Sacramento City College ADN 2014/15 - Anyone hear a decision yet?

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Hi Everyone,

I applied to CSUS (Sac State) American River College, and Sacramento City College for the Fall 2014 Nursing Programs. It looks like I will be less than 5 points shy from making the cutoff for Sac State (booo!) and I got into ARC as an Alternate for Fall 2014 which guarantees me a seat in Spring 2015 (YAY!!). I was wondering if anyone has heard from Sac City's nursing program with any decisions? My application status just says 'Application Received'. :nailbiting:

This is a rough process... I feel exhausted from the waiting. :) Thanks and good luck to all you applicants out there!

I got accepted as alternate Spring 2015 in Sac City. Accepted for Fall 2014 in Sierra, Yuba and West Hills so far.

GL everyone to your program!

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Joe, I am confused are you talking about Sierra college in Roseville or somewhere else? Because Sierra in Roseville application were just turned in little over two weeks ago & they were off for one week on spring break. I haven't heard acceptance or decline from them as of yet... they said it should take about 6wks to process applications. If you are talking about Sierra in Roseville/Rocklin when did you get your acceptance?

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Sierra College Roseville (its actually Rocklin for Nursing). Yes they gave me acceptance. It says 6 weeks, but I got email from them yesterday. I could be merit entrance.

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Congratulations Joe! But, may I ask what is merit entrance? I am new to applying & I am a little confused with all colleges various processes. Thank you :-)

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Thank you so much. I wasn't sure if Sierra has lottery or merit (basically those with best grades and test scores, ((specific formula for any college is different)) or whatever proportion of the cohort may be lottery and other merit)...essentially I was probably one of first selected, that why I was noticed earlier, so that If i decline early they can give to someone else within the next few weeks. You can basically discount that because its based on assumptions... So, no worries there is still lots of time left for them to notice people accept/decline.

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I believe they are lottery. I just texted one of my friends and they know somebody who was selected as an alternate yesterday for Sierra... so it sounds like decisions have been made. Congratulations.

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Yeah, I checked the website, its randomized until the entire cohort has been selected. So, I was amongst the accepted students. Hurray!!! Crazy, this school is great.

Hope the best for you...where did you apply?

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I applied to SCC, ARC, Sierra & CSUS. The only news I have so far is that I am an alternate at SCC & not in for ARC or Sierra. I have to stay local as per wanting to be as involved as possible with my kids (both of my kids require a lot of additional attention: one of them is on the autistic spectrum and requires a lot of extra support and then my youngest attends a GATE academy & has a ton of work/projects... nursing school is hard enough... add a couple hours of commuting and it can be really hard on any family). I received an email that CSUS is going send their response by tomorrow (Tentatively). I do not have much hope for CSUS as I have a 4.0, but only 76% on TEAS… by their statistics and with my optional point criteria I think I need a high 80’s for my TEAS. I will retry TEAS and actually study more this time. If I can’t improve my score I think I’ll change my major and get my BS degree at CSUS and look into masters programs in various health fields down the road. I’ve heard good things about Sierra… they will have a BSN program too (score for you as that really helps for prospective job hunting)... Congratulations & I would celebrate if I were you happy.png

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HopefulRN86,

Can you tell me more about SCC program? What's the ratio of students to instructors in lecture, lab, clinical sites? How is the stimulation lab? I noticed there is no pharmacology class as part of the curriculum. Does that mean it's incorporated in each semester or do I need to take a class and learn on my own for the NCLEX? I noticed there's more than one instructor teaching a specific course at a time. How is it determined which instructor/time of class we will have? Thanks in advance for your time and advice!!

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I was also accepted @ Sierra for Fall 2014 but I will be denying my spot because SCC is a lot closer to me and I am familiar with the school already. Plus I can spend the fall semester reviewing material before the program starts in Spring 2015.

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I am at the extended campus through Sutter. We only have 22 students and we have many different instructors who teach us the subjects. Each instructor is specified in certain areas(communication, hypertension, orthopedics), so that is why they have multiple teachers for each part of the semester. Each professor knows the part that they teach. In clinical the ratio is 11 students to 1 professor. The simulation lab is fun, you learn by doing(what happens in the sim lab, stays in the sim lab---you will hear that when you start). Pharmacology is taught during the program. There is a campus coordinator who coordinates the classes and instructors. It is an amazing program. What I have learned is it isn't as hard/intimidating as I thought. Just calm down and be yourself, they don't expect you to be super nurse right when you start(as much as it may seem). They just want improvement throughout the semester.

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HopefulRN86,

Can you tell me more about SCC program? What's the ratio of students to instructors in lecture, lab, clinical sites? How is the stimulation lab? I noticed there is no pharmacology class as part of the curriculum. Does that mean it's incorporated in each semester or do I need to take a class and learn on my own for the NCLEX? I noticed there's more than one instructor teaching a specific course at a time. How is it determined which instructor/time of class we will have? Thanks in advance for your time and advice!!

I can tell you about the program. The ratio is about a 1:10 instructor to student ratio in the clinical sites. Sim labs are quite good and you'll usually attend them in clinical groups so you don't crowd the place and they're really good for helping you learn. Although you can take a pharm class, you don't have to because it's incorporated throughout the program. As to the multiple instructor issue, it's really NOT an issue. Each instructor teaches part of the program at the time YOU are supposed to be there. You will know the times of each class you'll take simply by looking at the class schedule that the college puts out. They usually also put out a class calendar for you to refer to. Expect that you'll be in class Tues-Fri for the first 5 weeks, about 6-8 hours per day. At some specific point, you'll no longer be in class on Thursday and Friday, instead you'll head out to your clinical sites (and you'll know those too before you go to them) for prep on Wednesday, and you'll do patient care on Thursdays and Fridays.

Don't worry about not knowing what to do, they're very good at bringing you up from knowing nothing to being safe beginning nurses over the span of the program. You, of course, have to do your part and study... but the first few exams may throw you off for a while because they're going to introduce you to NCLEX-style testing and you'll start working with the same care plan format you'll use for most of the program. When you do your first 2-3 care plans, budget about 6 hours for it. Trust me, you will get faster at it and by the end third semester, it'll take only a couple hours or so to do 3 care plans.

With any nursing program, some day-to-day things can change and it's important to be flexible enough to accommodate those changes. You'll find that your general schedule won't actually change that much throughout the program. After you start going to clinical sites, your general schedule will be Lecture on Tuesday and Wednesday, Clinical Prep on Wednesday (could be in the morning or afternoon) and Clinical on Thursday and Friday (usually mornings). You'll also have a Preceptorship experience at the end of 4th Semester and you'll learn even more!

The one thing you should know about SCC's program is that it's very doable. Do the reading, pay attention to the tables and boxes in the books, and if you have problems taking the exams, seek help early. You don't want to get buried by low test scores. The instructors all really want you to succeed, but if you're but one point short of a passing score, they won't "find" a point so you can pass vs fail.

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