Saddleback students - a few questions about your program...

Whoohoo, got my acceptance letter in the mail yesterday! I'm so excited!!! Jessie88, did you hear back yet? I hope we'll be classmates!

Congrats 2lroberts and anyone else who made it in! So exciting

2l:

Congratulations!!

Are you for sure going to go to Saddleback?

When do you all have your paperwork sessions and orientation?

Thanks you guys!!!

AAnderson- Yup, I'm totally sold on Saddleback and I can't wait to start! Paperwork/TEAS is Oct 12th and orientation is Dec 11th.

2l:

Congratulations again!

When are you moving down here? What area are you planning on moving to? Mission Viejo? (I'm so nosy - I can't help it!)

I ordered the study guide for the TEAS off of the ATI website & did fine.

My paperwork sessions & orientation didn't seem like that long ago! I can't believe that I'm starting at the hospital this week already!!

AAnderson,

Thanks so much! SUPER exciting that you're starting at the hospital this week- I'm dying to hear how it goes when you've got time!

I totally don't mind the nosy-ness. You're so nice for being interested! At the moment I have no idea when I will move down or where I will live....scary! Do you have any good suggestions for apartment/condo complexes that are affordable but nice and near the campus? I'd like to live in Mission Viejo because it seems a bit more affordable than most of the surrounding areas. What do you think?

For the TEAS I ended up buying the ATI guide plus another Kaplan one since I've heard ATI doesn't cover the science portion very well. Probably overkill but it'd be horrible to fail and not be able to start the program! So far I feel ok about the material, I just need to review chemistry and physics since it's been a loooong time since I've thought about any of that stuff. Any tips you have would be great!

I really appreciate all the help everyone has given on this forum- it was definitely the determining factor in my decision to go to Saddleback. You guys are the best!

Hi 2lroberts,

I had friends who took the TEAS test and some thought it was hard and others though the opposite. But when I took the TEAS Test I thought it was pretty basic. The science section of my test had no anatomy .

I took the test in April just to see how it is. I all nightered before the test and managed a score of 91.2%.

I was pretty shocked and of course happy. haha...

I hope you do well!

Good luck!

Jolen,
Wow, congrats on doing so well! I've heard mixed reviews from people too- some say it's super easy and some think it's really tough. I'm glad to hear you thought it was pretty basic. I can't believe there wasn't any anatomy! Darn, that was one of the subjects I actually felt ok about. Thanks for the info!