Lorain County Community College waiting list - anyone else?

Hi there! I was on the list for two years and am finally starting (a week and a half - squeeeee!). The Counselor will push you to take classes for Akron (since they partner with them), but look closely at the partnership and see if it's for you. I've talked with others ahead of me and with me and most of us have decided that their program is more expensive, requires more pre-reqs and you have to drive to Akron for clinicals. Most have decided upon (or are looking more heavily into) Ohio University, Cleveland State (since at least clinicals are closer) or Indiana Weslyan.

I will say that the Counselor is the one who can best tell you how much waiting time that you'll have. I had advisors telling me that it would be one semester once I finished all my other classes, so I was thinking that I was going to for sure get into classes this spring. I went and saw the counselor in March (six week wait!) and he burst my bubble. I wish I had seen him earlier, I might have applied to CSU. There program is three years and I likely would have started it last fall, but I missed their deadline by a month. So, if you don't want to wait, maybe look into CSU. Their deadlines are early in the year, for fall acceptance.

I myself am not sure where I'll go when I pursue my BSN, but any of those three are all in the top choices. I don't know that I'll immediately pursue it either, so I took classes that will help me anywhere - a Spanish class, a Humanities class, things like that. I also took Medical Terminology because people ahead of me said that it was helpful. If you've not taken English 162 (I didn't have to take Stats, just Eng 162) you might want to do that because every school will require that.

Also, be aware that first semester is EXPENSIVE in the bookstore. I am at over $900 and still need two required books and one lab bag that are all not in. I was able to secure a scholarship, and I'm glad since it was such an expensive time in the bookstore this semester. So, maybe look around now to try and find scholarships that you can apply to once you are accepted (most nursing scholarships you can only apply to once you are accepted into a program), but it's nice to know where to go once you do have an acceptance letter. :)

Hello! I am a part of the long waiting list myself! I applied last December, and have one more support class to take this fall (microbiology). My original plan was to take micro over the summer, but after talking to the counselor, the chances of me making into the Spring class anyway was zilch so I skipped that plan and chose to take it this fall. I really hope to make it in next fall and the counselor said that it may be possible, but as you all know all of the stars have to be aligned just right! lol!

I am taking classes towards the BSN while I wait, and had plans to go to Akron for that, however CSU may be a good option as well. I have yet to take the Chemistry classes, so I can't apply to any of the 3 year BSN programs. I was going to take one this fall, but the thought of Chemistry and Micro at the the same time freaked me out a bit. After looking at the transfer guides, most of the classes I took can go towards CSU's requirements or Akron's. I will try to continue to take classes that way so I can have a choice of schools. I didn't realize that I had to drive to Akron for clinicals, so that is a big negative in my opinion. Driving to CSU is much more preferable I think.

Good to know about the scholarships, I will keep that in mind whenever I finally get that letter. I started back to school years ago taking one class at a time, so it feels like it has been forever. A lot of my wait time was for the Math 022 & 023 requirements that it wasn't clear that I had to take, or I would have taken those first to be on the list sooner. Ugh!

We are in week 4 which is the first big week, so it is busy! Clinicals start this week (we've just been practicing in the lab during our clinical time), quiz in one class, exam in the other, skill check off, lab quizzes and math quizzes.

The list will shuffle, but as far as I can tell by my classmates, they will be starting with people who got on the list in December 2009. That said, answer your phone if it rings in nov or dec bc if people don't accept their seat they go down the list until they find someone who will (and can drop everything that day to get to the college). They do not leave a message.

I know it sucks to wait, but try to enjoy it and think of things like childcare now. I got night classes, which was not my choice pick and the second week, my sitter's fil died, had someone lined up (who I had watched her kids twice in the proceeding two weeks during her last minute emergencies) who texted me at the last minute that she couldn't watch them, so ended up onto a 3rd sitter.

So, when you go to orientation, you have to choose between 16 different clinical assignments - you rate them in preference, 1-16. So, your 114, 114 lab, 115, 115 lab and 115 clinical are all bundled - which means you don't really get to choose between the different times for classes.

So, you either have early morning (8 am) class, with labs somewhere during the day, or you have late morning classes (10 or 11, can't remember) or you have evening classes. I got stuck on evenings (I pulled number 42 out of 60 at orientation and didn't do so well in my rankings, ended up getting my 8th choice). Anyways, evening doesn't necessarily mean evening, it means 4 or 5. Your clinical will then be on Saturday (7am-2:30) or 2:30-10 during the week. This semester our 115 clinicals are on Wed, Fri or Sat. So, some people at orientation weren't happy that the evening classes aren't truly evening, meaning before they got out of work. But, it is what it is. I throw it out there in case you're thinking that evenings will work perfect because your husband gets off at 5 and can watch the kids, or if you're thinking that you'll still be able to work until 5 pm.

Anyways, we take our lab quizzes online. We do checkoffs during lab time. We have a math for meds book that you are assigned chapters each week to do and then quiz on it. You have three times to get a 90%. You have to go at the end of the semester and take a math competency exam in the testing center - basically, you don't want to cheat your way through your weekly tests because you won't pass your final competency. It's all worth zero points, but if you fail to pass either a weekly quiz with 90% or a final, you fail that lab (it's 115 this semester). So, while it's zero points, it's still a big deal. We take practice type quizzes online, they are worth a small amount of points (5). They did these in years past and found that those that did them had improved scores, so now it's a requirement.

Reading is all the time - we have to read whatever the unit is on before we go to class. Our first unit exam in 115 covers the first 3 weeks and has seven chapters. The first day didn't have assigned readings, so that's for five classes. 115 meets twice per week for lecture, 114 meets once per week.

I am in class Monday for 114 lecture, then a 10 minute break and in 114 lab - four straight hours basically. Tuesday, I just have 115 lecture, 2 hours. Thursday, I have 115 lecture for an hour and 20 minutes and then I have 115 lab, which is 2 hours at a minimum. I say a minimum because on check off night, it depends how quickly people finish and somehow, our group got double booked, so there are eight more people than should be in class with us. And our lab instructor decided to go alphabetically for check off, and I'm towards the end of lab. I think I'm going to be there later than normal! Then I have Saturday clinical. You're expected to practice in lab before check offs.

Snickers - maybe we will be in together! My last class was Micro, which I took over the summer because even though there was no chance of getting in in the Spring, they do the review in September and the sooner you have your requirements done, the sooner you get moved up on the list. Let me know if you have any ?s about Micro - Who do you have?

I have*****. We had had our first exam today. I thought I knew the material pretty well, but OUCH. lol! I'm sure glad we get to drop one exam! There are several people in my Micro class that got on the list the same time as I did and are on their last support class. One has a delusion of possibly making it into the Spring class and was shocked when I told them I would be ecstatic to get into fall. I don't think the advisers give people the best time/wait guidelines or the people I've talked to have just ignored what the advisers have told them.

I have an appt with the counselor (not an adviser) next month, so I'll ask about the GPA thing, but I hadn't heard that. The acceptance letters come in November & March, so stalk your mailman and phone during those times. LOL!

Good luck Jenny! Hope all is going well with classes!

Snickers- I made it through his micro in the summer, while pregnant - I was falling asleep all the time, lol. Remember the essays will save you! Just put something related to it, even if you're not entirely sure! And if you know nothing, say that beer is fermented. For real. :)