Information about Delta College, please

[Minkie]

Hi, I am currently attending WCCCD in Detroit. I am almost done with my prereqs and I have a cumulative GPA of 4.0. I have recently relocated to the Saginaw County area and I would like to find a school closer to home. I would like to get a 2 year nursing degree. I hear great things about Mott, but find the waiting period to be a bit long. I recently stayed at Memorial Hospital in Owasso and many of the RNs had gone to Delta Community College. Can anyone tell me about the admissions? Is there a waiting list or is it competitive entry? Any information would be very much appreciated. Thanks!

[starmickey03, MSN, RN]

I attended Delta for my pre reqs and when I was there the waitlist was 2-3 years, so yea its long. I didnt want to wait so I ended up just transferring to MSU to get a health science degree and in the fall I will be moving to OH to attend a nursing program there.

It works like this: first you have to take all the pre reqs which are A&P 1&2, Microbiology, Medical Term, Pharm, Intro Nursing, Nursing Math, English Comp 1&2, a lifelong wellness physical class, and the lifelong wellness regular class. I think thats all unless they've changed it these last few years. But when you are in your last semester of pre reqs you need to validate to put your name on the waiting list and you have to renew your validation every semester to remain on the waiting list until its time for you to enter the program. The good thing about the program is that they accept everyone as long as your grades are at the requirement level.

A lot of people work on another degree while theyre waiting to enter the program. Usually by the time they finish the degree, its their turn to enter the program. If you have no problem being on a wait list for three years then go for it! But if thats not what you want to do then you should maybe look into Latoya's school of nursing. They have an LPN program there and its $13,000 but No Worker Left Behind will give you $10,000 of it and the program is only a year long. Then maybe you could do an LPN to RN transition program. But thats just my thoughts on it. I hope I helped some...

[Moret1sm]

I am not a 4.0 student and transferred to Delta from MMCC that had a select admissions program. No point in sugar coating it, I'm not an awesome student. I am however an awesome CNA & phlebotomist, and Delta is a great fit for me. You don't apply, you pass your classes, vailadate, and get in to clinical. You may wait, but you will get in. And for those with a 3.5 GPA or higher, you can apply to scholar admissions and skip the waitlist. 20 seats go to scholars. The min overall GPA to validate is 2.0. You must get a "B" in your A&Ps though.