Admission to the Nursing Program is a separate process from admission to Lamar Community College. To apply to the Nursing Program, you must first be complete the LCC Admissions application and be accepted. You can apply to Lamar online or by completing a paper application and returning it to the Admissions Office.
After submitting your application to Lamar Community College, we ask for you to fill out our nursing program application. This helps us get in contact with you and get you on the right track towards admission into the LCC Nursing Program.
Nursing Program Application
You must complete the prerequisite coursework as listed on the A.A.S. Nursing Degree Plan. Acceptance into the Nursing Program is contingent upon attaining a minimum GPA of 2.5 or above on all prerequisite course work, with preference given to those students whose science GPA is 2.75 or higher.
LCC Offers admission based on the Kaplan Admission Assessment Exam. The Kaplan Admission Assessment Exam consists of four sections which are Reading, Math, Writing, and Science, with a total of 91 questions.
To be eligible for admission into the LCC Nursing Program, applicant must score the following:
The Kaplan Admission Exam – 63 cumulative score but giving preference to students that score a 65 cumulative score or higher.
The exam may be taken before you have completed the prerequisite courses. Applicants may take the exam two times, with 30 days at least between each try.
Students will be required to pay appropriate fees to the LCC Cashier in Student Services for the Kaplan Admission Assessment Exam.
Apply for Kaplan Admission Exam
Kaplan Admissions Test Flyer
Prior to participation in nursing clinical courses, students must provide to the Nursing and CTE Coordinator documentation of the following:
- Yearly flu vaccine. All students are to receive the flu vaccine when it becomes available and no later than November 1st of each year.
- TB test (PPD), QuantiFERON Gold TB Test, or Chest X-ray. (Test must be negative. TB test or QuantiFERON Gold TB Test is required to be done 90 days of the first day of class regardless if previous TB test or QuantiFERON Gold TB Test is still current.)
- Two doses of MMR Vaccine or titer.
- Two doses of Varicella or titer.
- Three doses of Hep B or titer.
- Td, Tdap, or Tetanus
- COVID Initial Series
- BLS American Heart Association Health Care Provider CPR Card (must maintain a current CPR card throughout the program. If your AHA BLS CPR is set to expire in the middle of the school year, required to take the CPR class offered on campus beginning of Fall semester.)
- Health insurance card or some other proof of having health insurance.
- Current driver’s license or government issued ID.
- Current emergency contact information
- Confirmation that you have ordered and paid for your Criminal Background Check and Drug Screen. Please go to http://www.castlebranch.com
- Random Urine Drug Screen (results must be negative). A dilute drug screen result is considered a positive result (administered randomly on campus).
- Laptop computer with Internet capabilities.
* If you have history of the Chicken Pox, Mumps or Measles, you will still need to do a titer lab to prove this.
