What's the deal with Columbus State admission?

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My friend applied in January 2009 for their traditional ADN program and was accepted (as all students are) and was told her start date was March 2011. In the meantime, she applied twice to their online program and was rejected.

Their website states for application dates...

Traditional Track

  • Jan. 6-15, 2010 for the Autumn 2010 class
  • July 1-9, 2010 for the Spring 2011 class
  • Jan. 10-19, 2011 for the Autumn 2011 class

I called the school and asked: "So, If I apply during the July 2010 application period and meet all the requirements, I'll definitely get to start in March of 2011?" Their answer? YES OF COURSE YOU WILL!

Is the waitlist gone at CSCC or is the nursing school misleading me? I don't want to hold out and stay in Columbus an extra year only to be disappointed and realize I could have started at Tri-C sooner after all.

Also, what is the deal with CSCC requiring the anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and biology sections for the Hesi A2 exam?!

They require organic/biochem as a prerequisite, but a lot of the chemistry seems to be stuff covered in general chemistry (nuclear chem, molar relationships, stoichiometry, etc). Additionally, biology isn't a prerequisite in any way, shape, or form. Anatomy and physiology are taken during the nursing program and are not requirements. The Hesi review book states: "A one-year course in anatomy and physiology should be taken before the student prepares for the anatomy examination." Yet, CSCC expects us to rock that section BEFORE taking any form of A&P. What is up with all that?! Luckily I've taken biology and general chemistry for science majors and I've taken anatomy (not physiology) so I'm a bit better off, but that seems really unfair. Additionally, I took anatomy twice (As both times) and both were high level with human cadavers taught by medical school faculty and there is a lot of anatomy stuff in the review book I never learned. Needless to say, I'm frustrated and worried.

Thoughts?

Some of the NURC classes are accelerated, so (2) can be taken in one quarter (one the 1st half of the quarter, the next class the 2nd half).

I knew the HESI was a cumulative 75% score or better, which will help. But i'll definitely need to clean the cobwebs out of my skull for the sciences. Thanks for the insight!

That's handy - I wish they did that when I needed to take them!! You'll need a new workbook for NURC 102 .

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ForeverLaur,

They've done the accelerated classes for awhile. That's how I took mine, I just couldn't get into both classes in the same quarter, they fill up so fast. But I took NURC 101 in Summer '09 in 5 weeks & NURC 102 in Fall '09 in 5 weeks. :coollook:

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ForeverLaur,

They've done the accelerated classes for awhile. That's how I took mine, I just couldn't get into both classes in the same quarter, they fill up so fast. But I took NURC 101 in Summer '09 in 5 weeks & NURC 102 in Fall '09 in 5 weeks. :coollook:

I wish I would have done that. It may have made the classes a bit challenging if they were rushed like that. I thought both NURC 101/102 were SO easy. I don't think I cracked open either textbook for more than 5 minutes the entire quarter, never studied, just showed up and winged it and earned an A+ in the course. I'm assuming nursing school is WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY harder so it makes you wonder how anyone who struggles in NURC 102 can survive the nursing program.

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I wish I would have done that. It may have made the classes a bit challenging if they were rushed like that. I thought both NURC 101/102 were SO easy. I don't think I cracked open either textbook for more than 5 minutes the entire quarter, never studied, just showed up and winged it and earned an A+ in the course. I'm assuming nursing school is WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY harder so it makes you wonder how anyone who struggles in NURC 102 can survive the nursing program.

LOL 101 was still a walk in the park. 102 was slightly tougher, just because we had less time to practice & learn skills, so it made our skills test a little more stressful. But yeah, there were people stressing out about the class...

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