currently a community college student..

I'm starting Block 4 at SCC in August and I waited 1.5 yrs for acceptance. At that time, grades did not matter - you just got in the system and waited. From what I am now hearing the wait is a minimum of 2 yrs. and I do not know whether grades are being factored into student selection.

I've never heard of anyone saying that their employer was able to speed up their acceptance. When I applied, certain spots were held open for Scottsdale Healthcare employees and those people were accepted one semester sooner. They also went into the accelerated program vs. the traditional program (which is the program with summers off). FYI - anybody can list the accelerated program as one of their choices when you apply. I wouldn't recommend it because there is a higher failure rate among the accelerated program and those students are often the "repeaters" we see in our traditional block.

Unfortunately, I think you are just going to have to play the "waiting game." That may not be such a bad thing to do right now because it is really tough for new grads to get a job. I can only suggest getting your application in asap and getting all of your coreqs out of the way. You can, of course, take a coreq during your nursing Block but I would not recommend that. Students that did that did not typically do well - best to take your coreqs during the summers after you start the program or get them out of the way prior to acceptance during your wait.

Hope some of this helps! Best of luck!

If you check under "region" there's an area for Arizona schools, and TONS of threads on the MCC system. It sounds like grades may be taken into consideration, but honestly I haven't read many of those threads as I am a Tucson area student.

Good luck!

I would think GPA does matter.. especially science and math classes. Good luck.