Welcome to the application for the Generic RN Program at Evergreen Valley College! 

This application is for out 2-year Associate's Degree in Nursing program.  Applicants will be considered either Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 placement in the EVC Nursing program. In addition, we will select a group of "Alternates" which will be guaranteed placement for Fall 2026, with the possibility of moving to an earlier start date, contingent upon space availability.

Please read the following instructions carefully. Any applications that are incomplete, inaccurate, or are missing required attachments will be automatically disqualified.

This application will be open from January 15th through the end of February. Your application must be completed within this window of time in order to be considered for placement in the EVC Nursing program. Please apply using the EVC Nursing application only one time. Once you begin working on your application, you can save it prior to submitting and return to the application at a later time. However, once your application is submitted, you will no longer be able to modify the application. Please ensure that all required documents are uploaded before the application is submitted. 

The application is free of cost. 

In order to apply to the EVC Nursing program you must have a EVC student ID. If you do not already have a student ID, you can apply to EVC (the college, not the EVC Nursing program) using the link below. It takes about 5 minutes to apply to EVC and you will receive a student ID number via email within 48 hours of applying.

LINK: Apply to EVC (if you haven't already)

Document Submission Requirements

• Unofficial transcripts: all applicants must upload copies of their unofficial transcripts to the online application.  
• Unofficial ATI TEAS report: all applicants must upload a copy of your unofficial ATI TEAS report to the online application. (You can generate an unofficial report on the ATI website.)
• Official transcripts: all applicants must send official transcripts to the EVC Nursing office for all coursework except for coursework completed at either Evergreen Valley College or San Jose City College (you still need to upload the unofficial transcripts for EVC and/or SJCC on the application). You do not need to submit official transcripts for coursework at those two colleges; your unofficial EVC and/or SJCC transcripts will suffice.  Official transcripts are required for coursework from all other colleges.
  • YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS DURING THE JANUARY 15th TO THE END OF FEBRUARY WINDOW. Any transcripts submitted outside of this application window will not be processed and can lead to an incomplete application.
  • If you are claiming points on the multicriteria scoring rubric for completion of Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Oral Communications, Math (Statistics), Pharmacology or Pathophysiology, you need to submit transcripts that show the completion of that coursework as well. Otherwise, you will not be credited for completion of those courses.

  • Options for sending official transcripts

    • E-transcripts: Official e-transcripts must be sent to evcnursing@evc.edu - DO NOT SEND TRANSCRIPTS TO ADMISSIONS & RECORDS, we will not receive them. In order for e-transcripts to count as official, they must be directly from the college or third-party transcript service (e.g. Parchment) to the evcnursing@evc.edu email address. If you request an official transcript to your own email address and then send email the Nursing office a copy, your transcript will not count as official. 

    • Paper drop off: You may also drop off official paper transcripts to the EVC Nursing Office. Paper transcripts must be unopened in order to count as official transcripts. The EVC Nursing office will be located at Acacia AE-131 until January 24th, when the EVC Nursing office will move to Sequoia SQ-203. See the EVC map.  

    • Mail: Transcripts must be received by during the application period. Send to:
          Evergreen Valley College Nursing
          Attn: Austin Hunter
          3095 Yerba Buena Road
          San Jose, CA  95135
      DO NOT SEND TRANSCRIPTS TO ADMISSIONS & RECORDS, we will not receive them.
      Paper transcripts must be unopened in order to count as official transcripts.

  • Please note that EVC Nursing is not accountable for any mailed transcripts or e-transcripts that fail to be delivered or fail to be delivered on-time.

Course Equivalency Determination

Coursework that is intended to fulfill prerequisite requirements or that is intended to earn multicriteria points on the Nursing application needs to be verified for course equivalency. If the equivalency of your prerequisite coursework cannot be verified, your application will be declined and if the equivalency of your multicriteria-point-earning coursework cannot be verified, you will not earn the multicriteria points. To learn how to verify your coursework for equivalency (if you haven't already), visit the page linked below and click on the "Nursing Application Requirements" tab and read the section "Important Course Equivalency Instructions."

LINK: Course Equivalency Determination

Note: The EVC nursing program will not accept international prerequisite coursework. 

Note: Due to the impact of COVID-19 and the transition to a virtual campus, the EVC Nursing program will accept pre-requisite science courses taken fully-online from Spring 2020 through Summer 2022 semesters for this application cycle. We will accept hybrid online-in-person science coursework taken Fall 2022 or later if  the lab portions of the coursework were done in-person and the course has been verified for equivalency.

Multi-Criteria Scoring Rubric

Your application will be evaluated on the basis of our Multi-Criteria Scoring Rubric, which you can view on the page linked below, under the "Multicriteria" tab. 

LINK: Multi-Criteria Scoring Rubric

If there are more qualified applicants than spaces available, selection will be as follows:

• The program will select applicants with the highest point value
• If the number of highest point values is tied and exceeds spaces available, the program will randomly select applicants from the highest point values.

Please note that if you are claiming points for any multicriteria items on your application, you will need to upload the required documentation (this is explained on the rubric) in order to earn the points. 

Application Workflow

• Applicant will submit application online 
• Applicant will receive an automated email indicating the application was received (please do not ask us if your application was received.)
• Applicant will order official academic transcripts to be sent to the EVC Nursing department 
• The EVC Nursing program will notify prospective students via email with acceptance or declination letters.

How to start the application process

• First-time applicants: you will need to register with SMApply by clicking the green "register" box at the top-right corner of this screen.
• Returning applicants: use your previously-registered login credentials.

If you have any questions about the registration process on SMApply, see the below help page.

LINK: help page

Thank you for your interest in the EVC Nursing program and good luck!