Seminole State - UCF Concurrent Program Fall 2012

U.S.A. Florida

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Hi everyone, thought I would start a support group for the SSC/UCF Concurrent Program starting Fall 2012 hopefuls :) Is everyone getting their applications ready for submission... the deadline is approaching quickly!

I'm with dawniepoo (Hey Dawn! :)) in the program. From January (when we started) until now, we've lost about 12 people. The biggest drop in students was between the first boot camp and the first day of school. Like Dawn said, don't give up hope - the whole reason why they have a list of alternates is because they know some people will give up their seats, and they liked you for the program!

The one thing that almost made me give up my seat was when they told us during our first boot camp that we would not be able to work and succeed in the program. Now, YMMV, but I worked full time (36 hours/week, even during clinicals), I have a 4 year old, and I earned straight As this semester. I'm not going to tell you that it wasn't hard, or that I didn't have days where I wanted to just give up, but I'm telling you that it is possible. It's just very hard.

I have heard from many people that the first semester is the hardest, but seeing as how I don't have any other semesters under my belt to compare it to, I can't tell you if that's true or not.

If you have any questions, just let us know. Feel free to PM me if you don't want to post here. :)

And PS - UCF doesn't send you a confirmation that they received your email RSVP. You'll get a nice long email from Dd a few days after the RSVP deadline. Be nice to Dd, she is awesome, and you will get to know her very well. :)

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There is four boot camp sessions before classes start correct? What are they all about??

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They're actually working out all of the details about the boot camps now. We had 4, all about what nursing school was going to be like, how to prepare, etc. Since they're working everything out and changing them up, I can't really tell you what they're going to be about for you guys since I don't even know. You'll know more details as it gets closer to the beginning of your semester. :)

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I'm an alternate for the AS... :confused: On the top ten... I have to wait and they have up to August 6 to tell me if I made it in!!! :eek:

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Mary, I was an alternate, so I know what you are feeling. Word of advice: start getting your ducks in a row now because if they call you, and chances are they will, you won't have the luxury of time to get everything done, and there is a LOT to be done. Make sure you get your proof of immunizations or get them up to date now because that was the most time consuming part.

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That's a shame to hear. I am planning on applying for the Spring 2013 and if they are two years behind I am going to have to look elsewhere. I coincidentally am at Florida Hospital visiting someone and asked some of the nurses here and surprisingly most of them are Keiser graduates. I was really hoping to stay at SSC but I will be finishing my last prereqs this fall. I would have had them done summer but there was no financial aid so I am forced to wait until fall to get my AA.

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Mary, I was an alternate, so I know what you are feeling. Word of advice: start getting your ducks in a row now because if they call you, and chances are they will, you won't have the luxury of time to get everything done, and there is a LOT to be done. Make sure you get your proof of immunizations or get them up to date now because that was the most time consuming part.

:eek: When did they tell you that you were accepted? A month after your "Alternate email"? I feel as if someone left me on hold while on a very important telephone call...

I'll might as well start getting my paperwork together... Need Immunization papers... Anything else I may need? Are the uniforms and the rest of the stuff they ask you to get expensive? I know the Background check is about $40, ouch...

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I'll might as well start getting my paperwork together... Need Immunization papers... Anything else I may need? Are the uniforms and the rest of the stuff they ask you to get expensive? I know the Background check is about $40, ouch...

Uniforms, books, background checks, immnizations, and the physical were the most expensive parts (for me) about starting the program.

Keep in mind - there's a group of people graduating right before you start. I would hit them up for their books and uniforms. :)

I bought 2 polos (about $30/each?), 2 clinical tops (about $35/each?), and 2 scrub pants, plus the jacket. You definitely do not need 2 of each top, but 1) you'll appreciate the back up if/when you need it and 2) you'll do a lot of labs in the beginning, and I was thankful that I didn't have to come home and do laundry before I could go to bed. Same thing with clinicals - we had Thursday/Friday clinicals, and I was definitely happy that I had that second clinical top so I didn't have to do laundry on Thursdays. I am actually going to go buy myself another set of bottoms this week.

If you're tight on funds, buy the books used, or share with someone you know. Wait on the recommended books until you start the program, then re-evaluate and see if you need them. Some books (especially for the UCF seminar class) can be checked out from the library.

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I have created a FB page for our class. If anyone is interested, you can request membership and take our discussions there. Anyone is welcome, of course, it doesn't have to be exclusevly fall 2012 students :)

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Here is the link:

Log In | Facebook

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Oops, I can't post a link here. Just type in SSC/UCF concurrent program Fall 2012.

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Yanochka: I ended up getting the confirmation e-mail from UCF. Now just waiting on Seminole. Any word on them on your end? And thanks for making the FB page! That's awesome :)

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