In Oregon it is very competitive. My program states that the average GPA for its entering class is 3.93. CNA experience plus a previous degree are almost requirements due to the large number of students interesting in becoming nurses.
I went to college also at age 17, graduated with BS in EECS, then worked in the semiconductor industry for 17 years. The two big corporations I worked for second sourced their manufacturing to Asia. Welcome to the new economy or whatever the talkin...
Include me in the list. I am starting the ADN program at PCC in Portland Oregon. They just released the class roster for the class of 2013. There are 65 females and 15 males in my class, and two of them have the same first name as me. SVXPORT
Wow, I have to say that I am really sad to hear about stuff like this. I am an older male starting Nursing School in September, and I really want to fit in with my classmates. SVXPORT
What I did was read everything on the PCC Admissions web site: http://www.pcc.edu/programs/nursing/admission/ I then added up my points based on GPA, work experience, and discretionary points. For the 2011 cycle, the minimum points to obtain an inter...
I took all three at PSU, and my Prof was from PCC ----. He used the same syllabus for both campuses, and had recorded lectures on his website. There are small differences in the lab since PSU uses the human cadaver, but this mainly affected A&P I...