Nursing Program Admission

The Generic Track serves the education needs of students who want to become nurses but who have no prior medical or healthcare education background. The generic track nursing course work is planned to be completed in a four-semester time frame after degree prerequisites are completed. A student entering this track has three years from initial enrollment date to complete degree requirements.    

Degree curriculum plan: Nursing: Generic, A.A.S.

Generic Degree Plan Fall 2015 | pdf

The Career Mobility Track serves the education needs of students with prior education and work experience in the medical field who wish to become registered nurses. The Mobility Track requires a one-year time frame, to include three (3) consecutive semesters. Theory course work is done on-line, however, all clinical labs are supervised by nursing faculty in local healthcare facilities. Students admitted to the Kerrville campus have both course work and clinical laboratory work provided in that area unless some optimum learning experiences can only be provided through the San Antonio campus or San Antonio clinical facilities.

The Career Mobility Track offers a nursing study option for

1. Licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) or licensed practical nurses (LPNs) with a current Texas nurse license and a practice record in good-standing with the Texas Board of Nursing; or
2. Military service members and U.S. military veterans who completed training within the last ten years as Army Combats Medics, Navy Corpsmen, or Air Force Medics.   

Degree curriculum plan: Nursing: Career Mobility - LVN to RN, A.A.S. / Military to RN, A.A.S. 

Career Mobility Plan Fall 2015 | pdf

Apply & Enroll in San Antonio College

All applicants for nursing studies MUST be fully enrolled in San Antonio College. Submit your application through the Apply Texas website and verify that you are applying for the semester that you will be entering.

www.applytexas.org

Step-by-step information on the enrollment process can be found in Admissions & Aid / How to Apply.

PLEASE NOTE: Individuals need to be 18 years or older to apply for the Nursing Program.

Apply to the Nursing Program

Applicants need to complete and submit an online application to the SAC Nursing Program using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.

 Nursing Program Application 

Once submitted, an email confirmation will be sent to the email address you provide on the Nursing Application. Please read through the email for additional information.

Please Note: All additional documentation including transcripts and TEAS scores can be scanned and submitted with the application under “Upload Transcript.” Name/identify the document by using the “College/University” area. Once the application is closed, you can not update your application.

Application process takes 1 to 1 1/2 months after the closing of the application period. Initially, notification letters will be sent to the personal email address provided on the Nursing application. All subsequent emails will be sent to ACES email address (@student.alamo.edu). It is the responsibility of the applicant to maintain appropriate contact information at all times.

Only applications that are complete will be reviewed for conditional acceptance. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Submitting incomplete, misleading, or fabricated information on the student admission application or any admission document is reason for dismissal of the student from the nursing program at the time the breach is discovered. Students are strongly encouraged to retain original copies of all documents submitted as part of the application packet.

Mandatory Requirements

Download and Review the Multicriteria Admission Worksheet | pdf, October  2019

Mandatory Courses & GPA:

Once admitted to SAC, the three degree-requirement courses* essential for admission are:

BIOL 2401
BIOL 2402
BIOL 2420 or 2421

Science GPA must be a 2.8 to be considered.

Please note that on the Multicriteria Admission Worksheet the Multicriteria score is the 1st score and the Science GPA is the 2nd score considered for conditional acceptance.

*These courses must be completed prior to applying to the SAC Nursing program. If completed at other colleges or universities, courses must be transferred to San Antonio College and posted to the student's academic record by the Office of Admissions & Records. NOTE: If these courses are being transferred to SAC, they cannot be more than 5 yrs. old. Allow up to six weeks for the processing of transfer credit. Having all course work posted to the applicant record will allow nursing program admissions officials to access course grades for the consideration of the applicant.

PLEASE NOTE: Lack of grades for required course work means the applicant will not be considered for admission. It is the applicant's responsibility to make certain all transcripts reflecting degree-requirement courses are evident in the admissions record.

Applicants to the Career Mobility Track (LVN to RN, Military to RN)

• You will also need to provide evidence of current Texas vocational nurse licensure or certification of medical military specialties.
• Military mobility applicants must provide a DD 214 form, a Joint Service transcript and/or performance reports indicating completion of programs for Army Combat Medics, Navy Corpsmen, or Air Force Medics within the last ten (10) years. In addition, official documents which validate clinical experiences in military medical-technical roles advantage the applicant for consideration. 
• Completion of NLN testing. All applicants applying to the Career Mobility track are required to take the National League for Nursing (NLN) exam; NACE I: Foundation of Nursing as part of the application process. Applicants will be emailed details regarding the NLN exam when they receive a link in the confirmation email. The link provides dates and times of testing.  Instructions on how to register for the test is also included.