Any Miami Dade College students going for the acceler. or Generic option fall 2009?

Published

I am currently at Miami Dade College fulfilling prerequisites in order to apply for the Nursing program that starts fall 2009. I'd like to be in touch with other career changers who after getting a bachelor's in a non-nursing field decided to pursue the program at Miami Dade College.

Thanks for your interest!

Very true that many students coast through the pre-reqs by cheating or having professors who provide generous curves/extra credit/assistance and the final grades are inflated. I think that with all this being true the fact still remains that if these students have not mastered the material, understand the concepts, and have the ability to apply content in real life then they will have done this in vain. MDC may accept these students based on these high GPAs but once in the program the grading scale is NOT A=90 it is a true A=95 (or somewhere close) so it is a false reality. These students who made A's in easy classes will be known as PROFIT for MDC when they are no longer able to meet the rigors of the program and are dismissed or fail out of their courses.

GPA is a seemingly equitable means of determining eligibility for entrance. It is not a holistic approach that takes into account other factors but MDC can argue that it is "fair." They have an argument to say that this is the best practice for them. In reality I think the great equalizer will come in the program where the separation of people who understand the information and those who coasted by will be revealed.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW FINALLY TWO PPL who undestand that WE should be evaluated once in the nursing program not while trying to get in it !!!!

DONT FAIL ME before I enter the program TEST me while i am in the program. So true we should be evaluated on various things in order to be considered for acceptance but MDC is doing THEIR OWN THING.......

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Advanced Practice, surgery.

could all members please note you are not permitted to use personal names of teachers, professors or fellow students on this site, these have been removed from the above posts.

thank you for your co-operation

Up Vote Up Vote ×

May I mention I have friends at NOVA in the nursing program now and they tell me that the STUDENTS from MDC dont know anything because they just got easy grades while at the school now NOVA is kicking their butts

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Hi, I am back as expected I didn't get in this time around again. I have to completely re-arrange my future plans and re apply for next term, so we will be crazy again together.:lol_hitti

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Morning OLOFIN,

Well I am going to do the same. So we can stress together. I am taking a class now and one more in the spring and PRAY for the best...................I wish there was another field i was just as interested in besides working for myself :)

Up Vote Up Vote ×

I am taking Nutrition but even with an A I don't think it will take to much of a difference in the GPA. My husband told me to look into something else, but what I really want to be is a Nurse I wish I can go to medical school but I am too old for that, besides if is getting difficult to get into nursing school imaging medical school. I will wait, and I will get in went is meant to be.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Olofin,

What is your gpa right now? If i take this DEP2000 and Nutrition next semester with some other stupid 3 credit course i will have a 3.7 but even with that I dont see me getting in......hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Up Vote Up Vote ×

A 3.73 my friend but for some reason remember that in the fall semester more people usually apply so the competition is bigger. At this point I if they told me that dancing naked for the gods will get me in I will do it

Up Vote Up Vote ×

OLOFIN,

DANCING NAKED FOR THE GODS ????!!!!!!!!! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :chuckle

SEe and you have a 3.73 and they are just being MEAN !!!!!!!!!!!! ughhhhhhhh well we have April right around the corner all we can do is apply

Up Vote Up Vote ×

So the three of us will be applying in April. We can do it! Have any of you tried Broward? They have an online course but you still have 2 days of face to face. They say it is sometimes tues/thurs or a combination of weekday and weekend. They decide each semester though so there is no way of knowing.

Who would have ever thought it would be so hard and anxiety filled to get into school! So let me get this straight...the part time only accepts once a year? How many people do they accept?

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Yes Part time accepts once a yr and they only accept between 35 or 40 ppl

BCC does not offer part time for nursing and they are a nooooo go

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion