applying to lone star colleges for fall 09

Lizzie: Hopefully we will hear something no later than April. Good to know I won't have to wait alone!! Do you have any nursing experience already or are you a nubie like me?

I worked in a hospital setting for a little while, but technically, I am a newbie to this... I have been in school forever it seems !!! In between having two children, I am still trying to finish. I hope I get in this time around!

Hey guys, just a heads up. I went to the information session at Cy Fair today, and they covered the breakdown of the points, and I thought that this might interest some of you who don't know yet.

As far as the HESI goes, while they do test you on math and reading and you must pass both with a 70% or higher, the only one that determines your points is the reading. Take your reading score, divide by 25, and that is your points for that section.

The LVN program uses both, but the ADN does not. I know that my SIL did a happy dance when I told her that, so I thought some of you may be interested to know as well.

Briacarr: how many questions on the math test had to do with conversions? I plan on taking the test tomorrow. I'm good at converting within systems (metric to metric) but sometimes have difficulties converting between systems (metric to english). Were their many questions about that? I'm so nervous about taking this test! Anxiety is starting to set in!

There were a few..but missing a few could lower your score.
I didn't know there would be any on there, but luckily i knew some.
It is metric to metric and metric to english, & no they do not give you a conversion chart lol
Make sure to take your time, because you can only answer each question once.
Good Luck!
Which school are you applying to?

thanks for your help briacarr! I am applying to North Harris as my first choice. I'm hoping I have a better chance getting in since they accept more students. Right now I am at a 7.7 as a score without the HESI test. So I really want to do well on the Reading to get a higher total score. I concentrated so much on the Reading that I didn't realize that there were conversions on the math test until I took the practice test from HESI study guide last night!

Okay guys, I turned in my application today!
~The wait is on~ :

hey if you don't mind me asking what are your scores and which school was your first choice.

Im applying to Cy-fair with 11.7448. What about you?

what's up girl my scores are not that high so im applying to north harris with a 11.1 but im praying your for sure get in i applied last semester to cy-fair and the cut off was 11.4 which is what it seems to be every semester so the clock is ticking