FRCC Fall 2016

[Satori77]

I don't see a recent thread for FRCC nursing students. I got into the Fall program at the Larimer campus and was curious if anyone else on here is going to be in the program. We start in 3 weeks! I'm so excited but nervous as well This is a second career for me. I'll be 40 when I finish. But I figure I'll be 40 anyway, might as well be in a better career, making more money, and hopefully happier than I what I am doing now. I also have 2 kids, so it is a struggle trying to figure out my schedule (which changes almost every week!) and their schedule. My husband is a truck driver and gone most of the time. My dad is retired and planning on moving here, but his lease isn't up until end of September. Also, there is a new rule that we have to do a dual BSN at the same time. Which I had planned on getting anyway, but I am worried how that works with financial aid and how many classes we will need to take every semester.

So who will be doing this journey with me? What are you excited or nervous about? Any challenges you are facing with this program?

[reiny76]

Hey there, yeah I got the syllabus too, I ordered my book through Amazon and i am waiting for it.

Shoes info is under the student hand book and it said black or white shoes and must match with socks.

Did you order the uniform? I'm plan on to go this Wednesday.

so nervous these days and also worry about their class completion rate, but we will make it right? í ½í¸€

[GGAlice]

Hey there! Yes, I ordered the uniform. It was about $53.00 or so for the pants, shirt, and sewn on patch. The girl at Encore told me it would be a few weeks for my stuff to come in. It sounds like they kind of drag their feet on getting these uniforms in, so I would try to go right away.

Yes, I am worried about the completion rate also. I hope it's not because the program is too tough or something. I hope that if we put in our best effort, we will make it through!

[reiny76]

Yes I called there before, I'm living at Thornton, so when I go there Wednesday, I have to take care everything I need at once.

It will be a challenge to go school everyday especially in this weather condition í ½í¸©

Well hopefully my order will make on time though

whitch lab math group are you in? Im lab B.

well you can email me at [email protected]. I think too many our own posts under someone's thread lol have a good one.

[Deaton12345]

Hello,

I'm sure I probably won't get any responses since this is quite old. I recently completed my hesi with a 92 in bio and a 96 in chem with a 93 overall. I got a 3.57 GPA for the prerequisites, am a resident of larimer county but did not complete A&P 2 before applying. I talked with the nursing admissions coordinator and told her after calculations that I got a 90.5/100 total on ranking criteria. She told me this was an "excellent score!"

After double checking calculations I realized I made a mistake (even though I got a 98 in the math portion of the hesi haha) and I only actually have a 88.6/100. I feel like this is actually a big difference and don't want to admit my error the the coordinator and ask her again if this score is 'good enough'.

I felt like her saying 90.5 was an excellent score almost guaranteed me admission. But I feel like dropping from a 90.5 to an 88.6 my score is no longer excellent and am now nervous about getting in. This is the only school I'm applying for and would love to get in because I live 5 minutes away and have been working at PVH/MCR for almost 2 years as a cardiovascular technician.

Anyway since a few of you have already been in the program for a semester you may have an idea about what others got total on their ranking criteria and can provide me with some reassurance?

thanks!

[jonjor2m]

I got into Front Range Community College/Westminster in their RNA program and will start in Fall 2018. They use a rubric score criteria. At this time the cut off is 12 out of the 15 points. I had a 13. I had a 92 on my HESI, I have a 4.0 average on all the pre recs, I have a CNA license, and I have over 300 of paid work as a CNA. It is very competitive. It is actually better to do this than have a wait list because nursing school does require quit a bit of academic rigor and if you having issues with getting especially below a B in your pre-recs maybe this program might not be for you. The easiest program to probably get into is Denver School of Nursing. The hardest is probably Regis and University of Colorado/Anschutz.

[Nord1]

Hi guys! Does anyone here know of any alternates that got into the program? I am 2nd on the list for fall 2018! Really hoping I don't have to delay another semester

[Satori77, ADN]

I think you have a good chance. The semester I was admitted, we had ten on the waitlist get in last fall I had a friend get in, and she was 5 on the waitlist. From what I've seen for the last two years, they always have let in waitlisted people. Just be prepared. I also know someone on the waitlist, she didn't think she would get in, so she smokedpot. She ended up getting in and we had to take a drug test right away. She didn't pass.

[Nord1]

Thank you so much for your reply. Fingers crossed. I will remain hopeful.

[arika6195b]

Could you tell me more about the HESI? I'd like to get at least a 90% but I took it earlier this year, just math and english in an hour without studying and got a 72%, so nowhere near where I'd like to be. I bought a study guide and I've been okay with the math and vocab, as long as there is a calculator. But the science, I feel is difficult.

TIA

[Nord1]

For the hesi, my math was almost entirely fractions. Adding them, subtracting and dividing, so practice that a lot. The science is going to be hard if you have not recently taken microbiology or biology. I would consider taking one of those classes to prepare you if you haven't already. I would recommend a chem class as well to help brush up on chem. But. You definitely have to study.

[Satori77, ADN]

For the hesi I borrowed some Hesi study guides from the library. And my weak point is math and chemistry, so I also picked up chem and math review books. And I did well.