Your Next Steps

Access and Set up your network account
Upload a photo for your student ID
Sign up for Summer Orientation

Complete your course planning guide
Complete the directed self-placement for writing
Submit your final high school transcript (when available)

Complete your housing application
Submit your J Term Scholarship application (more details here) due June 27

Submit your health forms (these forms are due 7/15)
Submit the insurance election form
Complete the sexual assault prevention training
Complete the AlcoholEDU for College training

Set up an authorized user on Nelnet
Complete the financial responsibility form
Complete your loan authorization form
Complete your master promissory note
Complete your loan entrance counseling

Parking: first-year students may have cars on campus. Additional information will be available this summer.

Athletes: NCAA athletes have additional requirements. Your coach will reach out to you directly this summer with more information.

Nurses: Nursing majors have additional requirements. The Nursing department will reach out to you directly this summer with more information.

Accessibility needs: if you would like to obtain an individualized academic adjustment or modification due to a learning, physical, medical and/or psychological disability, please contact our AccessAbility staff.

This is required by our clinical affiliates. No substitutes are accepted. To fulfill this requirement, please create an account with CastleBranch. Here’s how to set up your account and enable your background check:

1. 1. Log in to https://portal.castlebranch.com/WV53 to create an account.
2. 2. Click on “Place Order”.
3. 3. Click on WV53bg: Background Check.
4. 4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the box: “I have read order instructions”.
5. 5. Click on the next two boxes to continue; select “Continue”.
6. 6. Create your account with your personal information. The cost is $136. Click “Next”.
7. 7. Continue as directed through the rest of the process.

Our clinical coordinator will automatically receive a copy of your report. You will not need to do anything additional.

International students who have questions about their particular requirements can email us [email protected]. Other questions should be directed to CastleBranch by clicking “student or candidate support” on their website.

When contacting us, please note that all offices are not fully staffed over the summer, and responses may be delayed.

Students must hold a current CPR certification. Please remember that the only acceptable certification is the Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification for Healthcare Providers offered through the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.

Keep the certification card for your records. A photocopy or scan must be submitted to Donna Moore at [email protected] in the Department of Nursing by August 15.

A physical examination must be completed within 12 months of starting the program, and must be updated annually. Our health forms include a specific section for nursing majors–you can find these under the “Your Health and Wellness” next steps in your applicant portal.

DUE: June 1

Please send in final, official college transcripts to Hartwick College for all college-level courses taken. Transcripts should be sent to:
Hartwick College
Registrar’s Office
PO Box 4022
Oneonta, NY 13820

OR have them sent electronically to:
[email protected]

Please note that transcripts must be sent directly from college to college to be considered official. AP courses and college literature courses do not excuse students from taking ENGL 110: College Composition.

For the fall semester, you will need the following items (and you will use them throughout your years in the nursing department):

• A clinical bag and kit ordered through the College Bookstore. The bookstore will order skills kits and they will be available for pickup when students arrive for orientation on 8/22. Charges will appear for the kit on students’ bills.
• Scrubs (white top and navy pants) ordered through the College Bookstore or elsewhere
• A Hartwick College uniform patch ordered through the College Bookstore (worn on the left sleeve of the scrub top)
• White, non-porous closed-toe shoes (e.g.leather sneakers)