Last Thursday I was at the college for the purpose of collecting my Chemistry grade with some classmates. Apparently, there was a graduation ceremony for RN's going on that night as well, and my friends started talking to one student to ask her about the program. I didn't hear the entire conversation, but one of my cohorts told me the student had stated that ELEVEN people had failed out of NUR-181 alone during her course!
Now, there's always a chance there was some sort of misunderstanding or miscommunication, but does this sound right? For what it's worth, I would think the application process and competitiveness of getting in to the program would assure a strong student population, so it makes me nervous to hear these things. I already received some insight from someone privately, but I was wondering what the public population made of this info.
I just finished 3rd level at Bergen. Yes, it is possible to get A's - I got an A in every first level class, no problem really. Second level whips you into shape and you will be thankful for a B or a B+ - I dont know anyone who got an A in 2nd level, but I am sure there were people. In 3rd level, I know a few got an A in psych, no one got an A in maternity as far as I know. The goal becomes just to pass and hopefully get a B - anything above that is gravy. We lost about 15 + people in level 2 and about 5 more in level 3. So, study study stud. I too am in PTK and still have a good GPA but am now mostly focused on completing the program.
Good Luck!
Hi ASP.
are you in the day or evening program ?
Just finished Level 3 as well. I thought this would be a little easier than level 2, but I thought wrong...LOLOL
Entire class failed exam 2 and went into Exam 3 a little more stressed than usual IMO. I got a 48 on exam 2, but my curb grade was a 72. Crazy part is that there were others that got a 48, but ended with an 80 or better after the curb. I guess they got the right questions.....wrong....LOL
Anyway, I finished with a B which I will gladly take.
And oh...I know many that did get an "A" out of GI/GU, and a few in Cardio in level 2....Im in the Evening program.
Was going to take it easy over summer.......but I opened up the NCLEX book last night and will commit to doing 30 - 50 questions per night.
Yes, I knew people had gotten A's but I am usually out of the loop in terms of grades people have gotten. I think though that the majority of people get a B and are fairly happy with that. The hardest part is adjusting to each teachers style and test questions - there is no uniformity from level to level, so you never know what to expect.
Hi Asp and Fisherman! Thank you for all of your advice and insight. I know the program is rigorous, and as you said, you lose people every semester. I was wondering if you think choosing classes purely based on their HESI scores was effective? It seems to me that choosing based on one test score doesn't offer the necessary three-dimensional view of a student. Do you think if they took gpa and backgrounds more into account, there would be less dropping out in the middle? I don't know but am just curious - what are your thoughts? Thanks!
Yes, I think if they took GPA into account it would be better. However, grading in the program is based solely on tests so perhaps they figure if you do well on the entrance exam, you will do well in class. I dont know. Our entrance exam was actually weirder - we only had English and Math - no science whatsoever which I always found to be very odd.
I know it - FINALLY! I met with a Transfer counselor yesterday and she said they plan to send out the Nursing acceptance letters the first week in June - since they will still be waiting to receive grades from students who are waiting on prerequisite course grades. So I asked if we probably would be able to see our status on webadvisor before then, and she shook her head but said shhhhh, although we all know it's not a big secret!
2nd. i am so excited- hopefully we can see next week on webadvisor, since next week is the last week in the month, and like you said we should be able to see on webadvisor if we are in before they mail the letters which is in the first week of june.
SO anxious,
Best of luck to you all, because I know you want it as bad as I do.
I just finish level one last week, it was not as hard as I thought it would be.
Like many people here said, u need to put effort into ur studies, the only subject that was hard for me was Fundamentals, I could not understand the questions asked (the professor was not clear enough) so I thought. Pharm and Physical Assessment was great, the tests came out of the power points presented in class. If u guys need any help/questions email me at: [email protected]
Now I have a question to students that have been through the second level, whats for me to expect? tips and advices. I already ordered 2 NCLEX books to read over the summer fluids/electro/cardiac.
you will have a presentation to do in gi/gu. they will give you and your group a case study and you are to present it to the class. i had prof freesola and timme. imo both are really good lecturers. nothing tricky about the exams and i do not believe anyone in my section failed.
cardio was a little more challenging and my section lost a few people here. kelly and meehan were our profs. really nice professors. definitely read up on the f&e and the hyper/hypo of your minerals/eletrolytes: magnesium, potassium calcium…etc. know the signs and symptoms of all. pm me your email and i can send you the ppt for the fand e lectures.
and i just sent two emails to you. there were two lectures on F and E. Use the email addy that i sent from, if you need anything else...i have all the lectures saved.
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Hi ASP.
are you in the day or evening program ?
Just finished Level 3 as well. I thought this would be a little easier than level 2, but I thought wrong...LOLOL
Entire class failed exam 2 and went into Exam 3 a little more stressed than usual IMO. I got a 48 on exam 2, but my curb grade was a 72. Crazy part is that there were others that got a 48, but ended with an 80 or better after the curb. I guess they got the right questions.....wrong....LOL
Anyway, I finished with a B which I will gladly take.
And oh...I know many that did get an "A" out of GI/GU, and a few in Cardio in level 2....Im in the Evening program.
Was going to take it easy over summer.......but I opened up the NCLEX book last night and will commit to doing 30 - 50 questions per night.
One more semester to go......Hopefully.... :-)