Frustration!!

shock-me-sane · Aug 3, 2006

have you considered doing a BSN? I know for certain some 4 year colleges don't maintain a waiting list.

pong · Aug 3, 2006

If you live in California, have you tried looking into a private school? I was in your situation also, I waited for 2-4yrs at a community college until someone told me about Pacific Union College in Angwin, Ca. It's private, but they had no waiting list when I went. I don't know about it now. Look into it.

Melina · Aug 3, 2006

Does anyone else go to community college and have a 2 year waiting list??? its soo frustrating to think about how long the process is! i was considering moving out of california finding out that other states dont have such a long wait (such as arizona). Im almost done with those 3 wonderful science classes all i have is micro-bio, already completed a&p 1/2. anyone have suggestions or should i just wait on the list?! :nuke: good luck everyone!!

Try 3-4 years out here (Colorado). It is one of the reasons I am going for a BSN. Universities are all competitive, so students don't have to sit around on a list. I'll be sitting for the boards before I'd even be up at my CC.

~Mel'

Psqrd · Aug 3, 2006

I waited a year and a half here in Sacramento and finally got in as an alternate. I can suggest going into the LVN program and doing a step up program later. I know that some of the CC's have part time nursing programs that they don't really talk about. Apply to as many programs that you can...here in Sac there are 4 CC programs all within a couple of hours drive from each other so check that option out. Good luck and don't give up. P

lindsay21 · Aug 3, 2006

thanks for all the advice....the pacific union college is it very expensive? [:

StudentNurseAbby · Aug 3, 2006

I think my school is one of the very few schools in Maine that doesn't have a waiting list. I know that the closest community college to the one I go to has a waiting list. I live in a pretty small town [10,000 people] so that is part of the reason for the lack of the waiting list.

Achoo!, LPN · Aug 3, 2006

I waited 3 1/2 years. Blech!

rnozaut · Aug 3, 2006

My son started at a comunity college , attended 1 1/2 yrs. I heard of the long waitng list for RN Class...His cousins had been in the waiting list when he started college......So at the end of 1 1/2 yrs..In 2005 I ask my son to transfer to AZUSA PACIFIC University....and was admitted same year.after 1 semester and 1 summer..he was admitted to APU's BSN program.....Tuition is expensive..around $12,000.per sem but it's worth the money..Now that he is in the BSN program he's class Sched is being mailed at home ....No waiting....Now He's way ahead of his cousins...who are still in waiting list......

changeofpaceRN · Aug 3, 2006

I had the same problem down here in FL.. in fact, my wait list was about 4 years long:uhoh3: !! I decided to go for LPN (which is done in 1 years time and I graduate in 3 months!) and from there, I will bridge to RN.. there is NO wait list for the bridge program at the same college with the wait list. So now, if you add up the time, I'll get my RN degree done before I was ever suppose to start the wait list program.

Also, I like it because I'm exposed to the nursing community before I become an RN so I can learn some valuable things while working as an LPN. Just make sure if you do this to check out the lpn program and make sure it's on the board of nursing website as an acceptable school..

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Aug 3, 2006

For what it's worth, sometimes there are drastic changes to a waiting list and people who believed they could not get in for at least two, maybe three years found themselves waiting 6 months until the next class started :)

People who are on lists sometimes leave that list to go to another school, they move out of the area, they change academic plans, change family plans, you name it. So don't be put off by a waiting list!

BeccaznRN, RN · Aug 3, 2006

Does anyone else go to community college and have a 2 year waiting list??? its soo frustrating to think about how long the process is! i was considering moving out of california finding out that other states dont have such a long wait (such as arizona). Im almost done with those 3 wonderful science classes all i have is micro-bio, already completed a&p 1/2. anyone have suggestions or should i just wait on the list?! :nuke: good luck everyone!!

I was waitlisted at a CC in Cali - I ended up going the BSN route in my home state of Missouri. I'll be graduating in December but I have way more debt than if I would have just waited it out ($40,000 in student loans, to be exact). However, I'm kind of glad I did it this way because my ultimate goal is to go on for a masters and it would have taken me way longer to reach that goal if I would have waited and ended up with only the ADN. It's all in each person's priorities - how long to wait, how much to spend, ultimate career goals, etc. Hang in there!