FCCJ/FSCJ Fall 2010 Hopefuls

MLTinJAX · Jan 2, 2010

Does anyone know what the cutoff for Nights/Weekends was for Summer 09 term?

FLmomof5 · Jan 3, 2010

'round.....190ish. I can't remember anymore! LOL:D Initially, it was higher, but a few folks declined their seats. I got 217, so I wasn't even close to the cutoff.

Best thinking is.....shoot for 200 and you will be safe! :yeah:

MLTinJAX · Jan 3, 2010

'round.....190ish. I can't remember anymore! LOL:D Initially, it was higher, but a few folks declined their seats. I got 217, so I wasn't even close to the cutoff.
Best thinking is.....shoot for 200 and you will be safe!

Thank you! I totally miscalculated my points. I thought I was sitting pretty with 216 then I went back and I realized that I counted my Stats class twice and I found out that I can't count my Chem. So now I am looking at applying with 195.56. I don't think I will have enough to be able to get n/wknds. That's not counting my Micro so I could always wait until Summer 2010 and apply then. I think I am going to take my NAT again as well. I got 98.56 but I think I can do better. I took it right after my A&P final so I was mentally drained! Hopefully when I take it again I can get higher points.

I'm a career changer so I would love to have n/wk so I could still work. The only hard thing will be being away from my daughter. She just turned 1 last month. I'm finishing up my BA at UNF right now so I have gotten use to going to class 2 nights a week, but the weekends would be hard.

FLmomof5 · Jan 4, 2010

First term is a bit overwhelming due to the amount of material to learn, but you won't spend that much weekend time doing your clinicals. In second term, Adult Health I will kick your butt. You have to go to class one night a week plus both days of the weekend for clinicals leaves you with NO days off if you work FT (M - F)! It is tough, but you can get through it....I did. I start OB on the 11th and OB has 4 clinical Saturdays out of the 8 week class, so that shouldn't be too bad.

I would retake the NAT. I got 110 pts on the NAT, so if you could improve by that much, you should be able to hook a Nights/WE slot.

Good Luck! :yeah:

MLTinJAX · Jan 4, 2010

first term is a bit overwhelming due to the amount of material to learn, but you won't spend that much weekend time doing your clinicals. in second term, adult health i will kick your butt. you have to go to class one night a week plus both days of the weekend for clinicals leaves you with no days off if you work ft (m - f)! it is tough, but you can get through it....i did. i start ob on the 11th and ob has 4 clinical saturdays out of the 8 week class, so that shouldn't be too bad.
i would retake the nat. i got 110 pts on the nat, so if you could improve by that much, you should be able to hook a nights/we slot.
good luck!

thank you so much for the words of encouragement. to be honest with you i was quite discouraged when i realized i messed up my points. i will definitely re-take the nat and hopefully i'll get at least a 110! i did really well on the academic aptitude part and the reading comprehension but not so well on the science portion. i got 2 nat prep books from a friend of mine who is currently in the nursing program but when i looked at the questions under the science section i didn't really recognize any from the test. the book seemed to be very specific but from what i remember from the test they were kind of general questions.

manim1 · Jan 4, 2010

Yes you are right there were some others out here, like myself who are planning on applying for FSCJ Fall

MLTinJAX · Jan 5, 2010

Yes you are right there were some others out here, like myself who are planning on applying for FSCJ Fall

Have you taken your NAT yet?

manim1 · Jan 6, 2010

No not yet still trying to find study material to studying for it. Just wondering have you taking the NAT yet ?

KT510 · Jan 6, 2010

Hi! I am going to apply for the fall 2010 program. I am taking A&P II and Micro this semester and I will be taking my NAT again this month. :yeah:

manim1 · Jan 6, 2010

Cool i'm happy for you.:yeah:Well i'm taking A&P,CHM1025C,and MAC1105.:chair:LOL. So I don't know if I should apply for the fall program. But if you have any advice for me I am willing to take it in. And I will be more than happy to read it when you reply back. Due to the fact that I haven't taken the NAT yet.:):)

KT510 · Jan 7, 2010

An advisor told me to take the NAT before I was ready to apply, because you have to wait 3 months before you can take it again, and she advised me to take it twice because I would know what to expect the 2nd time around. She said that everyone does better the 2nd time they take it.

aisforawesome · Jan 7, 2010

I'm also applying for Fall 2010. I should have 196-202 pts depending on my grades this Spring. (Taking A&P 2, Hum, and Psych). That is if I do not retake the NAT. I also live in Duval. I am sooo nervous. I may retake it even though I have 112 pts from it. Some of my grades are college courses that I took in high school so they are not so hot. But if I make straight As this semester I should have 202 and I think that is pretty solid but I don't know. I thought I was definitely okay with mid to upper 190s but now I am not so sure. Gonna work my bum off for straight As this semester and probably retake the NAT just in case too. Good luck to everyone!!!! I hope to see all of you there in the Fall.