Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) Spring 2021

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Hi , Creating this thread for anyone applying for Spring 2021 at BMCC . I didn’t get in last round so will plan to sit the HESI in December hopefully . Not sure what my PCI is but I got A’s in everything except AP1 which I got a B in . Please share tips or info so we can help each other . I’m in my 40’s and I’ve young kids so this is definitely a career change for me !

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6 minutes ago, NCCN said:

They are not to timely in replying . What is the other program you are in . I will apply again in Spring but need to apply to other course too . Was thinking radiography or sonography if this doesn’t work out 

Respiratory care. But there's sort of a catch with the school I've been accepted to. It's an accredited school in Nebraska that offers a part-time online track for students who live in other states. In other words, lecture and lab are done online while clinicals are done locally where you live.

The catch is that in the NY/NJ area, they have no clinical affiliations. A couple of students in NY tried to secure one in the past but failed. However, the program director told me the fact that I'm already working at a hospital helps immensely. I also spoke to the Respiratory care supervisor at my job and he's agreed to help me with my rotations when it's time. So the school now has written/verbal agreement from him. The only thing left to do is the school needs to get the affiliate agreement signed with my job. They gave me a "possible" date of February 1st.

If it's not signed by the time clinicals begin in January 2022, they said I can either go to one of their affiliate sites in other states or drop the program. Everyone close to me is confident it will get signed and are encouraging me to stay in, but there's always that thought in the back of my mind... what if it doesn't? What if I have to take 3 days off/week to commute to West Virginia or whatever for clinicals? Or in the most extreme scenario, what if I end up having to relocate my family to Nebraska to do it?

I hate thinking about these what ifs... I haven't even bought the textbooks or accepted the loan yet because I'm waiting on BMCC.

As for the RT options in NYC...

LIU is expensive and asks for too many science prereqs that I don't have. 

Mandl is also expensive and takes no transfer credits.

BMCC's RT program has a very low pass rate and is insanely hard to get through according to two graduates I spoke to. They take in like 160 students and only 10-15 pass. They do this on purpose to control the job market.

I applied to NCC and Westchester community college. But they start every fall and I have to wait to hear back from them. The good thing about the latter is that they let you transfer respiratory courses from other RT programs.

1 minute ago, Malina11 said:

Also, it is disappointing that they think that people only work 8a.m - 6 p.m jobs. I work 2 pm - 8 pm and applied for the day program. Don’t know yet if I will be able to keep the job if  I get in the program ?   

Same here, 3pm-11pm.

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I just got a response from the dept...

"Please be patient, Ms. (xxxxxxx) will reach out to students as soon as all final grades are reported."

Correct me if wrong but weren't final grades reported on 12/22?

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4 minutes ago, jss1985 said:

I just got a response from the dept...

"Please be patient, Ms. (xxxxxxx) will reach out to students as soon as all final grades are reported."

Correct me if wrong but weren't final grades reported on 12/22?

What the actual F?

That means they didn’t even start selecting? It’ll take a while then.

I applied to out of state as well and they’re bugging me to accept it and register for classes...

Something is fishy here.

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Right - it was the same in Spring . The lack of transparency in this whole thing makes it difficult to have faith in it . I asked for the info about the Spring cohort , specifically what was the lowest GPA that was accepting in the program and how far off the mark I was . Never even got a reply . Plus if they are saying its straight up GPA and HESI results then its a question of numbers . They have not stated other criteria they are using to create the list. Shouldn’t be such a delay in generating a candidate list its like its subjective the grades and results are what they are .

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33 minutes ago, jss1985 said:

I just got a response from the dept...

"Please be patient, Ms. (xxxxxxx) will reach out to students as soon as all final grades are reported."

Correct me if wrong but weren't final grades reported on 12/22?

What final grade? 

The exam was from 11/31-12/5 we all got our grades already. I am so confused. 

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4 minutes ago, Pk123 said:

What final grade? 

The exam was from 11/31-12/5 we all got our grades already. I am so confused. 

I think they mean final class grades for fall. But those were submitted on 12/22 according to the BmCC calendar. So I don't get it...???

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Also have the decency to give us a hard date even for themselves .They wouldn’t have to field numerous emails if they said offers will go out on whatever date .

For the fall 2019 it was 50% Kaplan score and 50% PCI . This generated a percentage number and then they used that number to create a candidate list .Top 81 or whatever students got offered a spot or that’s what I understood. They hold back a certain number of spots for students currently enrolled to allow the students who withdrew to re-enroll one time only . That will change semester to semester I guess . Fed up though !  

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Did we not have to have all the pre-reqs  finished before we applied ? And we could only get an invite to take HESI if we had submitted an application and if our GPA was competitive

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Also one more thing I think the students admitted  in the Spring cohort had to sit the HESI this time too  because they didn’t - what happened if they scored badly on it...

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2 minutes ago, NCCN said:

Did we not have to have all the pre-reqs  finished before we applied ? And we could only get an invite to take HESI if we had submitted an application and if our GPA was competitive

They didn’t let me apply last semester because my last prereq was in progress... so gtfo with that bs that they’re waiting for grades. What grades they don’t even let you sit the HESI without completing prereqs.

1 minute ago, NCCN said:

Also one more thing I think the students admitted  in the Spring cohort had to sit the HESI this time too  because they didn’t - what happened if they scored badly on it...

That doesn’t make sense so they started the program and now some of them get to be kicked out? I’d sue the whole college LOL

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I think you’re confusing the entrance exam with the HESI exam that every nursing student takes at the end of each semester. That’s just a standardized exam to see how everyone is progressing. Nobody’s getting kicked out of the program LOL 

 

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17 minutes ago, Jules10 said:

I think you’re confusing the entrance exam with the HESI exam that every nursing student takes at the end of each semester. That’s just a standardized exam to see how everyone is progressing. Nobody’s getting kicked out of the program LOL 

 

Wait you have to take HESI every semester?Isn’t HESI the entrance exam?

I haven’t seen taking these tests every semester in the nursing handbook for sure ?

but like I said, they never gave me a straightforward answer or explanation for my questions before either so you might be right.

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