Fresno City College (FCC) - Fall 22/Spring 23

[Abby Suh]

For all us unselected to keep in touch until next year’s application period open.

To spill the tea and keep informed during the application and selection process January-April 2022. 
 

This will be our turn ? 

[manifest777]

Nursemaybe said:

I personally would not spend 100k at gurnick. They have a terrible NCLEX pass rate and you will graduate with the similar debt of a PA or MD grad. 

I have 2 family members that graduated from Gurnick (one in the last 2 years) and now makes over 90k a year, I think it all depends on the path you want to take. 

[Anonymous0987]

manifest777 said:

I have 2 family members that graduated from Gurnick (one in the last 2 years) and now makes over 90k a year, I think it all depends on the path you want to take. 

90k isn't what it used to be here in Fresno. It's like the new 50k.  You can find an HR based, Account management or sales based jobs that pay close to 90k a year base  without getting yourself in 100k debt.  I know, I had one of those jobs.  
 

If you take on 100k debt that reduces your home buying power by 100k until you pay it off. A loan payment on 100k debt is probably nearly 1k a month, minimum. My friend is paying $2200 a month on 60k debt. After taxes, you'll have very little to put in your retirement or savings and you'll end up a slave to the man for a lot longer than a city grad. Putting yourself in a mountain of debt is putting yourself in a position where you HAVE to work extra shifts versus a situation where you can choose to work extra shifts. It is a great way to burn out fast. 
 

Meanwhile docs are starting at 210k a year and will easily break 300k at some point, with the same debt as a gurnick RN. That's a big difference there.  But hey,  you do you.

[janette Larios]

manifest777 said:

No same. I wish they put us first so we don't get our hopes up for this long. What's your plan next? Will u apply next year or do private? I know Gurnick's next cohort starts in May 2024, will finish August 2025

I think I'm going to continue with my bio major ☹️ I will reapply again next year

Barbie1181 said:

Have you done the prerequisites for Madera's LVN program?

I submitted my application in September of last year im 48 on the waitlist 

[janette Larios]

Any updates for Anyone? ?

[Lily1686]

janette Larios said:

Any updates for Anyone? ?

Mine still pending.

[MA05]

janette Larios said:

Any updates for Anyone? ?

No mine is still the same

[Lily1686]

anyone know if before 6pm nothing change and it shows still pending , and nothing will change after 6pm its mean no any changes will available after 6pm? Maybe we still have chance to get selected after 6pm?

[katerina00]

mine still says pending. hope it means they aren't changing until 6 or after 

[Anonymous0987]

katerina00 said:

mine still says pending. hope it means they aren't changing until 6 or after 

I remember most people's changing around noon to 4 the year I got in. A few an hour or two earlier. I think they manually go in and do each one so 220 people... takes a bit!

[janette Larios]

It's 6pm and I'm still pending I hope that means good news for all of us pending ?

[JordynRae]

The selected always get changed first and (if it's like previous years) they do the changes manually. I think this year they may have done the merit based pull yesterday and started changing them late last night and then did the random selection lottery today and are now in the process of updating. But in the past I've been pending all the way thru until it switches to unselected the next day. In all my times applying to this program they have never had the results posted when they say they will. 

It's almost 6:30 and I'm still pending but I've seen several got changed to selected last night and eligible several weeks ago. But they had very high MCS points. 

[RN_program_Questions]

I think it might take a few days. It does not seem like there were that many people who stated that they were selected. They are probably manually selecting the merit-based still and will most likely do the lottery tomorrow. If that's the way they're doing it unless it's still just random names then evaluate their application like they've been doing the past three years.