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Hello! I’m a recent high school graduate that was in the Dual Enrollment Program in HS (that did not work out well for me. My Senior year? Ass.)

I had enrolled in NOVA classes for my freshman year and had a schedule I could 100% work with, none of it interfered with extracurriculars. Then, I get a message saying that some if not all of my classes had been dropped. I checked SIS and everything was dropped due to no-payment. My financial aid is still pending, I cannot pay what I owe until I know how much I am being given and even if I do get my financial aid, most of my original scheduled classes were filled almost Immeaditaly and I cannot get them back. This would force me to take classes that interfere with conflicts.

Additional info: Originally planning to attend Alexandria NVCC campus, after all classes were dropped, started looking at the Woodbridge one and turns out, Woodbridge doesn’t have certain classes I need.

Should I just enroll in the spring?

I am taking eng 111 and 112 through dual enrollment at my high school. are these classes difficult? I have Paulina Ell as my teacher.

Do emt basic students need proof of insurance I thought it was for the second semester students who are going for their paramedic

Hey guys, I have a question.

I’m planning to take ENG 111 with EDE 11, but unfortunately there aren’t any available EDE 11 sections paired with ENG 111 that are online or on Zoom. I know classes start next week, so I’m a little late with enrollment.

I found an in-person ENG 111 + EDE 11 combination that’s still available, I searched on rate my professor..and professor has some negative reviews, 1.5/5. Should I enroll for this class? I’m not sure if I should enroll now or wait until next semester when there may be more in-person, online, or Zoom classes.

Would you recommend taking this ENG 111 + EDE 11 class in person now, or waiting until next semester for more available class options?

Thanks!

I am so frustrated. The email authentication code that they send so I can log into the NVCC portal takes forever. Sometimes it doesn’t even send a code at all so I can’t log in. Why do I need to have an authentication code everytime I try to log into the portal!!!!!!!! Does anyone know how to disable it?

Basically a week ago a walked into the bathroom and saw a guy with his pants pulled down wiping his penis with a paper towel over the waste bin. We both stared at each other. The worst part it was just as you walked in. So not in a stall or behind a wall. Anyone that even opened the door the slightest would have seen what that guy was doing, and it was in the middle of the day too. I then saw him run out the bathroom to his class that was like 5 feet away.

Like honestly wtf 😭. Pretty funny though.

Hi everyone! I’m planning to take BIO 101 online at NOVA for Fall 2026 and I’m trying to decide which professor/section to choose.  I’m currently looking at Michael Peglar (regular 15-week session) and Heidi Wangerin (12-week session), but I’d also appreciate recommendations for other professors who teach BIO 101 online. I’m especially interested in hearing from anyone who took BIO 101 online in 2025.

How difficult were the exams and quizzes? Were the exams completely online, or did you have to go to campus to take them? How does the lab work online? Do you have to go to campus for the lab? If so, how many times? Did you have to purchase a lab kit, or was it just a lab manual/materials? How much work was the class each week?

Does anyone know where we’re supposed to go our first day? Do we go to the springfield campus or are we immediately starting our clinicals at Mt Vernon?

Has anyone not gotten their scrubs for the start of nursing school? All of the sizes are sold out and I have no idea what to do...

Hi there. I’ve had a dream of becoming a rad tech for well over four years now but was unable to start the process as I was separating from the military, moving across the country, going through a divorce etc. I’m finally in a place where I feel stable and am starting to take pre-reqs for the program for this fall semester starting on Aug 24th. I unfortunately have never taken a BIO class with my previous college degree so I have to take BIO 101 before I can take A&P 1 and 2. I was reviewing all the classes I’m registered for this evening and realized there’s no way I’ll be able to get A&P 2 done by the time the application window opens in May. Because I will be taking BIO 101 this fall semester and then A&P 1 in the spring which leaves A&P 2 remaining. Am I correct in my thinking that this means I probably won’t be able to apply to the program until May 2028? I’m kinda discouraged because I wanted to apply in May 2027 but I don’t think I’ll have the last A&P requirement done by then. Yes I am going to advising next week to ask about this. But I wanted to come on here and ask as well as sometimes I feel like advising rushes me and doesn’t answer my questions thoroughly and just refers me back to the Radiography website on nova. Thank you!

hi, i'm new to nvcc and planning on taking business administration but i didn't do too well in HS so i have to take eng111 + ede11 and mth161 + mde61 along with the other classes required, but it's not letting me add them because i've reached the limit of 16 credits.

i'm not really sure what to do about this but it's worrying me since there's other required classes i have to take + i also need to take a language class for where i want to transfer.

what should i do about this? i don't entirely know how things work yet

I started off excited to be accepted into this program because I know how competitive it is and I really do want to be a nurse.

But now I'm really worried. NVCC's nursing program is coming across as severely disorganized. It feels like a car is being built up as it's being driven. With some of the deadlines and timelines, there is so little regard for the people in the program. The orientation had no real answers but a full day commitment. We couldn't bring food because it would be provided, but not enough food was available.

We just got schedules. Castlebranch still has not been updated. All of this creates unnecessary stress.

We get mandatory meetings out of the blue that probably could be emails. If this is the start of the program, what does the actual program look like? Shouldn't this be smoother? I understand that the program is rigorous and you have to be on top of things, but shouldn't it go both ways?

For years I have seen posts in this Reddit about people complaining about nursing being a bad program. Maybe it is fun for people to vent and the nursing department is run by a small group of people. But who is actually in charge of making the canvas and schedules available? It feels unfair to criticize them.

What if they purposely delay things longer as a punishment because they feel mistreated by the students so they end work early?

If someone wouldn’t say something in real life or over your school email is it still good to say online? A lot of NOVA staff still read the Reddit even if it’s mainly students using it. I’ve had classes in the past where the professors got upset from people’s reddit posts even if they don’t know who the user is.

Should people be nicer to the nursing faculty online? It comes off as if people think it is 50 people running it and they should have no excuses when it’s really more like 5 people or less running it.

I heard at other schools if someone criticizes a nursing program online they get kicked out if it is a TikTok or instagram post. Maybe Reddit is different type of site that brings out a hidden side of people’s feelings?

Like for example I heard it is meant to weed people out not from failing a drug test or background check but more on reading comprehension?

I heard too the school over accepts people just to milk them for tuition money to fund their construction program costs knowing some of the students didn’t have a good chance at graduating from the start. But I don’t know if that is true.

I barely passed my TEAS with an English reading score in the 60s and 70s after multiple tries. I barely understood castlebranch myself it felt like I was looking at a different language.

I saw a few people say on internet comments say all the step in castle branch are simple easy basic steps and different people online said the people over complaining about all the different steps having trouble usually get weeded out later on and don’t graduate and without Reddit guiding them they wouldn’t normally be able to complete it. Then I realized it felt it was true for me I needed Reddit to complete it.

If we have a hard time with castle branch is it a sign we no do well later?

I still don’t get where to do the flu shot. How long can we go without it? I heard we can just skip it.

Has anyone taken IT courses through Sophia Learning and successfully transferred them to NOVA? If so, which Sophia courses did NOVA accept, and what NOVA course/elective did they count toward? I’m specifically looking at ITD 110 and ITP 100 if anyone has experience with those.

hey!! i’m a student at NVCC (Annandale) and I made insidenvcc.com** **, a student-made social site for people on campus to meet others, make friends, find classmates, join communities, ask questions, post anonymously + just make Annandale feel a little less disconnected.
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Has anyone else who applied for Summer 2026 graduation at NOVA actually had their degree awarded yet? I finished all of my degree requirements and applied for graduation back in May, but my status still just says “Applied.” I contacted the College Records Office and received the automated confirmation/ticket, but I still haven’t gotten a response from an actual person. I just accepted a new job and will need to provide proof that I completed my degree, so the timing is pretty stressful. I understand that physical diplomas take a while and I’m not expecting that yet, I just need my degree to be officially awarded/conferred so I can verify that I graduated.

Has anyone graduating Summer 2026 had their degree show up yet? Or has anyone been able to get a degree verification letter from NOVA while the transcript system is having issues? Just trying to figure out whether this is happening to everyone right now or if I need to keep contacting College Records.