does anyone really wait that long?!

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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Hey everyone just wondering if anyone knows someone or has thmeselves waited more than a year to get into a nursing program? could you reapply and get in faster? if you did wait what did you do while waiting.

The wait at Grand Rapids (MI) Community College for the A.D.-Nursing(RN) is ... 4-1/2-to 5 years from the time you achive your "ready date". The waiting period was taken from the website today. Last Fall, when I first started to look into it the wait was "only" 3 years. YIKES :imbar

I am going the route of a private college this fall. I cant wait that long.

3 year pre-nursing at Reformed Bible College, then transfer to Calvin College for final 2 years of professional nursing courses. Thats five years for a BSN with a minor in bible and theology, but I'll already be done, not just starting a ADN program! I'm getting too old to wait any longer for a career change. It could be costly, but my wife will be finishing her BSN-RN at Grand Valley State U. this April, and she can put me through college now!

sorry I posted the same message twice somehow...can ya tell this is only my 3rd post at the site? lol... :rotfl:

Hi all. :) I live in Gainesville, FL. and I am going to be applying for the RN program at the C.C. here once I get my prereq's done with a grade of C or higher (or at least 5 of the 6 anyway...what you have to have completed to apply). Lucky for me there is no waiting period however they only take the top 120 people that apply and it is based on a points system. Points are awarded in the areas such as *GPA in prerequisite course work (they are A&P 1/A&P 1 lab, Microbiology, Mathmatics (college algebra or statistics), General Psychology, English, and a Humanities or Fine Arts class) This is a max of 30 points. *Then you have cognate courses (Anatomy & Physiology II & Lab, Nutrition, and Developmental Psychology.) Thats a total of 15 points there. Then they have what they call course background classes that are not required but they suggest that you take (such as Intro to Computers), there are 6 to chose from, a total of 5 with C or above will give you 10 points. *Work Experience-they count volunteer work as well abd also membership in the Florida Student Nurse Association) this is a possible max of 15 points. *Lastly we have a critical thinking test that we have to take and you can get a max of 15 points depending on your score. They take applications once a year in the Fall (this year the deadline is May 31) and since I am not even starting until March my goal is to just do really good on all the above and then apply next time around for the program. Anyone can tell me if thats a bad idea... ;) Sorry to have been so long winded but thats how my school works.

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