LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC) Nursing Program

U.S.A. New York

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Hi Everyone (preclinical students + alumni)

I hope this information here will help you decide if Lagcc is right for you. CUNY schools in general are very competitive because tuition is cheap at $1600 a semester so everyone wants to get in and tons of people apply. Admission is based on GPA so they start admitting the 4.0's then works it way down until its full.

Note / Disclaimer! All opinions and comments are mine alone,they do not reflect any endorsement by the school. Do your own research and make an informed decision. This review is from me as an alumni, graduate and a happy student.

NOTE Please check LaGCC school's nursing site for the most updated info as this original post is back in 2011-2012. There is now an entrance exam where previously there was not. http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/RN/

* RESPECT is earned so please no prof bashing, name calling, cussing, insults, we are future nurses and professionals.

What is the GPA? Perquisites?

RN Program

 

 

Preqs
: English 101 (ENG101), Chemistry (SCC210), Anatomy & Physiology 1+2 (SCB203+204), General Pyschology (SSY101)

 

 

 
GPA:
3.8 minimum

 

 

 
Seats:
70

 

 

 
Accepts:
Spring and Fall

 

 

 
Entrance Test:
yes: TEAS

 

 

 
Time:
2 years

 

 

 

 

LPN Program (as of Spring 2012)

 

Preqs
: eng 101, gen pych, medical dosage (MAT106), A&P 1+2

 

 

 
GPA:
3.4 approx

 

 

 
Seats:
120

 

 

 
Accepts:
Fall only

 

 

 
Entrance Test:
TEAS

 

 

 
Time
: 9 months

 

 

 

 

Nursing Major - You are only a nursing student if you've been accepted into the clinical phase aka the competition for seats. all others its pre-nursing. Alot of people get very mixed up and what not on this title.

F.A.Q - All About Nursing At LAGCC

 

Campus

 

It's a small campus, consisting of 4 buildings E,M,B,C. It has your basic library, computer labs, gym, Olympic size pool, fitness center, yoga classes, free tutoring, writing center, and the like.

Support

Preclinical students are expected to read the nursing handbook, student general handbook and know what classes you need to register for as advisers are overworked and short staffed. THere is advisement the student advisement office if you're truely loss. When in doubt go to C107 they'll point you in the correct line to go to.

Clinical Students - Once you've been accepted into clinical phase you get an assigned adviser who is also a nursing professor. read the handbook before hand.. it gets very annoying to have to answer the same question 20x in a row when its printed on page X in the booklet.

Nursing Program

The training is rigorous, harsh and very complete. Anyone graduating from here is ready for the workforce, NCLEX you name it. At the end you have strong body of nursing knowledge, training, critical thinking, analysis skillz, and learn assertiveness. Professors drill into you the basics so its 2nd nature. Nursing process of ADPIE it applies to everything.

Money

Financial aid consist of your standard tap, pell, loans, work study, scholarships, and self funded. Most students work part time and some even FT.

Classes

Pre-Nursing classes like your prerequisite chem, A&P those fill up quickly, so keep hitting refresh and checking to see if there are spaces, register early and grab a section even if its not ideal at least you have something. Class size: like 25 with the occasionally mega class for chemistry of 100 those are rare.

Nursing Clinical Student

Once they accept you then you have a seat in all your nursing classes until you're done. No competing needed.

Lectures/Lab

Is usually 1 day 9:15-1pm and lab either on same day or separate either from 9:15am-12:45pm or 1pm-4:30pm

RN Classes

All RN nursing classes in day until you get to semester 3 and 4 then there's evening option because the evening class is usually the LPN-RNs. Day group is students that are starting fresh w/o nursing background. Kinda cool they keep the groups together so you level up with the same people you started with and graduate with.

LPN Classes

All day no evening / weekend classes

Clinical Days

It's 1 day a week 8am-3pm for the first 3 semesters and for the last semester 4 you get to do 2 clinical days back to back. Days well ya don't really get to pick unless you have truly extra ordinary situations like child care and such. WHICH DAY? could be mon, tue, thurs and occasionally Friday.

Is it true that nursing ... just need to get a C to graduate?

Yes, but let me warn you that "C" is going to be the hardest grade you've ever had to study for. If you get the "C" amount of effort you've put in would have equaled an A+ in any class on any topic.

Uniform

You only wear it to clinical its nurse whites with apron for women and men its blue uniform top. See details when you get here. TIP: buy 2 sets with one as backup.. because I've had my uniform stolen left in lib, Had Ink pen explode in pocket, spilled coffee, grease drip from pizza. (skyblue apron = LPN) and (Navy Blue aprons = RN)

Tests

It's 3 exams of 50 questions in 60 mins with 1 finals at 100 Ques. style follows NCLEX so its suppose to train you for that exam, hmm critical thinking required by 2nd semester so gotta learn it. No one can teach you how to think critically but you need to figure out if given X data, what do I do with it? how to I keep my patient safe etc. Think out of the box

Homework

Clinik writing - a ton there's nursing process tool, teaching plan, care plan, reflection, eportfolio. You'll do more writing in nursing classes than you've ever written for any English class or what not. I once spent 21 hrs writing my tool and 25 pages long.

LAB PREP there's h.w to be done before each lab

Professors

 

Pre-Nursing (prerequisite) ... it's a hit or miss some are awesome others soso and some prof's need to learn how to teach. If you're out of luck and got a bad prof and you can't self learn the material for a high grade then you have to choose drop the course or take the risk you get a lower grade.

Nursing Professors ... all are highly knowledgeable in their area of expertise, some are better at teaching than others, they are available to students, have office hours, reply to emails fairly quickly. Remember these profs are not here to be your friend, they're here to make sure that you pass the stateboards NCLEX, learn what it takes to be a nurse so uh ya the training is harsh and students blame the prof, hate em. I am of the mind of take responsibility for your own training/education suck it up and do whatever it takes to pass those nursing classes and get your license.

Addendum: Nursing professors are tough but guess what? out here in the real world its even harder and the stakes are higher your livelihood, license and even freedom is at stake. It's a dog eat dog world, nurses eat their young and only the strong survive. Good luck, learn what you can

Mentors ... this is the fun part. Anyone can be your mentor whether it be your professor, an upper class-men, once you're in the nursing program they take care of you, and you're supported by your professors, fellow classmates, senior nursing students ..there's always someone to answer questions, give advice or reassure you about nursing fears.

Food ... there's awesome shiskabab by t-mobile corner. Van Damm Dinner is fabulous with Sinefeld like atmosphere and decor, 7-11 shop, pizza store, and cafe, Cafeteria and Atrium Cafe.

Coffee ... sigh you'd think upper management didn't drink coffee considering the inky stuff cafeteria calls coffee. 7-11 has decent one, atrium cafe drinkable.. no Starbucks within a 10 block radius go figure and there is one McDonald in 9 blocks.

@tibtsering, can you tell me how many GPA do you get?

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I JUST GRADUATED LAGCC AND PASSED NCLEX. THAT TEST WAS PIECE OF CAKE IN COMPARISON WITH LAGCC EXAMS.

I HAVE NO RESPECT TO THAT SCHOOL AT ALL !!!!!

DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM EASILY COULD VERBALLY ABUSE YOU AND IT HAPPENS VERY OFTEN. FIRST TWO SEMESTERS PROFESSORS DIDN’T TEACH US, YOU HAD TO STUDY BY YOURSELF. THE MAIN REASON WHY THEY DON'T TEACH YOU IS TO FAIL HALF OF THE STUDENTS !! DURING FIRST SEMESTER PROFESSORS ARE PLAYING WITH GRADES. SOME STUDENTS GETS EXTRA POINTS, SOME NOT. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY TOXIC THERE AMONG STUDENTS. FOR OUR SECOND FUNDAMENTALS TEST THEY GAVE US A LIST OF DRUGS AND NEVER MENTIONED THAT HALF OF THE EXAM WILL BE BASED ON THAT. THEY NEVER WENT THROUGH THAT LIST. ON THE THIRD TEST THEY USE TIME ON THE TEST TO FAIL STUDENTS. NCLEX HAS REQUIREMENT HOW MANY SYMBOLS ONE QUESTION MAY NOT EXCEED AND SOME QUESTIONS WERE 2-3 TIMES BIGGER THAN THAT REQUIREMENT AT THE SCHOOL EXAMS. I JUST PASSED NCLEX, I READ QUESTIONS SOMETIMES TWICE AND I didn't HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH RUNNING OUT OF TIME. IF YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, YOU HAVE VERY HIGH CHANCES TO BE KICKED FROM THE PROGRAM AND THEY DON'T CARE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BECAUSE EVERY SEMESTERS STUDENTS COMPLAINING AND IT JUST HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN. MY FRIEND FOLLOWS MY PATH BUT JUST TWO SEMESTERS BEHIND ME AND SHE HAD EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUES WE HAD ON TESTS.
LET'S MOVE TO THE SECOND SEMESTER. MEDSURG, NOT AN EASY CLASS BY ITSELF, BUT PROFESSORS INSTEAD OF MAKING IT EASIER, DO THE OPPOSITE. WE HAD PREQUISES EVERY WEEK. TWO PROFESSOR TOLD DIFFERENTlY WHAT TO STUDY FOR NEXT WEEK, NEVER FOLLOW THE READING LIST. THEY MESSED LIKE 3-4 QUISES LIKE THAT. AS A RESULT, YOU STUDY ONE THING AND HAVE ON THE QUIZ TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND NOBODY CARES THAT YOU FAILED THAT QUIZ NOT BECAUSE YOU didn't STUDY BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR UNPROFESSIONLAISM. ON OUR EXAMS WE HAD QUESTIONS THAT WERE GRAMMATICALLY INCORRECT, WHICH CONFUSED SOME STUDENTS AND,ONCE AGAIN ,NOBODY CARES SINCE STUDENTS WHO PASSED THAT CLASS SEMESTER AGO HAD THE SAME ISSUES. STUDENTS COMPLAINED ABOUT TO DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM, BUT SHE didn't FIX IT.

IF YOU SURVIVE YOUR TWO FIRST SEMESTERS, YOU ARE GOOD TO GO. MATERNITY AND PSYCH PROFESSORS IS VERY FAIR, PROFESSIONAL, AND RESPECTFUL FOR STUDENTS. I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THEM. IT WAS HARD BUT VERY FAIR.

LAST SEMESTER IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. TIME MANAGEMENT IS CRUCIAL THERE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY PROFESSOR DO THAT TO STUDENTS BUT TIME MANAGEMENT IN NURSING SCHOOL AND IN THE NCLEX TOTALLY DIFFERENT. MY LAST SEMESTER STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. I UNDERSTAND THAT NOBODY WAS PREPARED FOR ONLINE EDUCATION BUT IT WAS JUST A MESS. FOR EXAMPLE, PROFESSOR TOLD US THAT OUR ATI TEST WILL BE BASED ON ONLY !! ONLY ! MED SURD ( PART 1 AND 2 ), TEST WILL HAVE ABOUT 60 QUESTIONS. BUT WE GOT TEST WITH 180 QUESTIONS AND BASED ON THE WHOLE PROGRAM NOT ONLY MED SURG BUT ALSO MATERNITY, PSYCH, AND FUNDAMENTALS. HE didn't CURVE OUR GRADES. PROFESSOR JUST SAID, I AM SORRY I didn't KNOW. HOW COME??? ))) THAT TEST IS 6 PERCENT FROM A TOTAL GRADE. ONE OF THE STUDENTS FAILED WITH 74.3 WHICH IS 0.2 POINTS ONLY. THAT STUDENT COULD EASILY GET 0.2 POINTS ON THAT TEST IF SHE KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE BASED ON EVERYTHING.

TO BE HONEST, I WOULD NEVER EVER RECOMMEND THIS SCHOOL TO ANY OF MY FRIENDS. IT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT 2 YEARS OF MY LIFE, NOT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF STUDYING BUT BECAUSE OF THE MESS ON THIS PROGRAM. IT'S HUGE MENTAL CHALLENGE. BEFORE CONSIDERING APPLYING TO THIS PROGRAM TRY TO RESEARCH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ABOUT "THIS HELL" AND THINK TWICE IF YOU NEED THIS IN YOUR LIFE.

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Specializes in Nurse.

Can I contact someone for guidance for the R.N. program? I’m just getting started but I’m unsure what classes to take urgently and what classes I can hold off on. Pleasee

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Specializes in LPN.

Hello fellow LAGCC students,

I just have a question about the LPN Program. Does anybody know the recent updates for the year 2020, such as GPA, TEAS score requirements, etc. How difficult is the LPN program? What's the minimum grade (of course I am aiming for the highest as possible) Can anyone from the LPN program who has graduated or got accepted please give any guide or tips?

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Is there anyone applying for RN program fall 2021? -  LaGuardia community college?

My GPA is 3.1 Do you think I have any chance of getting in the RN program?

 

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On 3/1/2021 at 1:50 PM, MauriEvan said:

Is there anyone applying for RN program fall 2021? -  LaGuardia community college?

My GPA is 3.1 Do you think I have any chance of getting in the RN program?

 

I used to go to LGCC, ultimately transferred to a private college because even If I got into the program I'll be doing 3 years for a 2-year degree.  

Also, it's a competitive environment due to lack of spots, 3.1 seems like on the low end. Good luck!

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Hey! Is there anyone else who applied for LPN candidacy to start this Fall 2021?

@nurse_student27 hey, did you end up getting into the LPN program? After your first try?

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Specializes in LPN.

@ays__x3

Hey there, just got my LPN result and I got in. 

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Hey everyone!

I applied for candidacy for the Spring 2021 semester. I am taking the four key courses SCB203, SCC110, SSY101, ENG101 and I am curious if my grades are in good standing. So far my GPA is a 3.5. If I maintain that GPA through the end of the classes, do you think I have a chance to get in?

SCB203- B-

SCC110- A-

SSY101- A

ENG 101- A-

According to the handbook, a minimum GPA of 2.75 is required. So would I be okay with a 3.5?

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Specializes in Quality Management.

BUMP!  WOW 10 years after my first post after graduating from LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC).   Thank you to everyone for keeping this thread alive and going.

Congratulations to all the graduates and I'm glad this post was of help to many of you as back then there wasn't much information about LAGCC so I made a detailed post on it.  Obviously by now all requirements have changed so check the school's nursing website for the most updated requirements.  

Here's a quick update of what I'm up to:  I Got my CUNY Lagcc ADN in 2011, SUNY Stony Brook BSN 2015, CUNY SPS MSN: Nursing informatics working on it now and a future nurse informaticst.  Now working as RN in Primary Care clinic based inside a hospital.  I hold a certification in CDCES formerly known as the CDE Certified diabetes educator and do rock climbing and make watercolor brush paintings in my spare time!  Oh geez I now am collecting an alphabet soup of initials after my name just like my professors.

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Hi Inori

I have a question. For ATI do you know anyone who missed a payment and had to forfeit 5% of the grade. Can I ask how they make sure they got an 80% or higher on each exam. Also how do you make sure to not fail clinicals. I missed the deadline by 1 day for ATI

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LAGCCHELL said:

I JUST GRADUATED LAGCC AND PASSED NCLEX. THAT TEST WAS PIECE OF CAKE IN COMPARISON WITH LAGCC EXAMS.

I HAVE NO RESPECT TO THAT SCHOOL AT ALL !!!

DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM EASILY COULD VERBALLY ABUSE YOU AND IT HAPPENS VERY OFTEN. FIRST TWO SEMESTERS PROFESSORS DIDN'T TEACH US, YOU HAD TO STUDY BY YOURSELF. THE MAIN REASON WHY THEY DON'T TEACH YOU IS TO FAIL HALF OF THE STUDENTS !! DURING FIRST SEMESTER PROFESSORS ARE PLAYING WITH GRADES. SOME STUDENTS GETS EXTRA POINTS, SOME NOT. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY TOXIC THERE AMONG STUDENTS. FOR OUR SECOND FUNDAMENTALS TEST THEY GAVE US A LIST OF DRUGS AND NEVER MENTIONED THAT HALF OF THE EXAM WILL BE BASED ON THAT. THEY NEVER WENT THROUGH THAT LIST. ON THE THIRD TEST THEY USE TIME ON THE TEST TO FAIL STUDENTS. NCLEX HAS REQUIREMENT HOW MANY SYMBOLS ONE QUESTION MAY NOT EXCEED AND SOME QUESTIONS WERE 2-3 TIMES BIGGER THAN THAT REQUIREMENT AT THE SCHOOL EXAMS. I JUST PASSED NCLEX, I READ QUESTIONS SOMETIMES TWICE AND I didn't HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH RUNNING OUT OF TIME. IF YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, YOU HAVE VERY HIGH CHANCES TO BE KICKED FROM THE PROGRAM AND THEY DON'T CARE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BECAUSE EVERY SEMESTERS STUDENTS COMPLAINING AND IT JUST HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN. MY FRIEND FOLLOWS MY PATH BUT JUST TWO SEMESTERS BEHIND ME AND SHE HAD EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUES WE HAD ON TESTS.
LET'S MOVE TO THE SECOND SEMESTER. MEDSURG, NOT AN EASY CLASS BY ITSELF, BUT PROFESSORS INSTEAD OF MAKING IT EASIER, DO THE OPPOSITE. WE HAD PREQUISES EVERY WEEK. TWO PROFESSOR TOLD DIFFERENTlY WHAT TO STUDY FOR NEXT WEEK, NEVER FOLLOW THE READING LIST. THEY MESSED LIKE 3-4 QUISES LIKE THAT. AS A RESULT, YOU STUDY ONE THING AND HAVE ON THE QUIZ TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND NOBODY CARES THAT YOU FAILED THAT QUIZ NOT BECAUSE YOU didn't STUDY BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR UNPROFESSIONLAISM. ON OUR EXAMS WE HAD QUESTIONS THAT WERE GRAMMATICALLY INCORRECT, WHICH CONFUSED SOME STUDENTS AND,ONCE AGAIN ,NOBODY CARES SINCE STUDENTS WHO PASSED THAT CLASS SEMESTER AGO HAD THE SAME ISSUES. STUDENTS COMPLAINED ABOUT TO DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM, BUT SHE didn't FIX IT.

IF YOU SURVIVE YOUR TWO FIRST SEMESTERS, YOU ARE GOOD TO GO. MATERNITY AND PSYCH PROFESSORS IS VERY FAIR, PROFESSIONAL, AND RESPECTFUL FOR STUDENTS. I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THEM. IT WAS HARD BUT VERY FAIR.

LAST SEMESTER IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. TIME MANAGEMENT IS CRUCIAL THERE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY PROFESSOR DO THAT TO STUDENTS BUT TIME MANAGEMENT IN NURSING SCHOOL AND IN THE NCLEX TOTALLY DIFFERENT. MY LAST SEMESTER STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. I UNDERSTAND THAT NOBODY WAS PREPARED FOR ONLINE EDUCATION BUT IT WAS JUST A MESS. FOR EXAMPLE, PROFESSOR TOLD US THAT OUR ATI TEST WILL BE BASED ON ONLY !! ONLY ! MED SURD ( PART 1 AND 2 ), TEST WILL HAVE ABOUT 60 QUESTIONS. BUT WE GOT TEST WITH 180 QUESTIONS AND BASED ON THE WHOLE PROGRAM NOT ONLY MED SURG BUT ALSO MATERNITY, PSYCH, AND FUNDAMENTALS. HE didn't CURVE OUR GRADES. PROFESSOR JUST SAID, I AM SORRY I didn't KNOW. HOW COME??? ))) THAT TEST IS 6 PERCENT FROM A TOTAL GRADE. ONE OF THE STUDENTS FAILED WITH 74.3 WHICH IS 0.2 POINTS ONLY. THAT STUDENT COULD EASILY GET 0.2 POINTS ON THAT TEST IF SHE KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE BASED ON EVERYTHING.

TO BE HONEST, I WOULD NEVER EVER RECOMMEND THIS SCHOOL TO ANY OF MY FRIENDS. IT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT 2 YEARS OF MY LIFE, NOT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF STUDYING BUT BECAUSE OF THE MESS ON THIS PROGRAM. IT'S HUGE MENTAL CHALLENGE. BEFORE CONSIDERING APPLYING TO THIS PROGRAM TRY TO RESEARCH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ABOUT "THIS HELL" AND THINK TWICE IF YOU NEED THIS IN YOUR LIFE.

Give extra points? They are allowed to do that? I missed my ATI payment by 1 day so I have to try really hard to get an 80% or above on the exams 

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