Additional Application Period at CCRI

U.S.A. Rhode Island

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hey guys sorry i didnt post this sooner

http://www.ccri.edu/dean-hrs/faq-hspbprocess.shtml

"please note: one additional application period will be available for the *nursing program:

october 1 through november 2, 2009"

"i wish to apply to the nursing program in the application periods that start february 2 and may 26. what criteria will be considered for potential admission to the program?

  • in addition to the admission requirements, applications will be considered through a competitive process and includes the following criteria:


    • exceptional (b- or above) grades in biol 1010, biol 1020, and heal 1060
    • cumulative gpa (2.7 or better)
    • accuplacer reading score of (90 or above)
    • teas test scores of (50th percentile or above) "

Specializes in Med/Surg.

Just wanted to pop in and encourage those who are trying to get into nursing programs. Please don't listen to anyone trying to bring you down---if you want to be a nurse, then keep pushing for it. I do, however, think CCRI is a bit disorganized, and that everyone should look at all of the options around them (not just one school).

I took Anatomy and Human Development at CCRI in 2006, and transferred to RIC for Spring '07. I am now in my 3rd year of the nursing program at RIC and will be graduating with a BSN next May. I did not have a 4.0 or perfect grades....I have good grades (3.32 overall) and I work hard. The program here is also very competitive (90 students accepted for Fall and 60 for Spring) but I kept plugging away, got accepted, and am learning a whole lot about what nursing really is. I am proud to be a RIC student nurse.

If you want CCRI's program...then stick with it and don't back down until you get in. That is my attitude in life...to never let anyone tell me I can't do something. Sorry this all sounds like a corny pep talk but I really can't stand when other nurses are not encouraging to their future colleagues.

Keep working hard, and when you think it will never happen, you'll be pleasantly surprised... and even that much more grateful when it DOES happen.

Good luck to all! You can do it!

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Rhody "L"

this is why I love you girl!!!!!!

Your the best!!!!

It would be an honor to work alongside you and chris someday !!!!!!!!

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I just wanted to add my 2 cents to the on-going conversation.

I have been told in person by 2 admissions officers, at 2 different campuses, that

there is indeed no longer a wait list at least at their respective campuses.

They have not been able to fill all the spots for next Spring, which is why they

have added yet another application period. One officer told me that they only

got 5 applications for the day program and 10 applications for the evening program

during the May-June application period.

I myself do not have a 4.0 and have gotten a verbal acceptance

for the Spring 2010 day program.

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I just wanted to add my 2 cents to the on-going conversation.

I have been told in person by 2 admissions officers, at 2 different campuses, that

there is indeed no longer a wait list at least at their respective campuses.

They have not been able to fill all the spots for next Spring, which is why they

have added yet another application period. One officer told me that they only

got 5 applications for the day program and 10 applications for the evening program

during the May-June application period.

I myself do not have a 4.0 and have gotten a verbal acceptance

for the Spring 2010 day program.

I hope it is true for you and your fellow upcoming and future nursing students....and I do not eat my young or nursing students...but I know for a fact of people that are still on the waiting list. for Lincoln and warwick. day and evening...

I was on the waiting list since lets see spring of 2005 or 2006 and just got my call to join for this last spring... I already graduated and got my licence. that is a long wait. I know they do not do the official wait list which is a shame in way... because for those that have maybe a 3.0 or less they are almost out of luck to get in to nursing school...

Just because you get a C or B in anatomy and physiology does not mean you are going to do poorly in nursing classes so don't let any of the instructors tell you that.

I made a C in both and did completely fine in my nursing classes. Of course now you have to make a B or better.

If you don't get in there than try some of the other places. there are scholarships out there as well as grants and loans.

:heartbeatTricia RN:heartbeat

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LOL!!!!!!!!

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im glad you found it funny...when you are studding hard in those really hard nursing classes and you are feeling a little stressed out you can come back and look at this and have a nice lol.:heartbeat and believe me you will have those moments. even the best students are stressed but its not a reason to give up just remember that when you think you should.

just remember this.

dr. randy pausch phd last lecture: "brick walls are there for a reason. they let us prove how badly we want things." :nurse:rip 7/25/2008

:heartbeattricia rn:heartbeat

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Look nurse

Really

Shouldn't you be saving lives?

Who gives a **** what I'm LOL about?

Oops you do you had to respond

They should require some...........

You keep telling us "you come back.....blah blah blah

Just because your working as a nurse you think you won't have anything go wrong ? there are a number of things that can happen darling

News flash YOU ARE NOT GOD!!!!!

LOL

Ps

By the way I loved that book

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Look nurse

Really

Shouldn't you be saving lives?

Who gives a **** what I'm LOL about?

Oops you do you had to respond

They should require some...........

You keep telling us "you come back.....blah blah blah

Just because your working as a nurse you think you won't have anything go wrong ? there are a number of things that can happen darling

News flash YOU ARE NOT GOD!!!!!

LOL

Ps

By the way I loved that book[/]

I know Im not God and never presented my self as him. I never made the impression that I was prefect ether so I dont know were you are coming off that way. If you know anything about the economy now you would know there are a lot of RN's that are out of work do to hiring freezes and such. I hope you and everyone else never have to go through that stress when you are ready to join the work force.

If I was God I would make it that my husband was home and not off in Iraq fighting a war that seems it would never end. That my kids would be happy all the time instead of stressed and heart broken over there father being gone.

And I even would wish that you were in the nursing career that you are dreaming and working on.

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I have know idea if I want to do nursing

I meet people that are so passionate about it

Don't know if I would be good at it

I dream about other things

Maybe I'll get some revelation after this semester

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Well you should try it first crazensweet. At least try nursing 1 and 2 to see how it is. I dont know If I will like it either, but even if If I dont, It sure pays better than my 10 dollars an hour. Now that I think of it, i don't think I've ever liked any job I had. The only time I liked my jobs was when I talked to friends on the job.

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I have know idea if I want to do nursing

I meet people that are so passionate about it

Don't know if I would be good at it

I dream about other things

Maybe I'll get some revelation after this semester

Have you ever taken the type of test that tests your intersts?

We all dream of other things maybe raising kids or being a rock star.

It seems to me that you would be a good nurse because Ive read some of your other

posts and you seem to have a carring spirit that makes a good nurse.

If you question if it is something you will like you can always shadow a nurse or become a CNA or Home health aid. That is a good way to get your feet wet. I was one since 1989. I loved it. But its not for everyone.

Also does Kent hospital have that program that if you are a employee for them you get bumped to the head of the line to get into nursing school. I know they worked with CCRI to do the snap program but I dont think that program did so well. Did it do well? Did they have a good class graduate?

:heartbeatTricia RN:heartbeat

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Thanks both of you!!

I have shadowed the Nursing V class about 4x this past spring at kent, It was nice. Just about once a month I bug the advisors at the lincoln campus, and I leave feeling more confused. I went and took that test it wasnt really specific just said "helping people".

You make a mistake and you could kill someone or hurt them seriously, I know your trained that may never happen but still......

I do this I freak myself out ALL THE TIME. In Anatomy by midterm my grade was an A I was still nervous.

In Micro I was doing great and just got up look around and thought "Do I want to do this?" and didnt go back.

I'm taking a business leadership course this semester on a whim, why? I have no idea.

I envy people that are passionate about something.

Then their are those that have natural gifts and abilities.

I'm tired of shifting with the wind.

I want to stand still somewhere for something.

I know I'm probably not making any sense lol see just confused

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