Bunker Hill Community College....

Omg guys im sooo nervous im at bhcc taking my pre req right now... I should be done in december.. Hoping to aplly to the fall 2012 program!! I suck at math though i havent taken it in 3 years!! I want rcc as my second option too.. Does psych 101 transfer from bhcc to rcc... I want to apply to both programs in the fall..... Im sooooo nervous plz help

Yes your psych will transfer, get a teas study guide from ati testing, it is important you do well on that test as well as pre reqs. They only accept 30 for day, 30 for night and 15 for weekend. Good luck!

ok thanks

I was in the day program so I can't speak to the other programs (and yes, the are run differently) but for days you have a fundamentals course and a head-to-toe assessment the first semester. The difficulty with have two courses was that there was an exam every other week. However, it's all basics to start and once you enter second semester (in my opinion the hardest) you should feel like first semester was a breeze! Second semester is medical/surgical and psych. The volume of information increases susbtantially. Third semester was labor and delivery and maternity...this was the most organized, easy semester for me...I just "got" the L&D topics and once of the professors has very detailed study guides that makes reading the text unnecessary. Fourth semester is complex med/surg and ethics. Our ethics class was very simple - one power point presentation and one 3-page paper. Complext Med Surg was difficult but the teaching was great and knowing that your going to graduate soon makes it all more bearable.

The program overall is a bit unorganized. Communication isn't very strong. Expect the first week of class to have no clinical, BUT you will be in class for the clinical hours.

I did notecards and I did very well with them. Notecards are NOT for everyone, however I noticed that more and more people were switching to notecard-based learning as the semesters progressed. You really need to know your info, you really need to focus on how the body works. It's very DIFFICULT but very DOABLE if you put the work into it...you NEED to study, and you NEED time to do so...so my greatest piece of advice is to make backup plans...it was always disappointing to see people who had to drop out of the program because they weren't doing well because they had to work 40 hours a week...you know in advance that you are going to school so plan well for it...take out student loans in the event you may need them, be ready to quit your job if you can't manage your hours, put your kids in part-time daycare or leave them in daycare longer so you can get your work done and then be fully present for them after you have all of your schoolwork done. It's a crappy two years and its a busy two years...be prepared for that committment. Your house won't be clean, laundry won't always be done, etc.

As for clinical...first semester the clinicals are based in Boston and in Tewksbury, MA. Lots of people carpooled and there isn't much room for switching. Second semester we go to Salem Hospital, Roxbury VA, etc. Third semester is a New England Pedi in Billerica, Winchester Hospital, Cambridge Hospital and fourth semester in Lahey Clinic in Burlington and Roxbury VA. This is for the day program, I know there are differences with other programs. You will get asked for your preferences but other than that you get what you get and you have to deal with it. People carpool, etc. and its not much of a problem. Not each clinical is alike and some provide more experiences than others, for example at NE Pedi all patient's have trachs, G tubes and most are on vents...and then if you had your Peds experience at Winchester Hosp you may get one child in for an asthma attack...

Good luck!

I'm getting so nervous. I applied to Bunker Hill evening RN program. I have a 3.8 GPA and a 101 on my reading comp placement test. I took my TEAS last night and I got a 66% overall (which is proficient, apparently) - got a 78.6% in reading, a 73.3% in Math, a 70% in English, and only a 45.8% in Science - I hope this is enough for me to get in. I could only apply to BHCC because i work 40+ hrs per week during the day and can't do a day program so i'm hoping for evening/weekend. We shall see when letters go out in April :-/

I'm getting so nervous. I applied to Bunker Hill evening RN program. I have a 3.8 GPA and a 101 on my reading comp placement test. I took my TEAS last night and I got a 66% overall (which is proficient, apparently) - got a 78.6% in reading, a 73.3% in Math, a 70% in English, and only a 45.8% in Science - I hope this is enough for me to get in. I could only apply to BHCC because i work 40+ hrs per week during the day and can't do a day program so i'm hoping for evening/weekend. We shall see when letters go out in April :-/

HI Danna

Did you hear anything yet? I applied to BHCC as well and I am going crazy because it is the only place I applied to so far. Good luck

Hi Mbrickle,

i was curious where your clinicals were located fall semester and spring semester. Thanks.

Suzy

Hi Mbrickle,

i was curious where your clinicals were located fall semester and spring semester. Thanks.

Suzy

1st semester I was at Tewksbury State Hospital (fundamentals), second semester I had med/surg rotation at mount auburn and psych at Salem hospital. Third semester I had pediatrics at New England pediatrics and labor and delivery at Cambridge hospital. Last semester I had my complex med/surg rotation at Lahey.

Thanks for the info.

Wow, most if not all of the BHCC threads are pretty outdated. Not many interested in the program? How shame! ?

Now, here in 2019, I am applying for the RN program, hoping to enroll from the Spring semester. I wish if I can hear any feedback or overall review of the program from graduates or current students, and expectation from expected students.

did you end up getting in the program?