CCRI Acceptance?

[Braga92]

Hi everyone. Im 19 years old, leaving for Basic Training in the Army in 3 weeks and come back in October. I want to get my Associates in Nursing at CCRI but ive heard that the acceptance to the program has changed? That its no longer a 'first come, first serve' sort of thing where as it is now a 'whoever has the best grades, gets in first', atleast that is what i was told. I didnt do very well in High school. I took College Preparatory classes, but i would get Cs, and maybe 1-2 B-'s. I didnt really care too much about High School but now i realize how important getting good grades were. Anyway, Is CCRI like that? Im just afraid of being on the waiting list forever and finishing my pre-reqs and waiting even longer to be accepted into the actual nursing program. Thank you guys!

[spankybax320]

I applied in Aug 2011 for Jan 2012 I was told they would let me know in November.. I was emailed Sept 28,2011. I had been conditionally accepted to the Day Nursing Program.

I have read a lot of nonsense about CVS Caremark people having first spots, untrue.

The system is as fare as can be if you get good grades you will get in my GPA is a 3.95 in the Nursing program. And 3.67 overall.. Maybe some people did not get in because they did not get the grades.

This of course is a double edge sword -personally I think the GPA based system the new point system is good and also bad.

1. The grades you get in the Holy grail Anatomy-Physiology-Dosage Calculations, are important do not take this the wrong way but they are not a correct prediction - if you will be a good nurse?

2. They do not have a interview -- Maybe that would help. I tutor Anatomy, Physiology, and have met some great students that can not get higher then a B. Some are CNA's and have a lot of hospital experience.

3.CCRI has more clinical spaces then URI and RIC and more hours of clinical experience.

4. CCRI has the highest pass rate of the Nclex in the state run schools.

5. For the money CCRI is the better choice and the State pact of classes that will transfer to URI or RIC.

6. Remember URI takes twice as many Nursing students as they have spots for clinicals it takes a student 5 1/2 years on average to graduate from URI.I do not know anything about RIC.

7. If you get a RN from CCRI you can go directly into URI or RIC and finish up your BSN.This is possible because you are not competing for clinical positions.

The clinical positions are the challenge for the Colleges - To think out loud I wonder what impact New England Tech's new

R N program is going to have on the number of clinical spots for the State Schools.

Clinical positions, clinical positions, clinical positions. THIS is what it is all about..... And YES Anatomy will weed out a lot-but if you are determined YOU CAN DO THIS ... Good Luck -- And now the work really begins.