Charity and early acceptance

Are you aware that Charity is 4 semesters long? Even if you got in for fall 09, you still would graduate in May 2011.

The deadline for fall 09 has passed, I am unaware if they do any special circumstances. You should email the admissions office for advice. Otherwise, an 88 is competitive for admissions. I believe the deadline for spring 2010 was pushed to sometime in February.. but double check.

You might want to double check that information because there is no accelerated program to skip you ahead in classes. A lot of us started having all of ours pre reqs finished and it is still four full complete semesters. We also have other people whose spouses are in the military and they are going semester by semester like the rest of us.

I would go back and discuss it with that person again and then I would ask for it in writing. I have just heard of too many people being give incorrect information only to find out when it was too late to do anything about it. Good luck to you!

yeah, i've never heard of jumping ahead...how would that work? each semester has clinicals and you need instructors to do your clinicals with...can't take multiple classes on top of each other...in my group there was only one girl taking a&p2 concurrently with basics. everyone else had the sense to get all prereqs out of the way before ns started.

kwest210,
I kind of feel I may have given you a blunt response so I'd like to respond again.
For one thing.. Charity is a fantastic school however they seem to have a lot of "assistants" around their office and are rather uninformed. Also, make sure you spoke to Charity SON directly, and not Delgado... that would yield even more confusion. Delgado "main" has no idea what they specific programs really do.. they know some.. but can't really answer anything. I have ran circles around people at Delgado.. the school itself is like an adult trying to wear diapers and they are having growing pains/still experiencing post-Katrina problems. I heard a great deal of this from a professor who wanted so bad for Delgado to grow and continue on a path to becomming a more successful school. (Delgado has a good bit of issues with local 4 year schools and transfering credits, Delgado is trying hard to make their programs and courses more comparable to 4 year schools but its hard to do when they are .. well a community college... don't get me wrong here.. but it's essentially the truth).

It doesn't necessarily matter if "all you have left is nursing courses"... Charity is "setup" like this.. http://www.dcc.edu/campus/charity/rn...cks/index.html
where they "expect" students to take "degree courses" along with nursing courses. However, since there is that year time frame to be admitted, most students complete their "degree courses" prior to nursing courses.
I know plenty students who have completed everything except NURS courses, however they still play the waiting game.
And again.. I am just trying to inform you what I know and hope I can help you get the right information.

As far as "jumping ahead" I believe the the BON regulates how and when the nursing courses are to be taken. It would be unbelievable to take say basics of nursing, pharm, and nac 1... you would not be able to because you need basics and pharm prior to nac 1. You need the skills learned in nac 1 as a precursor to taking parent/child and mental health.. and you certainly cannot take nac2 without any of the above. Not to mention the lecture and clinical hours are enough as is, to take two semesters worth simultaneously is insanity. And I am sure, not recommended..

I have not heard of "not having a graduating class" .. maybe the person thought you wanted to transfer? People hear strange things sometimes if they don't give you undivided attention... never know!

I would recommend checking out Our Lady of the Lake (OLOL)'s accelerated RN program, I believe it is shorter than Charity too.. which would work to your benefit. There is a new RN program coming around or is already around but I've only briefly heard about it.. anyone know? Ask around.

Hope this kind of helps you a little. Best bet is to email them and get it all in writing so when it comes down to "he said she said ..BS" you have it in writing.

Hi does anyone know when to expect a acceptance letter sent mine off after teas and pre reqs done i am applying for spring 2010 charity. Do they wait until june the year before to send out
thanks

From the information bulletin:

Acceptance letters are mailed by mid December for the next Fall class and by the middle of June for the next
Spring class.