ADN Program of Spring 2020

MOUNT · May 31, 2019

I will be retaking the Hesi in hopes of an A to get around 30 or more points.

ladyapj, ADN, EMT-I, EMT-P · Oct 25, 2019

I applied to Brookhaven and Mountain View for Spring 2019 semester. I had 32.5 points for Brookhaven and did not even get an interview. I don't remember my exact points for Mountain View but I think it was maybe 13. I did get an interview with Mountain View but did not get accepted. I did get into the Tarrant County program. They only require A&P I & II, & microbiology. They also look at your HESI score. Most people can get in with an 2 A's, a B, an a HESI of 89 and some have gotten in with 2 B's an A, and an 87 on their HESI. It varies each semester depending on the pool of scores submitted. I think they also require Lifespan or at least Psych 101 but, if I remember correctly, that grade is not figured into your points. You can find the info on their website. The school is a lot bigger than the Dallas programs and much easier to get into. However, you will only get 50% of your financial aid because they only allot 8 hours per semester. BUT, they offer all nursing students a school scholarship that pays $960 a semester and there is another scholarship that pays $1000. The school scholarship requires at least 9 hours of classes so you would have to add a credit hour class like yoga to get that, and the other scholarship requires that you keep a B average. I've only made 3 B's in the past 60 hours so you'd think making a B would be easy in nursing school but it's harder than you think, especially at Tarrant County because they raised the grading scale. An A is 92-100, a B is 83-91, etc. There is one day of lecture for 4 hours and the first semester clinicals are 8 hours, as well as mental health. After that, the clinicals are 12 hours once a week and a lecture class for 4 hours. It is a very good school EXCEPT, if you transfer in, you get to register for classes according to how many hours you have attended TCC. In my case, I took all my pre-reqs thru DCCCD so I get to choose my classes last. That hasn't been a problem until registration for Spring 2020 because you are assigned classes for the first 2 semesters usually. They will allow you to change with someone else but you have to get on the Facebook page and start asking for someone to exchange places with you. They also have blended classes that you can do on your own at home but still have to report for clinicals, except for the last 2 semesters. They have added one night class during the week and Saturday classes, and clinicals are available any day of the week. Blended classes are not available for OB/pedi, and complex semesters. OB/pedi are split into 8 week sessions in one semester. I got lucky for Adult and someone I knew had to drop the class & clinical I wanted so I was able to get them. Today I got stuck with the clinicals that won't work for me, so unless some people fail this semester, I will have to drop the program. I will be contacting the DCCCD schools to see if I can possibly transfer. You really need to make very sure that the school you're trying to get into has policies you can live with. I know it is very tempting to just be thankful you got in somewhere, but there is so much more to be considered. If something like this happens to you, it will cost even more money because you will most likely have to buy new books, scrubs, patches, software programs, etc. The only info I have on El Centro is that you pretty much have to complete ALL your BSN pre-req's to get enough points to get in which makes it harder and it takes a lot longer to get into El Centro, but they are NOT one of the better schools. They were shut down for a semester because so many of the students failed the NCLEX. They really need to restructure their program. Tarrant County and Brookhaven are rated about the same, but Tarrant County does not require a lot of the BS that Brookhaven does like the critical thinking test and interview process. Plus, Tarrant County admits about 200 students every semester so it is a LOT easier to get into. Brookhaven only admits 50 or 60.