Steps to Applying to the TWU Pre-Licensure BS in Nursing Program

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Steps to Applying to the TWU Pre-Licensure BS in Nursing Program

IMPORTANT!

You must be a valid TWU student to apply to our nursing program. You do not have to be currently

enrolled, but you do need to be eligible to enroll. Do not submit a NursingCAS application yet if you:

1. Have never completed an application to Texas Woman’s University through

www.ApplyTexas.org

2. Have applied to TWU, but not yet received admission notification;

3. Applied to begin TWU over a year ago, but never enrolled in coursework;

4. Were a TWU student, but have not been enrolled in TWU coursework in over a year.

5. Are admitted to TWU, but under non-degree or graduate student status.

If you are not a current TWU student, you need to apply to TWU before submitting an application to

TWU through NursingCAS. Go to

www.ApplyTexas.org

and apply as an UNDERGRADUATE

TRANSFER, DEGREE-SEEKING STUDENT with the major “Nursing-Entry.”

MAKE SURE ALL ADMISSION DOCUMENTS ARE RECEIVED AT LEAST 4 WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF THE

TWU NURSING DEADLINE TO ENSURE ADEQUATE PROCESSING TIME. Plan ahead, or wait until the

following semester to apply to nursing.

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Go to

www.NursingCAS.org

, and click on “Apply Now”

Then click on “Create an Account”

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Enter your contact information, create a username and password, and agree to the terms.

The next thing it should do is ask you to select the program to which you want to apply.

The email address you use when creating your account will be the email address to which copies of NursingCAS notifications will be sent. This includes admission decision notifications. Make sure NursingCAS is on your “safe senders” list, so that it’s not marked as spam.

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The Dashboard (main application screen):

Don’t pick this one. This program is only for licensed nurses!!

This is an important section! Contact from TWU or CAS appears here! (Including acceptance notifications.)

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Tips for completing the 4 main sections…

Click on each of these to fill out required information. Specific info

about certain sections shown on next pages.

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Within the “Release Statement” Section:

Within “Biographic Information”

Click “Yes” here if you’ve ever gone by another name. TEAS scores are often not

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Yes, you have to enter your high school, but NO transcripts are required.

TWU College of Nursing NO LONGER requires that you list all courses in which you ever enrolled in NursingCAS (the Transcript Entry section) or that you send official transcripts to NursingCAS.

You do still have to list your colleges attended, though. Note –No transcripts to CAS means your NursingCAS application

will never be “Verified” by NursingCAS, but that’s OKAY. Please make sure TWU has updated official transcripts of any

non-TWU coursework you’ve completed.

Choose “No” if you will not earn a degree before beginning nursing. Choose “My degree is in progress” if you expect to earn a degree BEFORE

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Within “Diploma in Nursing”

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This section is for references, achievements, experiences, licensure and certifications. The TWU Pre-Licensure BS in Nursing program does NOT require these for application. Further, adding information here will not increase your

chances of getting in to the program. TWU will not be looking at information/materials submitted here. Just

click on “I Am Not Adding Any…” for each of the 4 sections. (Unless you need to submit such information for

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Clicking on TWU will bring you to our program’s Home tab (as shown on the following page). The Home tab

gives an overview of TWU’s program and links to relevant advising materials. Most of you will know this the

information presented on the home tab already. However, if you have never been advised about TWU’s

program requirements, please read the relevant information packet linked on that home page and/or

schedule to talk with a TWU nursing advisor. Too many applicants tell us that they were unaware of a

requirement (not having the nursing core completed, not having passing TEAS scores, etc.) after we tell them

that they are ineligible for consideration because of that requirement .

This section will list all programs you have selected to apply to. If you are just applying to TWU, then it should look like the above. If you’ve selected multiple

schools, you’ll have them all listed as click-able options.

The Program Materials section will vary depending upon the program to which you’ve applied and the admission cycle. The

other 3 sections are common to all programs and application cycles, and the information in those 3 sections remains as

part of your account. Program Materials will have to be completed separately for

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Top of the TWU NursingCAS Home tab:

Bottom of the TWU NursingCAS Home tab:

Information Packets

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There are many TWU-specific questions to be found by clicking on the Questions tab.

Please verify that you’ve listed the correct

ID with no errors!

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“Program Designations” are different programs through which guaranteed admission may be granted. Make

certain to answer correctly. TWU will VERIFY all answers of

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It is okay if you’ve submitted your CAS application to another nursing program already and, because of that, are unable to go back to add your SSN.

Just select the first option here.

We prefer that you wait until AFTER you’ve taken the TEAS to submit your application. However, if you apply before you take

it, we will put your application on hold until the deadline.

Clinical Course Requirements are NOT

things you need to have done in order to apply. These must be done before beginning

your 1st semester of nursing. If admitted, we will provide more

information.

However, if you have a “colorful” past (even if charges were dropped) and something could appear on a background check,

you should go ahead and start the declaratory order process with the Board of Nursing ASAP, as listed above. Some issues

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When done with the Program Materials section, you can go back to the dashboard by clicking on “My

Application.” Alternately, if you think you have answered everything, you can click on the “Submit

Applications” tab. The number indicated on that tab will show you the number of program applications that

you have ready to submit. If you click there, you can see a progress bar for each program to which you’ve

applied. (You can also remove programs from your NursingCAS account by going to this tab, too.)

If the tab still shows “0” or the number of applications ready to

submit is less than you expect, you can see exactly what is still remaining by hovering your cursor over the button that looks

like this:

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If the progress bar is completely green with a check mark, click on the blue “Pay and Submit this Program” button, which will take you to the

screen below.

Application fee is made to NursingCAS (Liaison International) and can only be paid with a credit or

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After you submit your application:

Remember to check your Notifications regularly, in case the copy sent to your email was marked as “spam” by your email provider! (Yes, unfortunately, it happens.)

Admittedly, this tab is very confusing now that TWU does not require transcripts be submitted to

NursingCAS. As you can see in the screenshot on the next page, it still shows that CAS is awaiting

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And lastly, remember that NursingCAS has a very thorough Instructions/FAQ and a large staff of people who

can help you fill out the application. Just click on the “?” shown here.

Do not let these worry you. TWU does not require that you send transcripts to NursingCAS. We still get your application as long as it says “Received.” (We are working to see if they can change the

way this screen looks.)