College of the Sequoias (COS) - Fall 2025

Bee638, LVN · Apr 8

Mercury01 said:

FCC has a grant called the Promise Grant, which helps students pay for tuition, but I wonder if anyone knows if COS has something similar.

I'm currently in the program. They do

Mercury01 · Apr 8

Delaz1700 said:

I cut my teeth at the Hanford cos campus during high school and undergrad. Also, my buddy attended their Adn program and he says it's a solid program—their NCLEX pass rate is high too.

Statistically, COS's NCLEX pass rate is high because they only do MCS, where they only pick their top applicants. I believe the stats will be relatively the same if the FCC program uses only the MCS system, too.

Bee638 said:

I'm currently in the program. They do

Thank you

andram · Apr 8

Nknk said:

I just called FA and the guy say they should have the same thing. He also told me to call back and check with FA in May because my FAFSA application is for 2025-2026 which is FALL2025. Anyone turn in their agreement already?

At COS? When did you apply for FAFSA? I barely applied today, I never have before so I'm not sure how it all works/when to expect to be notified if I qualify for anything.
is that grant that you're talking about for those who quit their job to become full time students?

Nknk · Apr 8

andram said:

At COS? When did you apply for FAFSA? I barely applied today, I never have before so I'm not sure how it all works/when to expect to be notified if I qualify for anything.
is that grant that you're talking about for those who quit their job to become full time students?

Usually the promise grant is for those who does not qualify for Pell grant anymore or went over their units and yet still low income. You will not get money for books, but promise grant will cover your tuitions. You don't have to be full time students, it will cover however units you are taking. I already applied back in January for the new form (2025-2026). It's ganna be in May that it will show up in your student email if not call FA office.

Aeslin Gallegos · Apr 9

Has anyone gotten their tb test done yet? Is it done quick? Or purchased their background /drug test ? How long does the drug and background test take ? I'm having trouble logging in and having trouble contacting customer service.

Brennan Alvarez · Apr 9

What is MCS?

fiction · Apr 9

Aeslin Gallegos said:

Has anyone gotten their tb test done yet? Is it done quick? Or purchased their background /drug test ? How long does the drug and background test take ? I'm having trouble logging in and having trouble contacting customer service.

The background only took like 2-3 days. I have an appointment set up for this week for the drug test. It's a urine test so it shouldn't take too long at all.

for the tb at my job were required to get them yearly so I'm getting the blood test for that.

pc415lvn · Apr 9

Hi everyone! Congrats to all who got in ! Did anyone apply to west hills?

P Yang · Apr 9

Brennan Alvarez said:

What is MCS?

It's Multi-Criteria Selection aka point system.

andram · Apr 9

pc415lvn said:

Hi everyone! Congrats to all who got in ! Did anyone apply to west hills?

Yes, I did and I called last week. They said they won't be notifying for another 2-3 weeks (as of last week), so it'll probably be another 1-2 weeks.

andram · Apr 9

Aeslin Gallegos said:

Has anyone gotten their tb test done yet? Is it done quick? Or purchased their background /drug test ? How long does the drug and background test take ? I'm having trouble logging in and having trouble contacting customer service.

The tb is 4 visits I believe, and you have to wait like 48 hrs before each visit. You could also do bloodwork which is what I'm doing since I'm a known positive (asymptomatic), and will also need xrays to show I'm all good.

urine test is quick and background check should be as well. I haven't started the process yet because I haven't decided where to commit to yet between programs but I'm 90% sure I'll attend COS

pc415lvn · Apr 9

andram said:

Yes, I did and I called last week. They said they won't be notifying for another 2-3 weeks (as of last week), so it'll probably be another 1-2 weeks.

Thank you !ughhh to wait another 2 weeks feels like forever