Bergen Community College Nursing Program Question

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Last Thursday I was at the college for the purpose of collecting my Chemistry grade with some classmates. Apparently, there was a graduation ceremony for RN's going on that night as well, and my friends started talking to one student to ask her about the program. I didn't hear the entire conversation, but one of my cohorts told me the student had stated that ELEVEN people had failed out of NUR-181 alone during her course! :eek:

Now, there's always a chance there was some sort of misunderstanding or miscommunication, but does this sound right? For what it's worth, I would think the application process and competitiveness of getting in to the program would assure a strong student population, so it makes me nervous to hear these things. I already received some insight from someone privately, but I was wondering what the public population made of this info.

Thanks!

The last day was today, the 23rd. I read another thread that said the 25th, but according to the department, today was the last day. I think the initial intentions were to have "waves" of students take the exam, like those who applied early take it in the first wave, then another wave for those who applied after yadda yadda. BUT, there was that whole fiasco with Elsevier (joke of a company by the way). Apparently BCC wanted people to register within 7 days of receiving their emails, but Elsevier takes "3-5" business days to process these requests. Somewhere there was a miscommunication. I sent mine in two minutes after I got it in my inbox the very day it was sent, and on Friday they sent me an email asking me to specify the program, Nursing or Radiography(which I was NOT told to specify in the email). They then sent me another email saying that I would have to wait 3-5 business days AGAIN to be registered. So, that day I was back and forth on the phone with 2 secretaries who said they had gotten a few calls about this already. The whole mess was fixed by BCC "opening" all the dates to everyone regardless of how early they applied. PHEW!

I don't know exactly when the cutoff date for the fall is, but anyone taking classes there right has early registration dates. ( I've already signed up for fall nursing level 3 and there are only a few seats left )If you play a sport you get first pickin's of everything. There has been a 17% increase in students since I started so classes are hard to get into, because everyone got there first..go online and see whats still available

Yall help me remember....do I have to pay tuition now for the gen ed (back-up) classes? I don't want to pay for them now if I will *hopefully* be accepted to nursing and have to change a bunch of classes!

UkGirl, NP! A wedding in Kentucky, how awesome!

Peace333, I have heard some counselors are not helpful, but I think most students get upset when they tell them things they do not want to hear. I see Prof. Finney, the loveliest person I have met at Bergen thus far. She is very creative at making courses work for degrees in other majors and is a sweetheart to boot:)

That elsevier issue was a disaster! What a mess!! I didn't know it was a widespread thing, I just felt like the "Gods" were against me!! LOL!! I thought for sure Bergen was sabotaging me!

If you register now, the bill is due July something, I think the first. The later you register, the longer you have, but not by a lot. We should know by then anyway;)

NEED HELP!!

Who should I take for A&P II??

And Develpmtl Psych??

And Microbiology??

That elsevier issue was a disaster! What a mess!! I didn't know it was a widespread thing, I just felt like the "Gods" were against me!! LOL!! I thought for sure Bergen was sabotaging me!

HAHAHA, This is exactly what I was thinking. I was FUMMING that day! I swore they were sabotaging me as well!...lol, speaks to how badly I want to get in, lol. That should be the exam. Just one question:

On a scale of 1 to 10, how ENRAGED were you when you got that email from Elsevier?

*****. Top 90 scores are the winners!

But the longer you wait, the less chance of getting into that class that you wanted at that certain time. I know that when I registered for level 3, there were only 2 seats left in a certain section....the aggravation never ends..but there is light at the end of the tunnel. ( maybe there's just a house on fire..lol )

AP II- Dr. Kanterman. Sweet guy, funny. He gives about 10 short quizzes and 4 or 5 exams and a midterm lab practical. Everything so far has been fair. A heads up, start studying for the Nervous System exam two weeks before. There is a lot on there, but this test is the only one that is that thorough.

Dev. Psych- I can tell you who not to take, Mangazini. I personally have loved all my professors at Bergen, and find that students that complain about them are mostly slackers, but even my Honors Program cronies can not stand her class. Apparently she likes to ask arbitrary questions and gives an unreasonable amount of course work.

Microbio- I am taking this in the Summer U program with Patel. I hear he is pretty good:)

MOOJIE -- I seriously almost cried about it!! Hahah!! Like, for real-for real! I was at work (studying in my cubicle mind you) when the whole thing went down!! I was fit to be tied!!!!!!!!!!! I had some "choice words" for a few people so it is a good thing I couldn't get anyone to call me back! I would have talked myself right out of the running!! Grrr.....it was a bad day! Only to then get it worked out for my early test date,....only to THEN find out I had a whole 'nother month! But in all truth, I'm glad I got itout of the way in March cause I took the test, went to bed, woke up and fly to Nashville for my bachelorette party...and now all I can do is wait. So all-in-all it's fine...well, as long as I get in ;-)

Crap!!! I can't register yet!!!! It won't let me!!!........I guess I'll call on Monday to jump thru more oops and find out when I can start registering!! They'll prolly tell me the cut off was last week;)

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