Golden West College ADN Spring 2023

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It seems like every cohort/application cycle has one of these pages. I wanted to start a new thread for the Spring 2023 cycle so we can keep each other updated during the application period and ask questions. Best wishes to everyone applying! 

I was also able to register. Do we need to have the classes paid before the orientation date?

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Yes, you're right. Nursing admissions said we all have different reg date but won't affect our program status.

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On 11/4/2022 at 2:47 PM, Brooke McG said:

I think everyone is assigned a registration appointment. Maybe yours isn’t until 11/18?

I was also able to register, my registration appointment was 11/1 

Yes, you're right. Nursing admissions said we all have different reg date but won't affect our program status.

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What was orientation like?

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Hi guys! With the new curriculum change do you know how the clinicals will be graded? Since they’re usually pass and fail would that mean it would be converted to a C for pass? Or are they going to implement letter grades for clinicals Now like A B C D F? 

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I can't speak for the new curriculum but the current one they don't give a separate grade for clinical. Your clinical is treated like an assignment. You do paperwork for every clinical (it is basically a chart on a patient with an analysis/assessment on a patient's illness and treatment). The very last clinical paperwork is graded while the first ones are treated as kind of "test runs" or assignments that carry no score. Your score (it's out of 10) is then incorporated to your overall grade in the Class/lecture.

They may change this with the new curriculum, but that is how it is now.

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On 11/9/2022 at 10:25 AM, Patrick D said:

Yes, you're right. Nursing admissions said we all have different reg date but won't affect our program status.

What was orientation like?

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On 10/27/2022 at 1:19 AM, Tamarah said:

Hi guys, To who already get in , Can u share your experience like how many points , TEAS score , GPA and is this your 1st application? When the next application?
I just wanna see my chances to get in . TIA

1st application

Science GPA 4.0

Phlebotomy cert

no community hour/work experience

4.0 GPA on extra classes (pharma, stats, dev. psych., etc.)

total points: 84

 

On 11/11/2022 at 2:34 PM, Hopefulnurses said:

What was orientation like?

It was cool, everyone was really nice. Instructors seem nice and passionate. Im not a morning person so I was trying really hard to not fall asleep. The classrooms are pretty cool too.

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2 minutes ago, mursefromstaples said:

1st application

Science GPA 4.0

Phlebotomy cert

no community hour/work experience

4.0 GPA on extra classes (pharma, stats, dev. psych., etc.)

total points: 84

 

It was cool, everyone was really nice. Instructors seem nice and passionate. Im not a morning person so I was trying really hard to not fall asleep. The classrooms are pretty cool too.

Did they explain the new curriculum and did they explain the schedule?

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On 11/9/2022 at 10:25 AM, Patrick D said:

Yes, you're right. Nursing admissions said we all have different reg date but won't affect our program status.

I would message admissions though just to be safe. My registration appointment was October 13 and I still cant register LOL.

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On 11/4/2022 at 9:03 PM, HaileyLVNN said:

I was also able to register. Do we need to have the classes paid before the orientation date?

yea, if you got BOG awarded or challenged you should be chilllin though. They will drop you if you don't pay after a few days, but im pretty sure youll be able to reregister since only the people accepted can register.

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3 minutes ago, Hopefulnurses said:

Did they explain the new curriculum and did they explain the schedule?

They briefly explained it. They lowered the price, got rid of access codes, reduced the required reading material to only whats essential and what we will actually be using, restructured it to prepare us for the nextgenNCLEX, mixed online and inperson, changed the clinicals structure; where going to be in smaller groups so they can focus on us more I think, and some semesters are going to be less credits which will affect financial aid award. They said that the class schedule and class structure will be emailed to us in early January.

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