LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC) Nursing Program

I am currently a student at lagcc in my key courses I have a overall gpa of 3.1 here is the breakdown

A&P 1 I got a C+

SCC 210 A-

SSY101 B-

ENG 101 A

i am like really nervous cause of gpa for the key courses are low but my overall gpa is a 2.5 which isn't good I have five classes to take before I want to apply

which are microbiology, developmental psychology, urban writing, statistics, anatomy 2 if I get all A in the remaining classes my overall gpa will be a 3.5 my concern is should I even apply to lagcc program or just look somewhere I took the teas the first time and got a 41.2% and I am planning to retake it. I néed some serious advice before I plan my school schedule for the Fall 2014.

You can still get in. A lot of people are not passing the TEAS test. As a result, the GPA went from a 3.8 and up to a 3.1-3.2. You must take the Teas test and get a 58.7 minimum to even apply. For LPN it's a 41. I graduated from Lagcc LPN program last June. I'm up for candidacy for the LPN-RN bridge program. I will find out next month if I got in. Continue taking your classes and do not be discouraged.

Thank you so much I have been crazy worried not knowing should I even waste my time for this program or just continue looking at other BSN programs. Should I do the LPN route cause I got a 41.2 on the teas the first time.

For lpn the required teas is actually 41.3, so you are off by .1 point. I have applied for candidacy for the Fall, RN. I am extremely nervous because this semester I kind of slacked off and my GPA dropped to a 3.43 from a 4.0 for the key courses. I am really hoping to get in. But, I am nervous that if I do get in I will fail out since I didn't take any of the other Gen Ed courses, and we don't even get to choose our classes and I may end up with a really bad professor.

My main concern is that do I even have a chance to get into the RN program because I got a C+ in SCB203 and that is a important class also I got a B- in Ssy101 so far my key course gpa is a 3.15 and I am little discouraged to apply to lagcc RN program I need some advice please!!!!!!!

The only solutions I can think of is:

1. Try to appeal your grades or go to the head of the department and ask permission to repeat those two classes. Which is kind of far fetched because they aren't really lenient on those types of things, and even if they do they will average the two grades together.

2. Continue to take the general education classed to help boost your GPA, which is what a lot of people do.

3. Retake the TEAS and score at least a 58.7 and apply to the program and hope that it is not as competitive next semester. Also, a lot of people apply and end up failing scb-204 if they take it during the summer, apply with the minimum GPA and assume that is enough, didn't pass the TEAS and still applied, or even some have citizenship issues.

4. Or just transfer schools and ask for those two classes to not be transferred and retake them. And you could even go to another school boost your GPA and then transfer back if you feel that you may not get in there either.

If this is something that really really want to do and is meant to do then it will happen. Many people face setbacks for whatever reason, but they don't give up. Research your options.

I am going to speak to biology dept if I can take anatomy 1 over again. I am applying for the fall 2015. I am taking the teas this month

Good luck...

I have a question about the second semester of the nursing program. On the schedule it says mental health and med surg has a 6 week clinical does that mean that the classes are only 6 weeks or are they both still the full 12 weeks? I noticed that for some of the classes it says first six weeks mental health combined with second six weeks med surg and vice versa. Also i know there are 3 exams and one final, but are there quizzes in between? Also in the handbook it says that there is kaplan integrated testing, what are those like? I don't see many people posting about that program.

Good luck...

I have a question about the second semester of the nursing program. On the schedule it says mental health and med surg has a 6 week clinical does that mean that the classes are only 6 weeks or are they both still the full 12 weeks? I noticed that for some of the classes it says first six weeks mental health combined with second six weeks med surg and vice versa. Also i know there are 3 exams and one final, but are there quizzes in between? Also in the handbook it says that there is kaplan integrated testing, what are those like? I don't see many people posting about that program.

From what I understand both classes have lectures for 12 weeks, but you spend the first 6 weeks in one clinical and the next 6 weeks in the other. Half of the students start with MH clinicals, while the other half start med surg and after the first 6 weeks its switched. In fundamentals we didn't have any quizzes in lecture but there are practicals and a math test in lab that you must pass.

As far as Kaplan they require you to pay for it, you take a test during orientation to see where you're at, they had logic questions and nclex style questions on things you haven't learned yet, but it's not part of your grade. During finals week after your final you take another test using Kaplan. This time the questions are about things you learned during the semester and it is 5% of your final course grade.

Yes, this is true. I’m a LaGuardia student and will be starting med surg 2 in the fall. As for med surg 1 and psychiatric nursing, the lectures are 12 weeks and for the first six weeks half of you will go to psych clinical and the other half med surg clinical and then switch for the second six weeks of the semester. As for the quizzes, this was implemented after my semester; we didn’t have to take any. From what I understand from students a semester behind me, it totally depends on which professor you get that determines whether or not you’ll have to take quizzes, unless the department has recently changed the curriculum and everyone must take them now. CAUTION regarding the mental health course, do not underestimate the material. Because you have to take med surg 1 and mental health at the same time, you might be tempted to focus more on med surge because it is a lot of information, including some heavy pharmacology and the mental health material will appear to be simpler, so not true. Those were no so simple exams. I managed to pass with a B-; there were students who were not so lucky and some that even passed med surg and had to repeat mental health. So, my advice is to find a nice balance.

And yes, Kaplan is integrated into the program and it costs $450. However, you will pay $112.50 each semester and if you multiply that by 4 (semesters) the total is $450. You will take the Kaplan critical thinking exam first in the beginning of the first semester. This does not count against your grade; it is just to see where you are before you actually start learning the content. At the end of your first semester (during finals week), you will take the Kaplan fundamentals exam (75 questions; this is worth 5%) in addition to your lecture final (100 questions). From this point on during finals week, you will take a Kaplan (med surg 1, psychiatric, maternity, pediatrics, and med surg 2) exam, each worth 5%, in addition to your lecture final. Kaplan exams are Nclex styled and in my opinion the level of difficulty depends on the content. Hoped this helped; Good Luck!!!

how is the maternity and pediatrics course? very hard?