FSCJ Fall 2015 Hopefuls

[ShirleyG80]

I know it is a little early for this but I just didnt want to wait. I want to see where everyone stands on their classes and when they will be or have taken the HESI. I am enrolled in my last two prerequisites and I will be starting them in January which are my A&P2 and Micro. I am hoping to take the HESI either in February or March after I have had most of my classes finished.

I also received the packet from Cheryl and started calculating my points as I go. Ready to get this next semester finished and the HESI completed.

[SoCalChick, ADN, LPN, LVN]

What is the average point cut off? One of my friends was accepted with 171 (for the LPN-RN bridge), but from reading threads...that's a little on the lower side, right?

[kristin729]

The range I've seen for the RN program from the past forums has been between 179 -184.

Kristin

[kwingate64]

I hope my 185.6 is good enough :/

[sljumper]

I calculated everything out and I have 220 so I am feeling pretty good. Now the wait begins. This is going to be a long 8 weeks :)

[Karasikp]

I am applying with a 191.6!! Hoping that's good enough :)

[kristin729]

Let the waiting game officially begin 😃 Good luck everyone!!!

Kristin

[stefilou]

I thought the deadline date would never come. I am going to be a nervous wreck over the next (potentially) two months.

[Moors33]

FYI, everyone. If you're enrolled in a class this term (Spring A), which officially ends a mere 4 days from now, you're application will not be accepted. So, even though you'll have a grade for the course before anyone even reviews your app, (more than likely), they're making us wait. HOWEVER, there is another way to go about this, which will accommodate the deadline for submissions. First, get on your professor and ask them to submit your grade early, if it's realistic for them to do so; mine agreed to do so at the beginning of the semester so that's definitely an advantage--unfortunately, it's not yet showing on my unofficial transcript. Second, as long as mailed application packets are postmarked with today's date, they will be accepted. So, if you're able to get an envelope postmarked by midnight tonight....

In an earlier post someone mentioned how few applications had been submitted up to that point, which probably reflects the fact that there are several of us in this position of being enrolled in classes this term. Personally, I would expect there to be a slight bit of flexibility built into the process for that eventuality--wherein the program application deadlines align to accommodate term end dates when the difference is a matter of just a few days.

[Moors33]

OH! And remember...you CAN apply if all you owe is Microbiology. You just have to show you are enrolled in it for Summer session. Of course, you're foregoing whatever points you would earn for your grade in that class, but if you have a competitive points total w/o it, go for it! For example, I have a 193.5 without Micro, which I'm comfortable with based on what I've seen as the point cutoffs on the other boards.

[kristin729]

I had to take a 8 wk math class this term ending March 1st. to ensure grades were posted in time...it was rough but made it through.

If a app. is sent today without the transcript showing the grade is posted I believe they would disqualify it as incomplete, so not sure that would work.

Who knows though, with people having issues with the grades being posted they may possibly make some changes.

Kristin

[stefilou]

... In an earlier post someone mentioned how few applications had been submitted up to that point, which probably reflects the fact that there are several of us in this position of being enrolled in classes this term...

Yes, she said that a bunch of applicants were waiting on grades. She also said that, most likely, a bunch of people would submit today. Good luck to all!

[Moors33]

My Chemistry class was supposed to be that condensed term, as well, but it was cancelled because they couldn't find anyone to teach it. What I meant about getting an envelope postmarked was doing so in preparation of a grade being submitted today, for example, but not showing on the unofficial transcript until after the nursing office had closed. You certainly wouldn't do so if there's no proof of grade or buy-in from your professor already. Lucky for me the program coordinator at Deerwood who initially told me about my cancelled class, and then worked her butt off to get me in an A12 Chem class despite it being closed, had already laid all this groundwork for me with the professor. I just wasn't prepared for them to reject all of the documentation from her and my professor supporting that fact, as well as the Blackboard printout from the class showing that all my work had been submitted, graded and that I was finishing the course with 1027 out of a 1000 points, an A. It was the nursing office that told me about the mail-in option and that I had until midnight tonight for this to work itself out.