I finished up my pre-reqs and I have applied to my school of choice, however Santa Ana college has a mandatory wait list. I am told that it is a 1-1.5 year wait (I am on their priority list)
Anyone else applying to schools with a mandatory waitlist (meaning no lotteries, no immediate start for excellent grades) Anyone on Santa Ana's Wait list?
I feel like I am getting left behind with so many people on here getting acceptance letters.
My general ed is complete.. was thinking about doing my CNA or maybe taking the classes for a lab tech. (and enjoying my kids while waiting)
thanks.. I just need to make sure that there are others in my situation...
Anyone who has 30 points or above is prioritized. I have a friend who had 31 points, and got in the very next semester after she got on the list. Also, she was number "536" on the Wait List. Another friend had 25 points, and she was placed on the List at the end of Spring of 2007, and will be starting Fall of 2008.
good luck! did you already take the teas test? (I heard that was coming up for those that needed to take it)
I think the first group is taking it Friday, May 2nd. I'm not taking it, but know two people who are. I'm surprised that one only has to score 67% overall; I thought each individual part of the test had to have at least a 67%. Also, there were two, four-week "refresher" courses (one in Math and one in Science) for those people who were on the list to take the test.
My cc doesn't waitlist. Instead you have to have enough points to win a spot in the top 40 which basically means you have to have all your support courses done. Since the application period closes in the middle of a semester if you are taking any of those courses you cannot count them which may make you fall short. This means that I had to wait 8 months after having taken all of my courses. I took a nutrition course, and human sexuality this semester even though I didn't need them because I thought they would be interesting. I am bought season passes to the water park for the summer for my son and I , and we are going to relax and have fun. I start the nursing program in the fall of 08.
Santa Ana didn't get a "grant," per se; St. Joseph Hospital is funding their Extended Campus Nursing Program so that Santa Ana now can take 96 students a semester instead of 48. It's expected, however, that the students who get to come in under the St. Joseph's program will work there upon graduation, so I'm not sure how it works if one doesn't want to!
Santa Ana didn't get a "grant," per se; St. Joseph Hospital is funding their Extended Campus Nursing Program so that Santa Ana now can take 96 students a semester instead of 48. It's expected, however, that the students who get to come in under the St. Joseph's program will work there upon graduation, so I'm not sure how it works if one doesn't want to!
they do have grant in addition to extended campus program (I am in the grant program... not extended program) there are 12 each semester...It is to end I think in 2010...
Are you in California by chance? This seems to be a common problem with California nursing programs...I have even seen "mandatory" wait lists a long as 3 to 4 years.
One of the schools Im applying to are accepting applications for 2010.....thats a while away, but Im going to apply anyway. And that school is 45 mins away, and its not even in a big name city.LOL
Actually, most every school except for Santa Ana is doing away with Waiting Lists; they are going to the process of taking applications for each term, and taking the highest-ranking students (e.g. Saddleback, Long Beach, Pasadena) . Some, however, (like Cypress, Cerritos, Citrus (I guess every school that starts with a "C" :))) are doing lottery and some, like Goldenwest, have a point cut-off and THEN do a lottery. But Santa Ana is the only school I know os who is still maintaining a Wait List, and primarily their major funding is for the EOPS and International students.
thanks.. great attitudes! I was just getting jealous with the "I got in" threads...I just hate the feeling of being "left behind"
I am beating myself up over the one B I received (thinking that maybe if I had all A's instead of all A's and one B, then I could get in sooner) We can't retake classes.. what you get is what you get..(I asked)
I thought about goldenwest college.. I think I would have a better chance there.. but with 3 kids... I choose not to spend 3 hours a day in traffic (going and coming) my choice.. now hopefully other people on my list will apply to goldenwest (they accept over 200 students!) and get off my list. :)
thanks guys...
I know it is really hard. My heart does sink a little everytime time I see "Accepted" but I also am very happy for all of peeps that are finally getting their chance too. I have been on Yuba's waitlist for a year now and I believe I have another year to go. One year in the grand scheme of things is not all that long. I have a friend who really wanted to get his MSW and he kept applying and applying. It took him three years and he finally got it. He graduates this Saturday with his MSW. Things like that really give me hope.
Does anyone know how long the waiting list at santa ana college is for lvns to rns? Do we need to take the teas or ati testing before getting into the bridge program? thanks
At Santa Ana, you have to do the Anatomy (4 units), Physiology (4 units), and Microbiology (either the 5 unit, or the 4 unit course), as well as English 101 and Math 60, before you can get on the list (even if you are an LVN). If you don't have a Bachelor's degree, and even if you got A's in English and Math, you still have to do an entry Math and English test (NOT the TEAS!) before you can get on the list.
Then, the only openings they have for the LVN-to-RN program are spaces from people dropping out before their second year. So, if fifteen of the people that started the regular program drop out before their 3rd semester, there would be fifteen spaces for LVN-to-RN students. In other words, it's even harder for LVN's to get into the RN program at Santa Ana than at other schools. There are many people on the LVN list, and everyone that I knew there who was trying that were also applying at every school they could.
Long Beach City College has a much easier time of it for LVN's, since they take you by GPA, GE classes completed, etc.
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good luck! did you already take the teas test? (I heard that was coming up for those that needed to take it)