Letters of Acceptance to Golden West College?

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Hi there...anyone receive their letters to take the TEAS V for Golden West College for Fall 2011? Thought I would start a thread for those of us who did and may have questions for each other.

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Nothing is wrong with the teacher, she's very nice. The curriculum was way too broad to be meaningful to be applied to actual nursing and may also be due to the subject being of interest to other disciplines as well. I don't recommend you do it, but I hardly spent any time on it and got a B in the class. The pharmacology class that is at my school (Cerritos) is killer and really applies pharmacology to nursing, systems, and disease. Only nursing students are in these classes.

The way the class works is the one day lecture is supposed to be recap of everything you did online or things that will enhance the online experience. She's not teaching you in lecture. You listen to her lectures she recorded from home so you hear the delivery man come to the door, the kids outside, the phone ringing, pets, etc.

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I'm scheduled to take TEAS 5 on Jun 30th at a different site. I'm a little nervous b/c I only studied the McGraw Hill Manual. I read some other threads which recommend the ATI manual since its format resembled the actual exam. I thinking of getting the ATI just for the reading comprehension. Is the reading comprehension passage short just like the McGraw Hill? Any suggesting to study for reading and english?

I am of no assistance whatsoever with regard to which manual to use. I used the ATI manual for the TEAS IV, which helped me absolutely none at all for the TEAS V :lol2: I haven't even looked at the McGraw Hill Manual. I CAN tell you to make sure you bone up on your reading and grammar mechanics. Know nouns, verbs, pronouns, adverbs and the differences between them. The reading comprehension part mainly focused on being able to determine, for lack of a better word, the focus and intent of the passage you just read. The passages are a medium length. The only way I know to improve reading comprehension skill is to read more often.

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Thanks for the input apgar10, much appreciated.

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Hey guys!

I'm planning on applying to Golden West for the 2012-2013 school year and just wanted some more information on the selection process. I understand that it is a lottery process, but how many qualified applicants are there typically? How many students are accepted for each semester?

Thank you so much!

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Hey guys!

I'm planning on applying to Golden West for the 2012-2013 school year and just wanted some more information on the selection process. I understand that it is a lottery process, but how many qualified applicants are there typically? How many students are accepted for each semester?

Thank you so much!

I too would like information. What is the average GPA of applicant that are accepted?

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u guys need to meet the cut score which is 77%? not sure, after that they will "randomly" select. lol

My friend, alternate of the last season, has 3.75 GPA got rejected later then. :D

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Hi all-

I applied to GWC for the 2012-2013 application period. Anyone else out there waiting? I thought we could startup the convo again for this years rounds.

Good luck to everyone!!:redpinkhe

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I turned in my app on Jan 9th- 2012. This is my second time applying. Last year I got my letter saying that my lottery number was not picked on April 13th. Hopefully, we'll all have some luck this year. :D

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Hello! I applied for first time at GWC. I know it's to soon to know anything and for what I've read, the waiting can be very stressful. So i'm just going to take it easy........for now! I hope that whoever didn't make it last time, gets in this period.

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Good luck to you guys! I know we're all waiting frantically. I am taking the TEAS V on Monday because I have to have it before I apply to Saddleback. I too hope those who didn't get in last year make it this year. For how hard we all work to get to this point of applying we really deserve it!!!

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Yeah good luck to everyone! We all need it! This is my first year applying to GWC. I have applied to schools in Oregon for the last 2 years with no luck. They have pretty much gotten rid of lottery systems up there and my GPA doesn't stack up against alot of applicants. If I don't get in this year I am planning on re-taking a few pre-reqs but even then I have to be careful because some schools seem to frown upon that. I have the TEAS V study guide and am about to start studying. I am nervous about the math! So we just need to take the test before we begin in fall (if accepted) right?

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If we are accepted to GWC, I think they'll send out a letter asking to take the TEAS V. If you've already taken it by then you can have the score sent to them. Otherwise they will have test dates and I think that if you pass you are in.

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