Generic RN Program

In order to be eligible to apply to the EVC Nursing program all applicants must:

1. Complete the following biology prerequisites (or equivalent with lab component), with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above:

Please note that to the impact of COVID-19 and the sudden transition to a virtual campus, the EVC Nursing program will accept prerequisite science courses taken online during from Spring 2020 to Summer 2022.

And please note the EVC Nursing program will not accept international prerequisite coursework. All science prerequisites must be completed at regionally accredited institutions. 

2. Complete the below English requirement (or equivalent) with a grade of  'C' or better:

If you upload transcripts showing conferral of a Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university, you will be credited for the English 1A requirement.

Policy on repeated prerequisite coursework: applicants who have repeated a prerequisite course and have received multiple letter grades for the course (or its equivalents) will only have the most recently-awarded grade considered. For example, if an applicant took Human Anatomy in Spring 2020 and received a ‘C’ grade and then took Human Anatomy again in Fall 2022 and received an ‘A’ grade, EVC Nursing will consider the applicant as having a ‘A’ grade for Human Anatomy. (This new policy replaces the old repeated prerequisite coursework policy, which stated that EVC Nursing would average the two grades unless the transcript indicated grade forgiveness.)

Applicants to the EVC Nursing program must upload unofficial copies of their transcripts showing completion of prerequisite coursework to the Nursing application and send official transcripts (electronic or paper) to the Nursing Department. 

3. Pass the Test for Essential Academic Skills [TEAS] Version 7 exam with a score of 62% or higher. 

EVC Nursing will only accept the first passing score on the TEAS. 

See atitesting.com/teas to get more information on the TEAS, to obtain study materials or sign up for an exam date. 

Applicants to the EVC Nursing program will need to upload unofficial TEAS score reports on the Nursing application during the application window. Students admitted to the EVC Nursing program will be asked to submit an official TEAS transcript after they are conditionally accepted. For more information, see the "Transcript Submission" tab below. 

Before you apply to the EVC Nursing program, you need to verify that the coursework that you have completed will satisfy our course prerequisite requirements. If your coursework is not verified for prerequisite equivalency, you will not be credited for completing the prerequisite requirements. How to verify the equivalency of your coursework is outlined below.

If you took the courses specified above at EVC or SJCC your courses satisfy the prerequisite requirement. No action is required. 

If you took your prerequisite coursework at any other California community college check the Course Equivalency Chart for your college and the courses you took. If your community college is listed on the chart and the courses that you took are identified as equivalents of the Nursing prerequisites then your coursework satisfies the prerequisite requirements.

If you completed prerequisite coursework at a university or at a community college not found on the Course Equivalency Chart then you will need to:

(1) Gather up the course descriptions and syllabi from the courses that need to be verified for equivalency.

(2) Fill out a Course Substitution petition for each course that needs to have it’s equivalency to EVC prerequisites verified.

(3) Email the filled-out course substitution form(s) along with the course description and syllabus for each course to our Nursing Counselor William Sapigao at William.Sapigao@evc.edu. William will forward those material to EVC faculty and they will review your coursework for equivalency.

(4) If your course substitution is approved, upload it to your application when you apply in October along with your transcripts.

Please note that all of the above applies not only to course prerequisites but also to courses that you can gain multicriteria points for on your application. For psychology, developmental psychology, oral communications and statistics, check the Course Equivalency chart. For pharmacology and pathophysiology consult the Pharmacology and Pathophysiology Equivalency chart.

Please make sure that you have your prerequisite course equivalencies verified well before the October 31^st application deadline, as the process is likely to take a few weeks at minimum.

The Multicriteria Scoring Rubric is used to evaluate applicants to the EVC Nursing programs. Applicants are selected on the basis of their Multicriteria scores. Before applying, consult the Multicritera Scoring Rubric to determine what areas you are eligible for earning points for on your application and upload the required documentation on your application in October. 

Maximum Points that can be acquired:      105

ONLY COMPLETED APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED.  A COMPLETED APPLICATION INCLUDES THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS INDICATED BELOW.

The below courses comprise the EVC Nursing program curriculum. These are not prerequisite courses; they are the courses that admitted applicants complete while attending the EVC Nursing program. 

For information on the additional non-Nursing coursework required for the ADN, please consult the "Graduation Requirements" section of the Nursing Catalog.

The EVC Nursing program accepts transcripts during application window only (See the top of this page for the application window dates). Please do not submit transcripts at any other time. Any transcripts submitted outside of this application window will not be processed and can lead to an incomplete application.

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  • Students are required to submit ALL transcripts from all colleges where Anatomy, Physiology, Microbiology and English 1A were taken.  Even if you took these classes more than once, ALL of the transcripts must be submitted.
  • All transcripts must be official transcripts the only exception to this is if the classes are from EVC and SJCC you may submit unofficial transcripts.

Options for sending official transcripts:

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  • Drop off: at EVC Nursing Office Sequoia building (room, S-207) during business hours.
  • E-transcripts: Official e-transcripts must be sent to evcnursing@evc.edu - DO NOT SEND TO ADMISSIONS
  • Mail: must be postmarked no later than 10/31. Send to: Evergreen Nursing – Attention: Austin Hunter, 3095 Yerba Buena Road, San Jose, CA  95135 DO NOT SEND TO ADMISSIONS).
  • EVC Nursing is not accountable for any mailed transcripts or e-transcripts that failed to be successfully submitted to the nursing office on-time (ex. transcripts lost in mail or transcripts failed to be submitted by your institution on-time).