be
reviewed for admission.

2. To Apply for the ADN Advanced
Placement program you must:
1. Apply to and be accepted at HGTC, which includes paying the $30
application fee, submitting official high school and college
transcripts and submitting the “Additional Admission/Placement
Requirements Affidavit.”(The Affidavit is viewable on slide 3 and
may be printed from the “Forms” box on the Libguides page.)
2. Successfully complete all 9 Nursing prerequisite courses (viewable
in slide 4) with minimum grades of C and a GPA of 2.75. All
courses must be within the required time limits: 5 years for BIO
211 and 225 and 10 years for MAT 110 or 120.
3. Submit a copy of your current LPN license with your application to
the Admissions office on any campus.
4. Submit your completed application to the Admissions office on
any HGTC campus during the application periods of either January
1st – January 31st or May 1st – May 31st.

3. This is an
example of the
Additional
Admission
Placement
Requirement
Affidavit. The
full document
may be found in
the Forms box on
the Libguides
page. Complete
and submit the
Affidavit to the
Admissions office.
Do not complete
the Background
Check or Drug
Screen process
until after
receiving
notification of
being accepted
into your program
and receiving
instructions on
when to do so.

4. Advanced Placement Nursing Prerequisite Courses
Must have a 2.75 GPA after completing these required
prerequisite courses with C’s or higher.
ENG 101* – English Composition
ENG 102 – English Composition II
PSY 201 – General Psychology
SPC 205 – Public Speaking
Humanities – choose one humanities(ART 101, 105, 108, ENG
201,202,205,206,208,209,214,224,FRE 201,202,HIS
101,102,201,202, MUS 105, PHI 101, 110, 201, REL 103, SPA 201, 202,
THE 101)
MAT 110 or 120** – College Algebra or Probability and Statistics(10 yr.
time limit)
BIO 210 ***– Anatomy and Physiology I
BIO 211 – Anatomy and Physiology II (5 yr. time limit)
BIO 225 – Microbiology (5 yr. time limit)
*English Progression/dependent on test scores: ENG 032-ENG 100-ENG 101 – ENG 102
**Math Progression/dependent on test scores: MAT 032-MAT 101-MAT 120
MAT 032-MAT 101-MAT 102-MAT 110
***BIO 210 has a prerequisite of BIO 101, BIO 112 or CHM 110 or the required test scores:
Accuplacer: Sentence Skills – 81, Reading – 75, Algebra - 75
Compass: Reading – 85, Writing – 78, Algebra – 46
SAT: Verbal - 480, Math – 460
ACT: Reading -19, English – 19, Math-19

5. Weighted Criteria for Acceptance
The scoring criteria in the next slide is used to
determine which applicants will be accepted into the
Advanced Placement Associate Degree Nursing
program. The sixteen students with the highest number
of points are accepted during the January application
period to begin the Summer semester (May) on the
Grand Strand campus and sixteen students are
accepted during the May application period to begin
the following Fall semester(August) on the Grand
Strand Campus.
There is no standard number of points needed.
Acceptance depends on your points vs. the points of
the other applicants at that time. Therefore,
admissible points may change each review period.
Acceptance into the Advanced Placement ADN program
is limited and competitive. There is no guarantee of
acceptance. Your grades are very important. Even
though the minimum GPA requirement is 2.75 you
should strive to achieve a higher GPA.

6. Completed 9 Nursing core courses GPA Points
Earned
3.88-4.00 GPA 10
3.76-3.87 GPA 9
3.63-3.75 GPA 8
3.51-3.62 GPA 7
3.38-3.5 GPA 6
3.26-3.37 GPA 5
3.13-3.25 GPA 4
3.01-3.12 GPA 3
2.88-3.0 GPA 2
2.75-2.87 GPA 1
Completed at least 8 credit hours of the 9
Nursing core courses (BIO210, BIO211,
BIO225, ENG101, ENG102,
MAT110/120, PSY201, SPC205, and
Humanities) from HGTC or CCU
2
Horry or Georgetown County Resident
(as established by the College)
1
Total Points
Advanced Placement Nursing Weighted
Criteria for Acceptance

7. The following requirements must be completed AFTER initial
acceptance into the program.
The college will provide you with the instructions about when and how
to complete these requirements if you are notified of acceptance.
Please plan ahead to cover the costs of these items. Failure to
complete these requirements within the designated time frame will
prohibit your progression into the program.
• Submit $500.00 deposit to reserve your seat. This is an out of pocket expense – not
covered by financial aid.
• Pass Certified Background Check and Drug Screening – cost to you is $112.00. The return
of an unfavorable CBS and/or UDS may result in a student being removed from the
desired program. Clinical sites/facilities determine applicant’s eligibility to participate in
clinical studies based on their policies. If you complete the background check before
being instructed to do so you will have to redo it and pay the $112 again. The
Background Check, drug screening, and payment of $112 will be required each semester
while in the program.
• Complete a Health Physical and submit proof of required immunizations. (Physical cost is
your responsibility so plan ahead financially.)
• Show proof of current Health Care Providers CPR. You may take a class through HGTC’s
Workforce Development Department. Register at www.hgtc.edu/jobtraining. This course
costs approximately $69. You will also purchase a book and a mask.

8. Other expenses for which you are responsible may include,
but are not limited to, the items listed here. Costs are
approximate and may vary slightly.

9. Associate Degree Nursing Advanced Placement is a 3 semester program which
begins in the Summer (May) and Fall (August) on the Grand Strand Campus.
Classes and clinicals associated with this program are during the day. Once
accepted you will attend year round, including summer. Please plan ahead
financially as you may not receive financial aid for the summer.
Clinicals will vary by semester but may require 1-2 days a week. Students may
have to travel up to a 50 mile radius to fulfill clinical requirements.
Completion of your Associate in Science with Health Science Emphasis is
recommended if planning to obtain a BSN at CCU. MAT 120, PSY 203, and AHS
108, along with the other prereqs you are taking at HGTC, are required to
obtain a BSN at CCU. For more info about Coastal Carolina’s Nursing program go
to http://www.coastal.edu/healthsciences/nursing/
FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER
NUR 150 Chronic Health Problems NUR 161 Basic Concepts in Pharmacology
NUR 162 Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing NUR 220 Family-Centered Nursing
NUR 201 Nursing Transition Humanities
THIRD SEMESTER
NUR 217 Trends & Issues in Nursing
NUR 221 Advanced Nursing Concepts

10. Thank you for completing the Advanced
Placement Nursing STEPS session.
HGTC reserves the right to change the program
admission requirements at any time. You will
be required to adhere to any changes made at
the time you submit your application.
Please review and submit the checklist, below
the STEPS session on the Libguides page, to
receive credit for viewing this required
session.
Please include your H number (Student ID
number) when submitting the checklist.