Anyone applying for the PHCC Spring 2013 RN/LPN program

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Just wanting to connect & be/get encouragement from other hopefuls who are applying to the program. Anyway, who's up for stalking the mailman with me?

Ok so I just called admissions at the West Campus. She said that the letters have not went out yet BUT she said we HAD to have them by October 15th because that would be a month from the due date. She said we HAVE to have them by the 15th- school policy. SOOO!!! Its almost here!!

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Today is a no mail day so there is no mailman to stalk! Its Columbus Day!

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I just called west campus admissions and they said the letters will go out middle or end of this week.

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Are any potential RN students going to take an LPN seat if they are chosen as an alternate?

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@ Rosey....absolutely!!!!

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So there are 46 or 48 seats? Lets say 150 applied that leaves 92 denied. okay I got a 74 and im just applying for the lpn because im taking my last pre req now and just want to get started and i scored really low on my teas. Sucks but I dont want to go to Rasmussen and pay 50,000 for an RN degree that you need a 65 on the teas to get automatically accepted!!! BS!!!

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Well the other reason not to go to Rasmussen is cuz the credits won't transfer to a BSN just in case u want to further ur education. I know someone last time around that got into the LPN with a score of 68%, don't stress out:-)

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74 isn't as bad as you think, mid 70s is common. When I took it it said a 76% put me in the 82nd percentile.

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And from what I've read Teas V is much much harder than earlier versions. I read on average there was about a 10% drop in scores compared to earlier versions. Second hand info but that's what I've read.

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Well my name is Phil. Originally from South Carolina, been in Tampa Bay Area for about 7 years now. Im 35 yo Married to an RN of 11 years actually and have a wonderful 3 yo son. We are hoping to have another baby and at 35 we don't really have the luxury to wait. So for me I think balancing a new baby and the program will be the most difficult part. Sounds like there will be a lot of no's for every yes. Hope everyone here gets a yes. Hope to meet everyone soon enough.

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I think the RN program will be a little harder if you don't get the general education classes out of the way so that you can focus on the nursing classes each semester. Microbiology and its co-requisite lab, A&P 2 and its co-requisite lab, Lifespan and development etc. We will have two summer semesters during the 2 year program were we can't take any nursing classes, they don't have nursing classes in the summer, so if you don't have the general education classes out of the way, or some of them, you should make sure you take them these during those summer intervals.

Last year when I took A&P I, my teacher told us that half the RN class failed that go around. 24 people out of 48 dropped out or failed.

I think this is an indication of its level of difficulty and also I think that it is an indication that it may not be as hard to get into as we think.

150 applicants and 48 seats means you only need to be in the top 30% of the applicants to get in.

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