What's the deal with Columbus State admission?

[foreverLaur]

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?

[shortnorthstudent]

Just received my letter. :) Applied January 2010

-- start Traditional Program Fall 2010

[slmmarsh]

Congrats Shortnorth!

[foreverLaur]

According to CSCC today, they have not yet decided what to do with all the applicants who didn't get in for the September 2010 start date. However, they expect there to be very few seats left for the March 2011 start date for those who apply in July.

[msteeleart]

They must have took me out of the running since I returned my acceptance letter to the online program. I didn't get any letter from the traditional and I did apply to it just in case I didn't get into the online program.

[raychel11]

Does anyone know if you get to use a calculator for the hesi a2 exam? I keep seeing that there is one built into the program? Has anyone taken it recently? If some please let me know if you are able to use one.

Thanks!

[foreverLaur]

Does anyone know if you get to use a calculator for the hesi a2 exam? I keep seeing that there is one built into the program? Has anyone taken it recently? If some please let me know if you are able to use one.

Thanks!

When I took the A2 exam for Tri-C, there was a calculator built into the software. However, I think the exams are different at every school. On the CSCC website, they give info about the exam and the # of questions they state are in each section are different than the # of questions in each section for Tri-C. When I signed up for my exam thought the ACT Testing Center at CSCC, the girl had no idea if there was a calculator built in! So if anyone knows for sure, please share!

[achiever]

I didn't take the HESI entrance exam, but I did just take my HESI exit exam at CSCC, and it has a calculator built in.

hth.

Michelle

[raychel11]

Thank you so much for the response. I just talked to someone that took theirs and they said they had to do it all by hand? Maybe the did not know that there was one built in? I have no idea.

[foreverLaur]

I know in the online program, the general education coursework is waived as all students have a bachelor's degree. Anyone know if the general education coursework is waived for traditional program students who have a bachelor's degree? There is one general education course I did not receive transfer credit for and I really don't want to waste the time/money taking another sillly irrelevant general education coursework. I asked the nursing department and the response I got was, "It is possible for all students with a previous degree to receive credit for the general education requirements." Really helpful.... haha.

[raychel11]

actually i am going to be applying for the online program and i asked if they take into consideration the coursework that was done with the bachelors degree. i was told that it was the same exact way as the traditional track. so basically the advisor was saying they look at every student with a bachelors and without one as equal. they still list all the same requirements. so they have to see transfer credit from the school that you went to to determine if you dont have to take the course. this is what i was told. but let me tell you the advisor i went to was awful. she was telling how awful the hesi was going to be and that there was an essay! she said this as if i did not know how to write. i dont know if she understands the concept of having a bachelors degree.

i had to send over transcripts from all schools. until they would let me sign up for the psych course. which makes no sense because if you have a bachelors degree you are going to have a psych course.

hope this helps!

the experience at this school has been bad. i can really tell the difference between a private school and a community college

i know in the online program, the general education coursework is waived as all students have a bachelor's degree. anyone know if the general education coursework is waived for traditional program students who have a bachelor's degree? there is one general education course i did not receive transfer credit for and i really don't want to waste the time/money taking another sillly irrelevant general education coursework. i asked the nursing department and the response i got was, "it is possible for all students with a previous degree to receive credit for the general education requirements." really helpful.... haha.

[shortnorthstudent]

I never did really check on that specifically. What I did was contact the department chair in that department. She reviewed my trranscript and gave me credit for the class I was missing. Mine was an SSCI cleass and I majored in polisci and minored in int'l relations, so I had plenty of equivalent coursework.

[msteeleart]

I heard all the advisors are bad. On my transcript it has an entry that says "gen-001 22 credits". It doesn't list the specific classes, it just says that. I start the online program in September.