Nursing acceptance letter to Chicago City Colleges(Truman, Daley, or Malcolm X)

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Did any prenursing students receive acceptance letters from any of Chicago City Colleges yet? I have not receive mine and just trying to get an idea.

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Thanks guys, I would definelty have applied to the others had I know, I have my CNA, I have both Anatomy's done, I have my microbiology done, I have both inorganic and organic chemistry complete, I got a 92 on my compass and have a 3.0.

Our4sonsandourgirl, I just got my letter from Daley and I was not accepted (which is okey because I got accepted to Truman) so I can not help you very much.what you have completed and your compass score and GPA are very similar to mine, I got a 90 in compass test and my GPA is only 3.1, and Daley is taking applicants with higher GPA and compass scores. you would've probably been accepted to Truman because in Truman people like you and me that have completed all of our prereqs have better chances since we have all classes completed. compared to Daley, which applicants that have 98 point compass test and 4.0 GPA I guess get better chances to be accepted. The reason I am tell you this, is to tell you to not get discouraged if you don't get accepted, just apply in all the city colleges and specially Truman! but hopefully you get accepted in Daley for this Fall 2010!!

our4sonsandourgirl, my gpa is 3.07 with a compass score of 97. most prereps completed prior to application submission, except a&p2 and micro (completing this semester). received a's in bio121, chem100/121, math, a&p1 and probably a&p2, micro and a c in english. i am working as a cna at a hospital and i have a bachelor degree in another field.

all city colleges have the same basic application requirements.

malcolm x: besides application package, an interview with nursing instructors is required. over 400 students showed up that day. some waited over 6 hrs for an interview. basically, they want to see students dressed up and put a face with the application. waited over 4 hrs met with an instructor for 3 minutes for 1 question: why do you want to attend malcolm x nursing program?

daley: application package and 2 letters of recommendation from instructors.

truman: application package and attend nursing information session (not required but 5 extra points awarded toward ranking)

did not apply to olive harvey, kennedy king, or wright college. kk and wright requires lpn license in order to apply for rn program.

does that help?

Hello everyone,

I got accepted to Truman's Nursing Program :D sorry I'm probably kind of late but I just registered to this website. I found it very helpful so I decided to create an account & especially now that I will be going into the program in the fall. Super excited! I applied to Daley & Truman's Nursing program and unfortunately I didn't get into Daley. I'm still very happy because Truman was my first choice since I heard their nursing program /teachers are very good. Truman is also the only one that has clinicals at night which I need b/c I work full-time during the day. I honestly thought I would get into Daley since I've taken all my pre-req there, but this is the second time they denied me :( My gpa isn't the greatest (compass 92) but I finished all my pre-req before applying this year. I was just curious to know if anyone knows if your able to pick where you do your clinical?? I noticed Truman has Northwestern on their list of hospitals & since I'm currently working for Northwestern I wouldn't think it would make sense to be assigned a different one.

does anyone know anything about the Malcolm X nursing program? Daley gave them my application after I did not get into their program and I am wondering what I've gotten myself into, I know nothing about it.

Malcom X nursing program is not accredited.. Try Truman or try Daley again.

I revoke my last reply, read this our4sonsandourgirl

Hey Guys,

New to the forum. I just wanted to speak my peace about the City Colleges and reputation. O.K. Well first of I am not aiming to offend anyone but give a little insight. I am a University of Chicago Hospital employee (15 years) and have seen the diversity in nurses from all walks of life ranging from A.D.N., B.S.N., NP, to CRNA.

Not once have any of my co-workers asked what school did you go to during an emergent situation or crises regarding patient care. Every one must work as a team regardless of credentials, race, gender or dislikes. By the way I work on Labor & Delivery.

I guess my point is this. Do not get caught up in what you think is consider the best school, better program or the most qualified. For example West Suburban College is accredited and look at all the mess going on there. Daley College is good-but they are on a conditional accredition basis until 2016. Truman , yes, great program, but Triton, Moraine Valley and Prarie State are excellent programs also. South Suburban was consider good before a time, but they have run into problems such as the whole 2009 graduating class took the HESI 3 times before passing. All the while, Olive Harvey 2009 class had 67 students take the HESI and 63 passed on the first try.

The whole accreditation process is voluntarily by colleges submitting applications. Some schools do it for status, others for money and actually some do it because they know they have a good program that works. Believe me , the NlNAC does not come to a school by suprise and say "Your program failed" . It is all a voluntarily process.

The real deal is the Illinois Higher Education of North Central and the Illinois Department of Profressional Regualtion-who by the way determines if your program is accreditied and the courses/classes are transferable. And ALL of the city colleges are approved by the IDPR. Kennedy King just got back on the list and only accept LPN's into their RN program due to them coming off of suspension. Olive Harvey stopped their program for 2 years back in the late 90's due to them foreseeing the same fate. However, I must say, Olive Harvey is back on track due to them retaining Dr. Terrell from Truman in 2008. She was the one responsible for Truman's success and she is responsible for the passing rate of the HeSI exam for the graduating 2009 Olive Harvey nursing class.

Sure, some schools have a ways to go, but you can not brush them off entirely with out knowing the facts. Daley is an intense program that is non traditional-meaning: if you can withstand doing psych one week, ob/gyn 2 weeks and med-surg the next and be tested on all at one time than that school is for you. I have several co- workers who endured Daley and can tell you every meds there is to know. But I also have 3 co workers that graduated from Olive Harvey and one became a Family NP, the other a director of L&D and lastly, a CRNA.

Nursing school is what you make of it. Of course go to the school you feel have the most to offer you as a nursing student. But please do not think for once, people who graduated from schools that you see as inferior to yours is less of a nurse than you. The majority of us attend the community colleges due to cost, finance and the convience of time and closeness to home. Oh, by the way, I transfered 76 credit hours from Olive Harvey to major universities across the Chicago area. ALL but one Math 099 was accepted by all of the univerisities. And St. Xavier accepted 72 hours which allowed me acceptance iinto their nursing program.

As the saying goes "What is a doctor that get C's ? .... A doctor ! A ReaL nurse is one that goes the extra mile, pray when tears are not enough, hold the hand of death while knowing all was done to help, serving others with out feeling inferior and being the hand of God when others can not see him.

I am not entirely familiar with all of this so excuse any stupidity I may apply here, but are you not able to sit for the boards if the school is not accredited? I have had a really hard time getting into a nursing program as a mom returning to school, just missed Moraine first time I applied by one person, crazy, long story short I have re-done all my expired sciences, add to that my CNA and my organic and inorganic chemistry - obviously I do not wish for any to expire again and my first anatomy will expire this year, getting into a program at this time is critical for me, so what I am trying to say is I will make work whatever program I am in, I have great resources from two diff friends who just graduated from Joliet Junior College (I have all her ATI books to study for the board style exams - all schools that have implementated these tests have raised their NCLEX rates into the 90% range so it obviously is effective) and my other friend who went through Moraine Valley's very rigourous program, Both are eager to help, so I am just making sure that I will be given the tools in Malcom's program to pass as long as I am doing my part, but not if I can't sit for boards because they are not accredited. They have night school which is a HUGE blessing in disguise for me as I can stay home with my two non school age children as I did my first three currently in school. I am used to staying up till 2 or 3am as it is being a mom of 5 and a jewelry designer this is when I get all of my stuff done, so staying up late to study will be no different. thanks for everyone's input, I appreciate any type of tips and advice.

our4sonsandourgirl,

I'm not a nurse, and do not have the definite answer to what you are asking. Although, for my personal goals I want and will be attending an accredited program (Truman). Because in the future I want to advance to possibly an NP . For some of the schools, one of their requirements is that you obtain your RN degree from an accredited program. I personally haven't called the schools and asked what they mean by accredited, but I know that Truman is a NLNAC ACCREDITED NURSING PROGRAM and I think thats the only accreditation for associate programs. In the future I don't know if its going to make a difference if I went to an accredited or non-accredited program, but I don't want to risk it. My friend was in your shoes she was attending Morton College Nursing program, although that school was not accredited she continue going because a Nurse from her family told her that it didn't matter. Unfortunately, she failed and got kicked out of the program. In regards to sitting for the boards. I just got this from Malcom X website:The Nursing Program is a two-year, 70-credit hour program. Graduates of the Nursing Program successfully meet the requirements for the Associate in Applied Science Degree in Nursing (A.A.S.) and qualify to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). Malcolm X College - Nursing Programs in Chicago. Above all, the decision is yours good luck!!

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For all those who got in, when did you submit your application packets to Truman? Their submission time frame is between Oct - Feb 1st. I will be completing my last prerequisite (BIO227) for their nursing program in the Fall of 2010 and will be applying somewhere then. Should I wait til grades are out so that I can put the class in the application to get more points and apply late December? Or should I apply as soon as possible in early October?

Is it first come first serve based, lottery based still, merit based or a combination of all?

Please let me know! & CONGRATS to all on being accepted! I'm right behind ya! :)

It is not lottery anymore, and as far as I know there is no benefit to applying early. Several people I know waited till the last few days to get all the paperwork done (including me), and we all got in to the program. Wait till you are done with 227 and get all the points you can. And definitely go to an info session since you get extra points for that. Good luck!

I'll do just that. Thank you!! :)

yes I agree with anna banana, I turned in my application in person on February 1st and I am in the program.:yeah:

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