Hillsborough Community College RN program fall 2013

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Hello,

I plan to attend to HCC's 2013 fall evening nursing program (applying in Jan). I am curious to see what people people's GPA is going in. I hear spring's is lower than fall's.

Thanks!

I got alternate. But some things have changed for me so I will be declining the Alternate spot, hope that can bump one of you Alternates up to accepted! Good luck to all.

Got my stethoscope yesterday: yay! Too bad I don't know how to use it....off to YouTube LOL

Hi everyone, I also applied to the Nursing Program for the Fall of 13 and was given an alternate seat my gpa is round around 3.8...im not too sure how likely I am to get in.. has anyone been accepted after being given an alternate seat?

Well, I was given the alternate letter and by my calculations I had a 4.0 pre-req GPA. I went to the advising office and the advisor recalculated my score and came up with the same conclusion as I; that I had a 4.0 and my math course credits were not counted properly. With the miscalculation, I had a 3.8. So I appealed. The advisor told me to submit my alternate seat acceptance anyway, which I did. So here is hoping... I have probably another week and a half to two weeks of waiting before I hear anything on the appeal committee's decision. I'm developing a nervous tick from all this waiting. :unsure:

So what brand of stethoscope did you purchase? Does anyone know if there is a particular one we should have?

We can purchase any brand. You should try different ones on to see which type works best for you. I went with the Littman Cardio III mainly because it came with a mail in offer for an introduction to heart sounds cd.

Wow that is pretty crazy. I've been hearing that most of the time alternate seats actually do get accepted, but either way its very nerve racking to have to wait all this time. Not only that but the alternate letter states that you will receive no documentation until you final acceptance or denial letter, which sucks, HCC leaves its people in limbo with no info.

I bought a Littman Classic II SE, thought it would be sufficient for school. It's nice and you can really hear out of it. Hope all the alternates hear something soon. May is here so hopefully you will all hear something in the next couple of weeks!!

Hi everyone, I also applied to the Nursing Program for the Fall of 13 and was given an alternate seat my gpa is round around 3.8...im not too sure how likely I am to get in.. has anyone been accepted after being given an alternate seat?

EmilyM79 was also given an alternate seat with a 3.8, but it looks as though her gpa was miscalculated. Was your 3.8 gpa for prereqs or overall? Swimbeaver got in with 3.71 (saw it on this thread)- happy she got in, but something is awry. If that was your prereq gpa, I would go to student advising to see how this happened.

Hey I am applying to the spring 2014 program and I have the same GPA as a lot of the alternates on this thread. So please keep posting and let me know if as an alternate you get the seat. I hope you do!

Does anyone know how much the package of books cost? I think 500-600

Does anyone know how much the package of books cost? I think 500-600

I got accepted to the spring 2013 class which started Jan and we just ended the first semester on May 1st . The package of books that we had the option to purchase was $622.00, which included text books & codes for ebooks. But during orientation you will get a paper showing the books you need and how much they are selling them for. I decided to buy the package but there were some of my classmates that didn't purchase it and were totally fine. So I guess it will be whatever you decide is best for you. Hope this helps!

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