SJRCC VS. FCCJ Admission

np_wannabe · Apr 10, 2007

I can't help but ask how good you think your chances are of getting into FCCJ....after you re-take the NET (or whatever they are using now), will you have at least 180 points? If so, your chances of getting in to FCCJ will be strong, so I wouldn't take the extra class.

JMHO.

12breakfree · Apr 10, 2007

Currently I'm studying for the retake and will do that sometime at the end of this month before going to have my surgery. My chance of getting in is good, I guess, if I can bring up another 15-20 points at least of my last test. Am I having my hope too high? I thought if I have to take another class and won't get in until next year, might as well wait for FCCJ without wasting money and energy.

kamij · Apr 10, 2007

I think it would be worth it. That way you can apply to both schools. Are you talking about the Human Nutrition course?

kamij · Apr 10, 2007

Im new to all this, can you tell me how the whole "POINT SYSTEM" works? Including the NET. Thanks

hawkfdc · Apr 10, 2007

My first question is where do you live. If you live closer to SJRCC than FCCJ north campus then I'd be going to SJRCC. IMO considering gas is creeping towards $3.00 per gallon.

12breakfree · Apr 10, 2007

That's a good question and that's very true on the gas price. I live closer to SJRCC, but if I get accepted per se this Fall then I got to start the program sooner

hlfpnt, BSN, RN · Apr 11, 2007

Just my :twocents: , but if you are talking about Human Nutrition, it's easier on-line than in a class room. I took the extra class & took my chances with SJRCC...got in on my first try. It did put me waiting a semester to start, but at least I didn't have to deal with an alternate list situation.

kamij · Apr 11, 2007

Thanks. I am currently taking Human Nutrition online, two weeks left . How is/was the Nursing program at SJRCC? Do you know how many points needed to get in?

hlfpnt, BSN, RN · Apr 12, 2007

I had 136 points on my app (at that time max 150 & if I lived in Clay county I would have had 146) & got in first try, but at the time the NAT (same as FCCJ's NET) test wasn't a requirement for entry...now it is. So there may have been an adjustment in the points requirement. With the exception of Rehab, SJRCC's curriculum is the same as any other ASN/ADN program...foundations, pharm, med/surg, psych, maternal/child, & transitions/leadership. There's group projects every semester, care plans/papers to write, exams/quizzes, & of course clinicals. Also, FCCJ requires college algebra as a prereq & SJRCC doesn't. I did all my prereqs at FCCJ & transfered to SJRCC for the program mostly because they didn't have a mile long waiting list that could have put me out more than just one semester. For myself & my situation at the time, SJRCC was the better choice. Good luck in which ever you choose! :)

12breakfree · Apr 16, 2007

Umm...The one thing I dislike SJRCC's system is that they don't even allow me to apply even though I have had completed all the prereqs except HUM. I would probably be able to get in if I was able to apply, but now the next year is the earliest and only possible time frame for me to start. Why are these schools make things so complicated for all of us?

hlfpnt, BSN, RN · Apr 16, 2007

Sounds like they've changed alot of their requirements. I was about half way through hum, micro & hum nut (my last semester of prereqs) when I applied & then just sent them my final grades. I don't know why colleges make it so complicated, but that's always been my experience, too.