GCC & PCC advice

[vickim]

Hi. Trying to decide between Glendale Community College or Pasadena City before transferring to a University. Any suggestions on these schools?

Thanks!!

[wooosp]

I was looking at the same schools, I got this off the BRN website. Not sure how much you're willing to commute, but you might also want to look at COC.

School

2000/2001

2001/2002

2002/2003

2003/2004

2004/2005

# Taken

% Pass

#Taken

% Pass

# Taken

% Pass

# Taken

% Pass

# Taken

% Pass

Glendale Community College

40

90.00%

54

79.63%

55

81.82%

61

90.16%

44

90.19%

Pasadena City College

80

82.50%

82

86.59%

103

76.70%

103

82.52%

95

78.95%

College of the Canyons

43

86.05%

54

85.19%

51

84.31%

58

77.59%

97

89.69%

Sorry I just copied and pasted it, hopefully this helps you out. The bottom numbers are the most current.

http://www.rn.ca.gov/schools/passrates.htm

[Nightcrawler, BSN, RN]

I went to GCC, and felt that I got a great education.

Both schools have recently had major changes- new heads of the department for both. I'm not sure how this will affect the programs or the pass rates for boards within the next couple of years though.

The way that the sheer number of applicants at ALL So Cal nursing schools has skyrocketed in the last couple of years, my advice would be to complete the prereq's for BOTH programs, apply to BOTH, and hope that you get into one of them.

Good luck to you

[kitten77]

My friend applied to Glendale and Pasadena. She got accepted to Glendale (she was accepted by luck/lottery) about two months after applying & loves their program. I agree with the other poster, I would apply to both just to be sure. Best wishes