TCU Fall 2012 Traditional BSN

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Hello all!!! I will be starting the BSN program at TCU in the fall as a transfer student and I was just wondering if there were any of you out there I could talk to!! I am going to having advising with Zoranna this Friday and was just wondering if anyone else had done so yet...tell me what to expect. Anyway, would love to talk to any and all of my future classmates if you're out there :)

Yeah I'm taking it at TCC NE with Disu! Hope he is good...I will definitely let you know if/when I need help! :) And yes, I believe they are open on Saturdays! You don't really have to prove anything! You just go in there and say you go to TCU! Lol simple as that! :) And yes, my middle name is Danielle! :)

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Hi ladies,

I just got called off the wait list and will be starting in the fall. I'm running the gamet with emotions right now, happy and scared are the top two. I feel a little behind since you've already received your schedules and information for the upcoming semester. If you have any suggestions you would like to share I'm all ears.

I was told to complete my immunizations, CPR, and everything else would be discussed with ******* in July.

Looking forward to an awesome 2.5 years!! GO FROGS!!!

Amy

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Hi Amy!

Congrats and welcome! Girl, don't feel behind...I can't sign up for classes until August 16th (when my stats class is over) so it kinda sucks that I won't get the schedule I want, but I'll still have one, so I'm happy! I'm looking to do a CPR class soon, possibly at TCC because we as nursing students have to renew every year not every 2 years. I already have mine but it will expire in January, so I'm just gonna go ahead and renew it sometime this summer. Also, the patches for our scrubs are located at Dorothy's Scrubs Etc. on Pennsylvania Avenue downtown (in the medical district by JPS). They are 3 dollars a piece and they will sew them on for you for 2 dollars. In case you didn't know :) Just waiting for August 20th!!! :yeah:

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Ok, I don't meet with *** until July 9, so can you tell me if there are any important dates to be aware of? I'm ready now to plan vacation with my family and I don't want any surprise conflicts.

Thank you for the warm welcome, I can't wait until we find out about our classes.

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No, there aren't really any deadlines or anything, you just need everything (immunizations, prereqs, TB test, and CPR done) by the time class starts on August 20th. She told me that orientation will most likely be on the 16th of August which is the Thursday before school starts. And don't worry about signing up for classes late, there will be a spot for you in every class! (They're even holding spots for survey of nursing and teaching concepts for us)

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Hi Amy!!! Welcome!!! Glad you got pulled from the waitlist in a reasonable time period!! I was reading one of these forums from last year and a girl got notified she got in off the wait list 4 days before school started!!! Anyway, welcome welcome...so glad to meet another fellow Frog :) We transfer students need to stick together!! I am about to take my CPR course next Tuesday and then I will have everything complete. Sarah is right, I believe orientation will be August 16th, so plan your vacation before then if you can. That date really sucks for me because my neice is getting married in Memphis, TN on August 18th, so looks like I am going to make a REALLY short trip to Memphis that weekend!! At least my first class doesn't start until noon on Monday :) Anyway...also, I checked out the books - looks like we are going to be required to have a lot of books for each class. I don't know if I feel comfortabl waiting until the first week of class to get them or not. It seems like overkill, but you never know. Looks like we are going to need at least 2-3 books per class, and the subtotal came to around $1,000!!

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Where are you taking CPR at?? And I've heard different things about getting your books early. It could be an advantage if you get them early and start reading the chapters and know a little bit so when we get assigned reading, it won't be as demanding. But, it could also be a disadvantage by reading the wrong chapters or something we're not going to go over or be tested over. But $1,000?? REALLY!? Where did you look if you don't mind me asking? I have a feeling I am about to be reading more than I ever have in my entire life... :o

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I am taking it at a place called CPR Training Services in Keller. It's American Heart Association certified for all types of CPR, including Health Care Providers. It's $50 and the class is from 6:30-8:30pm next Tuesday (July 3rd). Check out the website www cprtrainingservices dot com. My friend (who is a dental hygenist, graduate of TWU) has to have the same certification we have to every year and this is where she goes.

Yeah, I am really weary about buying books ahead of time since I got burned last semester with buying a book I didn't need and then not being able to sell it back. I would think that if there were any reading assignments or anything we should know prior to coming to class, they would let us know. But again, that's just blind faith. LOL. Yeah, online at the TCU bookstore website you can enter your class sections and it automatically brings up a list of what you need and a subtotal. The list was LONG. The book prices were very reasonable, it's just that we require SO many!! At least, that's what the bookstore says according to my schedule. I want to ask someone but I don't want to sound like an idiot. "Yeah, this is nursing school darling. You need all those books"... I can hear it now. :( Ha ha!!!

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Hahahaha wow! There must be a LOT of books! But yes..the school aspect of this is really starting to scare me...I feel like I've never had to try hard in school before..this will be a huge wake-up call! And Keller is super close to me, so I am definitely going to look into that!

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Yes, is definitely going to be different, actually stuyding. LOL. So did you check out the CPR website? I am probably going to go down to the scrub store this weekend and get some scrubs and my patches. I got my nametag at the book store...it says my name and "Harris College-Nursing" on it. Of course, it's purple ;) You can get those made online by the way....I can't believe it's already almost July. Seems like yesterday I was freaking out waiting to find out if I got in or not!

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Yeah, I looked at the website and I am probably going to take it there! But I'm leaving for Houston on July 4th so I may need to pack and stuff, but I'm not exactly sure what the plan is (need to talk to the parents). And oh my goodness..I know!! It's becoming so REAL! I said to myself that this summer was going to go by really slow because I just wanna start already, but it's actually going by pretty fast! I didn't even think of the name tag thing so I'm glad you reminded me! I was just at TCU today visiting my mom and should have done that! And I want to get my scrubs, but I kinda wanna see if I can lose a little weight first! Lol! :uhoh21:

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Ha ha!! I feel the same way...I wanted to lose 10-15 pounds over the summer, but now it's so freaking hot outside I can't hardly stand it. Oh well, maybe the heat will allow me to sweat the 10-15 pounds off!! I thought the CPR class was a great deal - the American Red Cross class was only held in Dallas, cost $150 and was 6 hours long?! Anyway, I am very surprised myself how fast the summer is flying by. I sent my application in right after the fall semester was over in December, so from then until April felt like FOREVER!!! I guess I am just catching back up to normal. LOL. Hope you don't suffer from the humidity in Houston!! Ha...I bet it's miserable there. Does your mom work at TCU? One of my friend's was a professor there but she moved up to TWU.

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