If you are accepted...

Accepted students will then attend a mandatory Nursing Orientation Meeting.
- Failure to RSVP for and/or attend this Orientation will RELINQUISH your program seat.
Accepted students will be required to complete a nationwide FBI & Ohio BCI background check.
Accepted students will be required to complete a new drug screening.
All healthcare programs require students to be compliant with the vaccination requirements of clinical sites.
- COTC does not require the COVID-19 vaccination. The vast majority of the clinical facilities COTC partners with require it, and we must adhere to their policy.
- Each facility varies in whether or not they accept exemptions, with most evaluating at the facility and informing students if their exemption is permitted.
- If you are assigned to a facility that requires the vaccine, you must comply with their requirements to fulfil your clinical component of the course. Failure to complete your course' clinical component will result in inability to complete the course successfully, and withdrawal from the program will be required.
Clinical sites and State Board testing (NCLEX) requires COTC to provide the full name for students, including full middle name. Please check your profile through myCOTC to verify what you have provided.
- If you need to make an update to your name, you can do so in myCOTC > upper left Menu button > Student Forms Repository > Personal Data Change Form. Please know a picture ID and official social security card or other equivalent will be required. Or, you can bring your ID and social security card or equivalent to any campus Gateway and our staff will assist you.
- If you do not have a middle name, please let your COTC point of contact or Academic Advisor know.
CPR is not a requirement for acceptance but is required by the time you're starting clinicals (which varies by program).
- COTC only accepts CPR certification from the American Heart Association, and it must be the BLS for Healthcare Providers certification.
- COTC offers the EMS-100 course as a means for students to fulfil this requirement. Students must register for this course with their COTC point of contact or Academic Advisor.
- If you already have the proper CPR certification, please maintain it and do not let it expire.
- Information about local classes can be obtained by calling 1-800-242-8721 or www.heart.org.

The details and more information about these final requirements will be provided during the Nursing Orientation.

If You Are Not Accepted...

You will be notified via your COTC e-mail if you were not accepted to the nursing program. Please reach out to your point of contact or Academic Advisor to discuss a backup plan, and your best next steps for moving forward.
A select few students may be notified that they were selected to be on the Alternate list for their desired program. If you are selected as an alternate for your program, then you MUST also attend the mandatory Nursing Orientation Meeting. You do not have to complete the background checks/drug screening unless you are offered a seat in your desired program, and you choose to accept it.
The Alternate Student List is not a waiting list for the nursing program, and it dissolves upon the start of the semester. If you are selected as an alternate student and you are not offered a seat in the program, then you will need to apply for the next application deadline for your desired program.
Any applicant not accepted into their desired nursing program, who plans to apply for a future application period, should check with their Academic Advisor to verify that they are either still application ready, or if any of their application requirements will expire prior to said application period. The applicant will need to meet any expired/will be expired application requirements prior to the future application deadline to which they plan to apply.