COLLIN COLLEGE FALL 2020

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Hey guys! Who here is applying for the fall 2020 term? Anyone else here unable to take the TEAS due to the cancellations? I signed up for two test dates, both of which were canceled. I see they've updated the process with alternatives put in place for those who were unable to take the TEAS. That being said, it's still super confusing since the admission process is points-based and a major part of the selection criteria is your TEAS scores. I hope this doesn't mean that those who were unable to take the TEAS are not going to be prioritized in the admissions process. ?

What about an email to schedule finger printing?

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3 minutes ago, Liz M Radds said:

What about an email to schedule finger printing?

Did you receive an email to schedule finger printing? I’m just wondering how they could send an email to schedule finger printing if they haven’t even sent selected their candidates for the fall

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I received an email from identogo to schedule a fingerprint appointment for Texas board of nursing. So I'm trying to see if anyone received something similar

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1 minute ago, Liz M Radds said:

I received an email from identogo to schedule a fingerprint appointment for Texas board of nursing. So I'm trying to see if anyone received something similar

Oh I see. I have no idea as I have not received an email yet. Did you apply to any other nursing schools?

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Just Collin college. Do they sent fingerprint request to ALL applicants or selected ones only?

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6 minutes ago, Liz M Radds said:

Just Collin college. Do they sent fingerprint request to ALL applicants or selected ones only?

From what I know they only send to selected candidates and this is after the selected candidates have accepted their offer.

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Hi everyone,

I wish you the best luck of getting into the program. I just graduated last month. I really liked the program. Let me know if you have questions. ?

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36 minutes ago, anothervietguy said:

Hi everyone,

I wish you the best luck of getting into the program. I just graduated last month. I really liked the program. Let me know if you have questions. ?

Hey man, quick question. What was the hardest semester and hardest class for you? Also if you have all corequisites complete (Chem, Stats, Nutrition, Lifespan, Gen psych, ect) done what is are the daily class hours?

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1 hour ago, anothervietguy said:

Hi everyone,

I wish you the best luck of getting into the program. I just graduated last month. I really liked the program. Let me know if you have questions. ?

How much was the total cost for the program? Were you able to work while doing clinicals? I really need to work?

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12 hours ago, DQuixote said:

Hey man, quick question. What was the hardest semester and hardest class for you? Also if you have all corequisites complete (Chem, Stats, Nutrition, Lifespan, Gen psych, ect) done what is are the daily class hours?

Honestly, there wasn't any hardest semester for me. They were all equally hard. The hardest class for each semester is the Health Care Concepts class because it has the largest credits. I had a previous degree, so I didn't have to take composition 1. I also CLEP out for General Psychology and Life Span Development. If you haven't taken those non-nursing courses, I highly recommend CLEP them out during this Summer. It doesn't take long to study and take the test and the study material is free online. I haven't taken nutrition and statistic yet, but I will soon.

There were some changes last semester about the amount of days you go to campus per week. I think for 1st semester; you go to campus two or three days per week because you have skill labs and other stuff. I think for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th semester, you only go to campus one day a week on top of the clinical day. On lecture day, class starts at 0830h until 1600h or maybe sooner, depends on the contents but we usually get out earlier than 1600h.

Last semester, everything switched to online after Spring Break, so we had to do everything online. But overall, it wasn't super hard like everyone keeps saying about nursing school. I think the hardest classes for me were A&P 1 and 2. ?

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14 hours ago, safia81 said:

How much was the total cost for the program? Were you able to work while doing clinicals? I really need to work?

Tuition was cheap. It was $54 per credit. https://www.collin.edu/bursar/tuition.html The books packaged was like $1600ish for me. I chose the online books package because I like to read on the computer and it was cheaper than the physical books. The semester behind me were the last one that used HESI. The school switched to ATI so you will have to buy the ATI books and software bundles. I don't know how much it cost. Also each semester, I had to pay for the end of semester HESI assessment and that was like $130ish per semester. I don't know about the new ATI program.

There were a lot of students working full time in my cohort so it is doable to go to nursing school and work at the same time. I didn't have to work for the first 3 semesters except going one weekend a month for Army stuff. I started working as a student nurse tech in the last semester and it didn't really interfere with school.

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2 hours ago, anothervietguy said:

Honestly, there wasn't any hardest semester for me. They were all equally hard. The hardest class for each semester is the Health Care Concepts class because it has the largest credits. I had a previous degree, so I didn't have to take composition 1. I also CLEP out for General Psychology and Life Span Development. If you haven't taken those non-nursing courses, I highly recommend CLEP them out during this Summer. It doesn't take long to study and take the test and the study material is free online. I haven't taken nutrition and statistic yet, but I will soon.

There were some changes last semester about the amount of days you go to campus per week. I think for 1st semester; you go to campus two or three days per week because you have skill labs and other stuff. I think for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th semester, you only go to campus one day a week on top of the clinical day. On lecture day, class starts at 0830h until 1600h or maybe sooner, depends on the contents but we usually get out earlier than 1600h.

Last semester, everything switched to online after Spring Break, so we had to do everything online. But overall, it wasn't super hard like everyone keeps saying about nursing school. I think the hardest classes for me were A&P 1 and 2. ?

Sweet! I didn't find AP1 or AP2 too terribly difficult (finished them with a 98 and 99 LOL) and I have all the ASN corequisites done as well as the BSN prerequisites so it spounds like my schedule won't be too terrible. I also have the post 9/11 GIB so I don't have to work too much. Thanks for your response! I have always taken the "OMG this is so difficult" posts with a grain of salt. I can't wait to start this fall!

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