Has anyone actually attended Seattle Central Community College?

[MNKJC]

I am currently taking my prereqs and was planning on attending SCCC for their nursing program simply for the fact that it was first come first serve. I didn't want to be put on a waitlist and then have my classes expire before I got in and have to retake them. However, I have just started hearing some bad things about the program, such as...students dropping out because the program is unorganized, students dropping out becasue they can't handle the caseload (I understand this is common but have heard it is a high number) and that the program is new and some hospitals don't really like to hire from here. Is there any truth to any of this?

[ardentanglophile]

Although I have not attended SCCC, my experience dealing with the staff in the Nursing Department has been fraught with disappointment and frustration. And if this is any indication of the program, then I would be concerned. Actually I have not heard positive things about the school. In fact, if you go to ratemyprofessors.com and select Seattle Central Community College, someone has rated the instructor who teaches the first quarter classes as "incompetent" and "unorganized".

I am still waiting to hear if I will be admitted in the fall. I was told by Nancy Harris that she cannot tell me if I will able to attend or not because she has to see how many students do not register according to a certain date. She does not return phone calls or emails. I had to call about 5 times before I got my answer which to me is no answer at all.

Ive only found one school where there is no expiration date on prerequisites, Skagit Valley College. They do have a good reputation but 2 year waiting list and it is a distance for some of us...

[MNKJC]

I have not had the best experience with Nancy either. But I was hoping that since she doesn't actually teach any course I wouldn't have to deal with her as much.

I thought that if you were one of the first 30, with the correct paperwork you were in. You still have to wait for a response?

I also read on another thread that they are on warning and may lose their accred. Have you heard anything about that?

[ardentanglophile]

Nancy H does not teach any classes so you don't have to worry about dealing with her.

I could never get a straight answer about how many students would be admitted. Nancy told me she had to reserve 10 spaces for Workfirst Students. Did she tell you that there were 30 seats not including Workfirst students? I heard also that they might be going towards a lottery for Fall 2008.

The school was placed on warning by National League of Nursing Education in 2005 (not exactly sure when) but they fixed whatever problems they had an now the accredation (sp?) is intact. You can verify this but going to www.nlnac.org

Many of my friends who are good students but not 4.0 students are taking the LPN-RN route. They are many good schools like Renton Tech, Bates Technical College, Clover Park Technical College that offer LPN program. You could bridge to other schools for the RN. But the expiration is a problem. I am having to redo my Chemistry, Biology and Math because they are only 2-3 years old but by the time I get into a program, these classes will have expired!

PS if you want me to go into my personal experience about getting on the program ready list then I thinkyou can pm me? It's long but gives you a good insight to how they run things over there