Arc Spring 2017

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Hi everyone!! I know that it is a little early but I just wanted to start a thread for anyone applying for the ADN program at Arc for Spring 2017. I am applying with what seems to be the 70 point minimum for the last few years so hopefully its enough this semester as well! Please feel free to reach out, since we may be seeing each other in the Spring.

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Karenurse, you can expect to have the first 2-4 weeks to be very long! During orientation, you get a schedule that basically maps out the entire semester. Generally, you can expect to be on campus the first 2 weeks up to 8 hours! Some days start as early as 6 am to 7: 30 am. Then after you get your clinical skills checklist compete and check offs done, the days get shorter. Class days are Tue-Friday and for about the first 7 weeks it is lab and lecture heavy. Then around the 8th week, you start clinical. there is generally morning rotations and i think at least 1 evening rotation. for the morning clinical is from 6:30 to 2:30 approximately. Things change each semester, so this is just in general. If you go on to the class schedule and pull up N400, the times listed are pretty accurate for each specific day. I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions!

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Adri0418, thank you! That's a big help. Ive been wondering if I should even attempt to hold a part time job during, but I'm really thinking I shouldn't! Thanks again!

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Specializes in Hemodialysis.

I know many people try to work in first semester, and if you are single, or married with no children, it may be doable, but I would not recommend working from 2nd semester on....the content level drastically increases during second and you literally are spending every waking moment working on study notes and preparing for exams....and 3rd is the same way. I am studying now for a exam! So, again, I strongly recommend NOT WORKING during the program to ensure success!!

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Has any first time applicants status changed to qualified yet? My last change was a month ago to "Application recieved." I'm at 65 points, but I was told I could use my volunteering at Kaiser in the ED for a possible 5 points if the nursing committee approves it. So I said I had 70 points on the presceening sheet.

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I'm a first time applicant, my status changed to qualified on 9/16. My friend who is also a first time applicant, called the office because hers had not changed and they told her she had an error that needed to be fixed. She fixed the error, and her status is now qualified. It wouldn't hurt to call the office and check on things.

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I am a first time applicant also and my status changed on September 28.

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So I read from someone that ARC may be taking 60 students this semester. Any one else hear something like this? Just a rumor at this point....but I am curious nonetheless.

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If it is the fact then we have more hope :). I hear other school increased incoming nursing student this semester because they have more funding this year. I hope every nursing program has increased the budged and taking more students.

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by the way, while waiting for our result I need some advice. I am going to move if I were selected. Please give me your advice which apt is convenience for going to school and clinical sites? Thanks

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I'm hoping this is true but I just went onto eservices and looked up nurse 400 for spring 2017 and it still shows 40 seats :( . Hopefully that changes... It also shows a orientation date that would be on December 9th

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I checked eservices before I posted my comment and they didn't have the classes listed....so I think you are right about them only taking the normal sized class.

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I volunteer at Kaiser and talk every week with a 4th semester nursing professor. She said she hasn't heard anything about 60 students. She was saying that it would be bad too because the first semester classes have up to 12 students, and it isn't good because not enough time to work with them. She said around 9 is the perfect number. Also probably not because of the new curriculum they will be using starting spring 2017.

But anyways, my status has changed to qualified... so I'm sure this means I'm put in the pool right? Good luck to everyone this semester!

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