ccbc essex???

I'm just seeing some of these posts. I apologize to the poster who wanted info from me. I hope you made a good decision for you and your family.

Ok, now for my response. I can't speak for anyone's experience but for me and my classmates. CCBC Essex overall was not the greatest experience. They really did us dirty in one specific semester. I'm not going to get into that, since at the end of the day, most of us prevailed (in one way or the other), however a couple fell through the cracks (aka failed out of school) because of it.

I will also say there's was a difference in how the evening/weekend people were treated as opposed to the daytime folks. The irony is that the eve/weekend people had a 100% NCLEX pass rate and the daytime folks didn't.

Just like the above poster said, if you are diligent and study, study, study, you will be fine. I just want people to go in with their eyes open. Get support from your family and get support from your classmates. I can't emphasize how important a solid support system is.

If I had to do it over again, honestly, I would've gone to Catonsville. They're a tighter group and have more support from the instructors and administration.

But everything happens for a reason. I absolutely love my fellow classmates and perhaps that is the reason I ended up in the eve/weekend program.

Good luck to you!!

Wow ... what to say about Essex ...

I graduated from their program in 2005. The schooling was no joke. It was intense, stressful, tearful ... all of the above. But I got through, and in the end I felt nothing but completely prepard for the real world of nursing. I sat for my boards two weeks after graduation, with no remedial NCLEX preparation course, and was in and out of the NCLEX in 45 minutes ... I kid you not. And most importantly, I passed on the first try... the majority of my nursing class did. I started at Johns Hopkins 2 weeks after my boards! I'm currently a nurse in Virginia Beach and have returned to school for a RN to MSN bridge program for nursing education. All in all I had a wonderful experience. The schooling was hard, but well worth the time and money. And again, what is most important is how totally prepared I was for the real world of nursing! There's a comfort level that I had straight out of school that a lot of BSN prepared nurses who started with me did not. And today, 3 years later, I still have a wealth of knowledge to fall back on when necessary (and I do, often!) If you take the program seriously, and study your butt off, you'll be just fine ... I assure you! GOOD LUCK!

Anyone care to share their GPA/ TEAS score? I'm tryna get an idea of how difficult/competitive it is to get into CCBC. I have a 3.03 GPA and an 84.1 on the TEAS with a 90 i reading. I'm applying for Spring 2010. I'm sooo nervous!!! Does anyone know if admissions are less competitive in the spring because there are less number of applicants?

Did you get accepted?