I am outraged at how bad things are getting for the pre-nursing students at CCAC. They change policies about the classes in the middle of the night and don't tell anyone and trying to get correct information from advisement is not gonna happen. I am posting this information to empower those who have been done wrong.
The students who applied for the 2012 fall nursing program and where rejected need to ban together and file a class action lawsuit against the school. The current flow chart that was just revised around the end of 2011 shows that the only classes needed to apply to the nursing program are as follows:
math 80 and 90
English 89 and 100 (if applies)
college reading (if applies)
into to biology
chemistry 109 or 110 or if you passed with a "C" or better in high school you don't have to take it
These classes are all to the left of the solid black line so this would mean that the classes listed above are you prereqs and the classes to the right of the solid black line are classes that you can take along with the nursing classes. Most students who applied believed that they met the above criteria and had a GPA of at least a 2.8 or better. They only had 300 seats so here's what they did and this is where the lawsuit comes in. They secretly gave credit to the students that already took microbiology, a&p 1 and a&p 2 and gave them extra points depending on the grade they received. So for example if your GPA was a 4.0 and you recieved an "A" in those three classes you got .75 points x 3. So this means your GPA went from a 4.0 to a 6.25. That 6.25 GPA was there starting point for applicants. If you had anything less than maybe a 3.6 GPA or so you never had a chance. I believe those rejection letters can be chaallenged based on students not being properly informed on the application requirements.
The students that took the Pax test and passed it right before they eliminated the test and received rejection letters based on there GPA should also ban together and sue. When they eliminated the Pax they raised the GPA requirement up from I believe a 2.7 (I'm not 100% positive) or what it was to a 2.8 and those students received rejection letters because they were not told before they applied that they changed the GPA requirement. Again, they secretly changed the application requirements. Here's what they should of did and this is where the lawsuit comes in. The students should of been given a waiting period where the new requirement would not effect them because they already met the old requirements when the changes where made, giving them a chance at getting into the nursing program.
I'm guessing the number of seats vs the number of applicants may be the motivation behind these practices and future applicants should consider other schools. Those students that are in the two categories above, I strongly urge you to stand up for yourself. Don't allow CCAC to get away with this because its wrong.
