Golden West College Fall 2017

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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Hey guys,

I didn't see a topic for this yet so I thought I'd make one. Is anyone else applying for GWC for Fall 2017? If so, what are your point totals?

The way I've calculated mine it's coming up to 71 points. Hopefully it'll be enough!

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I'm applying. I have 95 points according to their criteria

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Hi!

I applied for Fall 2017 and I have a total of 79 points (if I'm calculating correctly). I originally applied to ABSN programs but I didn't get in anywhere. :( I'm applying to Concordia for Fall 2017 as well but I'm really hoping I get accepted to GWC. I've talked to a lot of nurses and they say that ADN Programs you learn better in clinical's and such and will feel more prepared entering the field.

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Wow that's so many points! You got just about every single point listed in the criteria, congrats! @monsie86

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Wow that's so many points! You got just about every single point listed in the criteria, congrats! @monsie86

Thanks...I actually got into UCLA's Entry Level MSN (I got accepted hours after I dropped off my GWC app :bag: ) so I won't be going to gwc if I'm accepted

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Thanks...I actually got into UCLA's Entry Level MSN (I got accepted hours after I dropped off my GWC app :bag: ) so I won't be going to gwc if I'm accepted

Woo that's so awesome congrats! Can I ask what you're resume looks like? I'm assuming you have a high GPA, volunteer hours, a Bachelors, EMT license? I'm curious if there's anything I'm not thinking of that I can do to make my application stronger.

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Woo that's so awesome congrats! Can I ask what you're resume looks like? I'm assuming you have a high GPA, volunteer hours, a Bachelors, EMT license? I'm curious if there's anything I'm not thinking of that I can do to make my application stronger.

thanks I'm super excited!

Sure:

I have

*4.0 undergrad GPA (degree in psych)

*4.0 pre-req GPA

*Clinical Medical Assistant Certification through NHA (I got this after I applied to UCLA so it didn't help me get in there, but it is calculated into my points for GWC)

*900+ hands on volunteer hours as a CCE/Cope Health Scholar (700+ at time of UCLA app, just under 900 at the time of gwc app. About 1/3 of those are leadership hours - UCLA is big on leadership experience because of the CNL portion of their program)

*For UCLA I had two nurses and the regional manager of my volunteer program for letters of rec.

*For GWC my husband is a veteran which got me extra points.

Thats all I can think of but I'm happy to answer any other questions

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thanks I'm super excited!

Sure:

I have

*4.0 undergrad GPA (degree in psych)

*4.0 pre-req GPA

*Clinical Medical Assistant Certification through NHA (I got this after I applied to UCLA so it didn't help me get in there, but it is calculated into my points for GWC)

*900+ hands on volunteer hours as a CCE/Cope Health Scholar (700+ at time of UCLA app, just under 900 at the time of gwc app. About 1/3 of those are leadership hours - UCLA is big on leadership experience because of the CNL portion of their program)

*For UCLA I had two nurses and the regional manager of my volunteer program for letters of rec.

*For GWC my husband is a veteran which got me extra points.

Thats all I can think of but I'm happy to answer any other questions

Holy Mother of God you're application is STACKED! I'm in the Cope Health Scholar program right now but I just started in December so I don't have enough hours for it to even give me any points. Can you tell me more about the Clinical Medical Assistant Certification? How long the program is and the cost? I'm currently enrolled in an EMT Class and am supposed to start soon but am thinking about pulling out of it to save money.

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Holy Mother of God you're application is STACKED! I'm in the Cope Health Scholar program right now but I just started in December so I don't have enough hours for it to even give me any points. Can you tell me more about the Clinical Medical Assistant Certification? How long the program is and the cost? I'm currently enrolled in an EMT Class and am supposed to start soon but am thinking about pulling out of it to save money.

So I actually didn't take the course. You can take the exam with a year of medical assisting experience (I counted Health Scholars as this). I challenged the exam in November and got 475 (390 is passing). It's a lot of anatomy/physio questions, basic patient care, etc. I knew most of it from my time as a Health Scholar and my nursing prereqs. The only thing I studied was phlebotomy because I didn't know that (I studied for the week before the exam). It's multiple choice and a lot of common sense answers.

My friends have taken the course at CSULB and it's over $2000 and I believe 3 months. They said a lot of it is silly because they already knew the info from prereqs, but learning venipuncture is cool. EMT through a community college would definitely be your cheapest option and qualifies you to apply for most ER Tech jobs.

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So I actually didn't take the course. You can take the exam with a year of medical assisting experience (I counted Health Scholars as this). I challenged the exam in November and got 475 (390 is passing). It's a lot of anatomy/physio questions, basic patient care, etc. I knew most of it from my time as a Health Scholar and my nursing prereqs. The only thing I studied was phlebotomy because I didn't know that (I studied for the week before the exam). It's multiple choice and a lot of common sense answers.

My friends have taken the course at CSULB and it's over $2000 and I believe 3 months. They said a lot of it is silly because they already knew the info from prereqs, but learning venipuncture is cool. EMT through a community college would definitely be your cheapest option and qualifies you to apply for most ER Tech jobs.

I don't think I have enough time to do an EMT class through a community college so I'm taking a 7 week program through CIEMT. I heard it is a really tough program but if you can get through it most of their graduates go on to get their EMT License. It's accelerated so I've been doing a lot of studying lately.

I just applied to Cerritos College's Nursing program today. It mad me kind of irritated because you get into their program by random. That means that there could be 4.0 students that don't get picked and 2.5 students that get admitted because I computer randomly picks it. That makes no sense to me, wouldn't you want your best applicants in the program?

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I only scored in the mid 40s I can't remember exactly! I know my chances are slim to none but I figured it won't hurt to apply. Good luck to everyone :)

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Does anyone know when we're supposed to find out?

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