FCCJ/FSCJ Fall 2010 Hopefuls

Published

I know it is kind of early to start this thread but I thought maybe there were some others out there who are planning on applying for fccj/fscj fall 2010 RN program. Hope you will post on this thread!

LOL, no kidding!!

The cutoff for the summer term was somewhere around 197, HOWEVER - summer accepts the LEAST number of students. Fall accepts the most, so the cutoff should probably be 194-195 ish? Maybe even lower, I'm not for sure.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Didnt they say its about 8 weeks out before anyone would know anything, doesnt that put us at the last week of July? I am trying not to stress, checking the mail and email isnt going to change whether I get in or not, if I do yay, if I dont there is always spring... But I think we are all jumping the gun I still think we have about 2 weeks before anyone hears anything.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Didnt they say its about 8 weeks out before anyone would know anything, doesnt that put us at the last week of July? I am trying not to stress, checking the mail and email isnt going to change whether I get in or not, if I do yay, if I dont there is always spring... But I think we are all jumping the gun I still think we have about 2 weeks before anyone hears anything.

I'm sure you're right. It probably will be two more weeks. And I'm glad somebody is handling this rationally. Every day I tell myself what you're saying, that checking my e-mail and phone every 5 minutes isn't going to change whether I get in or not or make the response come any faster. And yet I obsess compulsively anyway. I work at home on the computer all day. The mailbox is in my peripheral view, and e-mail is in my face all day. I can't help it. I used to think I was patient. Pffft.

Oh well. Maybe this experience will make us more understanding of patients and their families when they get restless and impatient because the doctor is taking forever or they're awaiting important test results :)

Sigh.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Needs to be this term, I have finished all my pre-reqs and really don't have any classes that I can take. Looking at the number of classes on my transcript you would think I was going for my PhD:lol2::lol2::lol2:.

It's a shame that when I started school 23 years ago I didn't study like I am now. As mama always said "hindsight is 20/20":D

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Needs to be this term, I have finished all my pre-reqs and really don't have any classes that I can take. Looking at the number of classes on my transcript you would think I was going for my PhD:lol2::lol2::lol2:.

It's a shame that when I started school 23 years ago I didn't study like I am now. As mama always said "hindsight is 20/20":D

Yes. Please this term. I don't want to take filler classes just so I don't burn through my grace period and have to start repaying student loans.

And, yes, mama was right :) I wish I hadn't waited so long to go back to school and decide on a path, but......spilled milk. Maybe we'll hear tomorrow.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

i am getting more nervous as the days go on.

i had 202 points, without microbiology. i'm finishing micro now and i'm struggling to get a C. i know i only need a C for the program and it's so stressful.

i also got a letter saying i didn't qualify for financial aid because i'm missing my transcript from UNF that says i've finished micro. hopefully after i finish it and get my transcripts over they'll give me some money! lol.

i also emailed the contact lady in nursing to tell her like an update on my class, that i was still enrolled in it and blah blah. her response: "The letters will go out 8 weeks after June 1st." ... uh hello, did you even read what i sent you? i guess not lol

what are you guys doing if you don't get in? i'll be staying at UNF and have to change my major to community health. but will for sure apply for spring.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
i am getting more nervous as the days go on.

i had 202 points, without microbiology. i'm finishing micro now and i'm struggling to get a C. i know i only need a C for the program and it's so stressful.

i also got a letter saying i didn't qualify for financial aid because i'm missing my transcript from UNF that says i've finished micro. hopefully after i finish it and get my transcripts over they'll give me some money! lol.

i also emailed the contact lady in nursing to tell her like an update on my class, that i was still enrolled in it and blah blah. her response: "The letters will go out 8 weeks after June 1st." ... uh hello, did you even read what i sent you? i guess not lol

what are you guys doing if you don't get in? i'll be staying at UNF and have to change my major to community health. but will for sure apply for spring.

202 is a good score. Don't be nervous. Just concentrate on securing that micro grade, and you'll be in like Flynn.

Ahahaha, you were like.....uh, hello?....is this thing on??? heeheeee. No she didn't read it. After 200 e-mails that all say, "When, when, when will we know?" she probably just has an automated reply set, like when someone goes on vacation and you get that out-of-the-office reply.

If I don't get in, I'm going to leave my husband and move to Duval county :lol2:

Up Vote Up Vote ×

meltnpox - that score is sure to get you in. don't worry!

So, is anybody well-versed in the workings of financial aid? I have a bit of a dilemma and am not sure what to do:

Back when I first started going to school I was pursuing my English degree. Then I had my son and changed my mind and decided I wanted to be a nurse so I have lots and lots of extra credits from my English degree that I obviously don't need for nursing. My transcript says I have 75 credits and that I have been denied financial aid due to the 150% rule. I understand this rule to mean that if an AA degree takes 60 credits you are only allowed to receive aid for up to 150% of that 60, so 90 credits. Ok......but I only have 75?? I understand by the end of 2010-2011 school year I will have more, but why won't I be denied then? And why am I not allowed to change my major? I've only received aid for one term, that's it. And I'm not a perpetual student who just wants to live off student loans! I'm filing an appeal, but I just wondered if anyone else has had this happen.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Sounds like an error to me, but I don't know enough about that to speculate. But I can tell you this. I wouldn't worry until you talk to someone face to face, not over the phone because in person you can usually tell when they're not 100% sure what they're talking about. Before the end of the first term that I was back in school, they sent me a letter saying that I would not qualify for financial aid the following term because I was not in good academic standing. I just reentered school after 15 years since graduating high school. I don't have any grades yet. How can I have a 'standing'? Even after I pointed it out to an academic adviser, they still made me go through with the appeal. Who knows how these convoluted letters come to be. I wouldn't worry. Just talk to someone.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Sounds like an error to me, but I don't know enough about that to speculate. But I can tell you this. I wouldn't worry until you talk to someone face to face, not over the phone because in person you can usually tell when they're not 100% sure what they're talking about. Before the end of the first term that I was back in school, they sent me a letter saying that I would not qualify for financial aid the following term because I was not in good academic standing. I just reentered school after 15 years since graduating high school. I don't have any grades yet. How can I have a 'standing'? Even after I pointed it out to an academic adviser, they still made me go through with the appeal. Who knows how these convoluted letters come to be. I wouldn't worry. Just talk to someone.

I looked at my financial aid and it also says I have to come in and do an appeal of loan limits? I can't even do that till next week when I get back in town, I'm nervous about having to do an appeal. I'm not even sure why I have to do one. I'm worried that it won't be processes in time for the program if I get accepted, I'm kinda freaking out! Also, I'm worried too that I won't get in, I had 202 points, but I just hope it was enough and that I get financial aid!!

Up Vote Up Vote ×
LOL, no kidding!!

The cutoff for the summer term was somewhere around 197, HOWEVER - summer accepts the LEAST number of students. Fall accepts the most, so the cutoff should probably be 194-195 ish? Maybe even lower, I'm not for sure.

I hope, last fall the cut off was 193, I have 202, so hope it didn't go up that much.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Didnt they say its about 8 weeks out before anyone would know anything, doesnt that put us at the last week of July? I am trying not to stress, checking the mail and email isnt going to change whether I get in or not, if I do yay, if I dont there is always spring... But I think we are all jumping the gun I still think we have about 2 weeks before anyone hears anything.

Thats what they said, but others that I have spoken with that have gone through the program, have all told me they got there letters in 6 weeks or less, not 8. One person I know who went through the program 2 years ago, got her letter in 2 weeks. So I guess thats why I'm so anxious.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion