Pellissippi State Community College Acceptance Rate, GPA, and Admission Requirements

TN Promise is a last-dollar scholarship that requires application during your senior year of high school, completion of required community service hours every semester, and attendance at mandatory mentor meetings - missing the senior-year application deadline forfeits eligibility for this specific program entirely (returning adults instead use the separate TN Reconnect scholarship). Apply during senior year even if you're undecided about Pellissippi specifically, since the deadline doesn't wait for your final college decision.

Pellissippi's Nursing department explicitly states it 'will not accept personal copies of the score sheet' for the HESI exam - scores must come directly from Elsevier, and if you test off-campus, that transmission 'can take several weeks.' If you're not testing at a Pellissippi testing center, request the official score send the same day you test, building several weeks of buffer into your application timeline rather than assuming a quick turnaround.

All science prerequisite courses for the Nursing program must have been completed within 5 years of the program's start date with a grade of 'C' or better - meaning early gen-ed planning can backfire if you complete biology or chemistry too far ahead of your actual nursing application. Sequence your science prerequisites to land within that 5-year window relative to your intended start term, not just 'as early as possible.'

Pellissippi offers two distinct full-time Nursing pathways: a traditional entry-level track and a separate bridge pathway specifically for current LPNs and paramedics. If you already hold one of these credentials, apply through the bridge pathway rather than the traditional track - it's structured to recognize your existing clinical experience rather than starting you over from scratch.