Colorado Community College Nursing Program

Application Process

1. Attend a nursing information session or contact the Nursing Program Representatives at the college you wish to attend BEFORE COMPLETING THE NURSING WAIT LIST APPLICATION ONLINE.
2. Login to the college of your choice and complete an application (First Time, Transfer, Readmit or International) online. Follow all of the college application procedures. If you have courses for transfer, follow the official transcript evaluation policies of the college you selected.
3. Retain your Login ID and PIN for future access to your application until you have submitted it. Your assigned student ID number will be the same at any Colorado Community College System college. Please do not apply to multiple nursing programs; nursing programs with openings may contact students if they indicated on the nursing wait list application that they would be willing to consider other nursing programs.
4. Once your application has been submitted, you will receive a Student ID number and your PIN will be your birth date in the form of (MMDDYY). Please update your personal information if it changes.
5. Notification of your admission status will be sent from the college you have selected.
6. Take the Accuplacer placement exam per college policy. This is to determine if you have any further prerequisites which must be taken prior to your application to a nursing program.
7. Satisfactorily complete all prerequisites.
8. All prerequisite courses must be complete, with acceptable grades and grade point average (GPA) as listed in the Nursing Program Prerequisites section, BEFORE COMPLETING THE NURSING WAIT LIST APPLICATION ONLINE.
9. Login to your College with your Student ID and PIN, click on the Student Menu link, click on the Nursing Wait List Application link in the Quick Links area and complete the Nursing Wait List Application online. Select the college which has the Nursing Program you wish to be considered for.
   
   INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHANGING NURSING PROGRAMS: Please only apply to one wait list - you cannot be on multiple program or college Nursing Wait Lists. Additional Nursing Wait List applications will not be recorded. If you wish to change to another wait list, please contact your college's Nursing Department for instructions.
10. All nursing programs require passing a FBI fingerprint check for students applying to the nursing wait list. Passing a criminal background check and drug screen will be required after acceptance in a nursing program. **Please read the list of disqualifying offenses.
    
    
    • You are required to complete the FBI fingerprint record check now to determine application eligibility. (The criminal background check and drug screening will be completed after acceptance into a nursing program.)
    • Go to www.healthcareex.com and follow the directions to select the FBI fingerprinting package (select Package 4). Follow directions from your college of choice to complete the fingerprinting process.
    • Once you are accepted into a nursing program you will receive directions from your program regarding when to initiate and complete the criminal background check and drug screening.