Citrus College RN Program: Your Impressions!

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Hi hi,

I'm planning on attending Citrus College starting this summer (the advanced placement thingee).

If you are currently attending or have attended Citrus College, I'm eager to hear your opinions of the school/program, what I can expect, etc.

Thanks!

Specializes in The decaying, er... elderly.
Awesome, we might be able to see one another there. Orientation must have a bunch of people then....and I better start snooping around WingSpan.

In regards to your ELAC comment, I think that is a good decision to not apply there. Obviously, crime is one of the reasons.

By the way, where is everyone living? I am coming from outside the area and don't know where to reside. I am looking at renting a room near Citrus or possibly looking at student apartments if Citrus has them. I don't know my living arrangement yet, unfortunately.

Ah, coolies! Be sure to avoid the obnoxious Asian dude with girly hair (that'll be me)!

For some reason, I was never too concerned about crime around ELAC, most likely because there's an L.A. County Sheriff's station right on campus, which I suppose is telling in itself.

I'll be commuting from Temple City, which is like a 20-minute freeway drive away from Citrus. Most of the areas around the campus seem to be very suburban, so there should be no shortage of places for student accommodation.

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Specializes in The decaying, er... elderly.
As for ELAC, crime is a factor but also their NCLEX pass rate is in the 60'si had a friend do half of her pre reqs there and said the teachers weren't hard on them. When she attended the other half of her pre reqs at citrus she said that ELAC pre reqs were middle school level compared to citruses. Luckily I am taking my pre reqs at citrus and they teach at practically at a cal state level.

It really prepares me for what's going to be ahead when I apply to csulb.

Maybe that's why ELAC's rating so low? I don't know but I wouldn't attend their nursing program .

It is true that the academic bar at ELAC is a bit lower, except for the Chemistry class I took there, that was quite challenging, but not unfairly so (as always, depends on the kind of professor/teacher you have). The core sciencey prerequisites were a mixed bag from unreasonably obtuse to walk-in-the-park easy. The one advantage of going to a place like ELAC was that I could still work enough hours to get by and yet manage to get competitive grades.

It is a good idea to look at the pass rates though in considering a school, as it's a good indication of preparedness for the NCLEX, even though one's individual effort must always be taken into account. Speaking of pass rates, I brought up Citrus' relatively meager NCLEX pass rate with the counselor with whom I filled in my application and she claimed to be unaware of it- I hope she was joking.

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Specializes in Med-Surg/DOU/Ortho/Onc/Rehab/ER/.

I don't know about Citruses pass rate but remember the program is new and relatively small. So the smaller the group taking the test, the bigger margin of error you will see. They only take like 24 people a year. A lot of schools take way more people than that twice a year. They are just starting and I believe the first graduating class is this year (or last year, I don't remember)

So pros:

Not a lot of people in program (could be a con to, but to me that's a pro)

New, new equipment etc (again could be a con)

its new so not a lot of people know about it so easier to get in (kinda)

go by points and academics, not like other CCs which ate lottery or waitlist

good area and surrounding neighborhoods

cons:

New

very small

suburban-like clincials I believe, so you may not see a lot of cool things like in a city

may be provisionally accredited, have to check

pass rate (due to it being new)

So I broke it down, most of its redundant but have a look around and just hang. around and the people with blue scrubs are the nursing students. have a chat, ask questions

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http://www.rn.ca.gov/schools/passrates.shtml

Here's the link to the pass rates of Citrus and all of the other schools.

I would think a very small class size is an advantage because it gives you more room to ask questions and get to know the faculty.

I don't know a whole much about the provisionally accredited part. On the BON website, it just lists Citrus College as an approved program.

On a totally separate note, where are all the Advanced Placement and Generic Option students?! Have they not heard of allnurses.com :confused:

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Specializes in The decaying, er... elderly.
http://www.rn.ca.gov/schools/passrates.shtml

Here's the link to the pass rates of Citrus and all of the other schools.

I would think a very small class size is an advantage because it gives you more room to ask questions and get to know the faculty.

On a totally separate note, where are all the Advanced Placement and Generic Option students?! Have they not heard of allnurses.com :confused:

I've only been aware of this site for a couple of days (was googling about Citrus and this site came up), so prolly not :p

Indeed, some class sizes are smaller than others, which might skew the percentages, but since I'm not sure exactly how the percentages are yielded, it's tough to really predict one's chances by the size of the program. I do fall into the view that a smaller cohort would lead to more instructor time, but I think more realistically, a smaller class size will likely mean a more tightly knit group of peers, leading to a higher probability of academic success (via more chances for study groups, interpersonal investment and cooperation in achievement, etc).

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Specializes in Med-Surg/DOU/Ortho/Onc/Rehab/ER/.

Very true

good points.

Although citruses program us relatively new, not many people know about it.

Last year there was 2 open seats in the generic program

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I'm an alternate for Citrus, and will be at orientation this friday too. I'm patiently waiting and hoping to hear back from Citrus with better news. Just wanted to drop a line and say hi to (hopefully) future classmates. :)

FYI, i heard that Citrus revamped their nursing program this year, so i'm hoping it won't be a chaotic little new school...

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I'm an alternate for Citrus, and will be at orientation this friday too. I'm patiently waiting and hoping to hear back from Citrus with better news. Just wanted to drop a line and say hi to (hopefully) future classmates. :)

FYI, i heard that Citrus revamped their nursing program this year, so i'm hoping it won't be a chaotic little new school...

Cool, another Generic Option student. :smokin:

Hope you get in.

We'll have to see if they revamped it this year at orientation.

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Specializes in The decaying, er... elderly.

Good luck getting in!

I don't think we'll be in the same classes, but hello all the same :D

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It was cool to have met up with you, yellow_p. :smokin:

Hopefully, the other students find out about this site. I think all or most of them don't know of this site.

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