Applied, Accepted, Registered for classes- what happens now?

suzy253, RN · Jul 15, 2005

Congratulations, sit tight & relax while you can. :)

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Jul 15, 2005

Ok I know this is an :offtopic: post but....

The other day I we had a book buy back session going on...well I was kind of in the urgent need of gas money (who doesn't at these prices right?) so I decided to sell back my gen ed's books. I am keeping all the science one though. So anyhow, I get there (mind you these are only 1 or 2 semesters old an immaculate condition) and the man tell me all he can give me is $5.00 for some and $9.00 for the other :stone

The cheapest one was $65.00 and the other was $100.00+ original price. I did sell them but then I was feeling terrible. He told me that they were considered old books. That he could give me $15.00 if they were current and hardcover. Unbelievable. I have actually tried amazon.com half.com and ebay, but everytime I go I never find a used book for cheap. All I find is new condition for a few dollars less (which shipping usually makes up for the rest).

Just wanted to share my experience with you :)

chattypattyCRNA2B · Jul 15, 2005

Ok I know this is an :offtopic: post but....
The other day I we had a book buy back session going on...well I was kind of in the urgent need of gas money (who doesn't at these prices right?) so I decided to sell back my gen ed's books. I am keeping all the science one though. So anyhow, I get there (mind you these are only 1 or 2 semesters old an immaculate condition) and the man tell me all he can give me is $5.00 for some and $9.00 for the other :stone
The cheapest one was $65.00 and the other was $100.00+ original price. I did sell them but then I was feeling terrible. He told me that they were considered old books. That he could give me $15.00 if they were current and hardcover. Unbelievable. I have actually tried amazon.com half.com and ebay, but everytime I go I never find a used book for cheap. All I find is new condition for a few dollars less (which shipping usually makes up for the rest).
Just wanted to share my experience with you :)

Yeah I had the same experience. They really get one over on us don't they? They know students are usually scrapped for cash and will take what they can get. And the excuse he gave you about the books being old is just a crock because if they weren't still using them they wouldn't take the books at all. So they give us one or two bucks for them and resell them back to the next schmuck for a few dollars less than the price of it new! College...you gotta love it! :rolleyes:

prmenrs, RN · Jul 15, 2005

Invest in highlighters--lots of colors!!! Find a backpack w/wheels if you can--save your back.

If you can get some books, start previewing!!!

Don't know how old your kids are, can you teach them to do laundry? What about cooking--get some quick dinners organized--ingredients on hand, etc. Get your house in order, too. If you can get ahead now, you won't feel so frantic later on. OOO, I know-get some Christmas shopping done. Stash the gifts w/a friend or relative.

Good luck!

BoonersmomRN · Jul 15, 2005

I hear you on the book buy back. I paid almost $200 for my Statistics book and when I went to sell it back I got the ole nope sorry we aren't using that book anymore. Same for my $130 Human Dev. Psych book.

Mudnuri · Jul 15, 2005

LOL I sneaked around a bit.

Seems my college has a bookstore on line- run by some not- affiliated for profit store. My campus did not have the a/p I listed, but another campus's site did. I called the bookstore and confirmed that the 2 a/p and 1 psych are the ones I need.

Now i'm just busy searching on line for the "best deal"...

Brandy

Student_Nurse_WV · Jul 16, 2005

I hate buy backs. One time I was offered ONE whole dollar for a book.

I think I need to get into the textbook profession!

Nurseismade RN · Jul 17, 2005

First of all Brandy, Congratulations on registering for classes.

Have you been actually accepted into the ADN program and then have to complete your prereqs? or are you starting with prereqs then have to apply to ADN program once completed? Usually like Boonersmom wrote you would definetly have an orientation before school starts. If you answered yes to the first question...I would like the name of that school for a friend of mine. I think all schools should do that. Let me know. :)

Ps. I had to do it the second way...prereqs first, then application and teas test to get in..after sweating bullets...and playing the waiting game..I start this September.

I wish you all the best either way.

Mudnuri · Jul 17, 2005

First of all Brandy, Congratulations on registering for classes.
Have you been actually accepted into the ADN program and then have to complete your prereqs? or are you starting with prereqs then have to apply to ADN program once completed? Usually like Boonersmom wrote you would definetly have an orientation before school starts. If you answered yes to the first question...I would like the name of that school for a friend of mine. I think all schools should do that. Let me know. :)
Ps. I had to do it the second way...prereqs first, then application and teas test to get in..after sweating bullets...and playing the waiting game..I start this September.
I wish you all the best either way.

Technically speaking- I COULD have applied dircectly into the ADN program, however I would have never gotten accepted, without the pre/co-reqs done.

I am a liberal arts major right now, that way i am eligible for financial aid, and then next spring will apply to the ADN program, and these pre/co-req's will be accepted into that program.

I am taking the NLN exam this december, that is another requirement of the ADN application.

The way my school basis your acceptance is on a number of things, including the ## of pre/co-reqs done and the GPA on them, by doing it this way, I am able to increase my "odds" of gettin in.

Brandy

scoley · Jul 17, 2005

Was that for the clinical portion, though? I will have an orientation, too, once I get into clinicals with all that jazz....but for just the pre-reqs there was no book list handed out or anything like that.

Hmm I'm surprised that you didn't get some kind of print out when you first registered and signed up for your classes. Even without financial aid, they should have given you something.. Granted, I have financial aid, but I would have thought that they would have given you something... Thats kind of weird... But every school is different I guess...