Lorain County Community College waiting list - anyone else?

wantccu · Oct 14, 2011

I'm so sorry. It's also sad to hear that there's another counselor/advisor out there on the same jerky power trip as the one that I spoke to. He did tell me that they're updating the pool this month, so hopefully I will be able to get that information at my appointment. That was all I wanted to know when I spoke to him was how many people were in the pool at this time and how many of those were done with their requirements. He started out with "Well, let me REMIND you of the admissions process that was on the application that YOU SIGNED when you applied. First, it goes by your application date, then courses completed, then GPA. It may SEEM to you like you applied a long time ago, but it WASN'T in terms of this program. I'm not sure who told you that January was a possibility but there's a fat chance of that and even next fall. You'll be lucky if you make it in January of 2013."

Insert sarcastic attitude throughout...

Crossing my fingers that my counselor appt. that I will have waited a month for goes better.

snickers21 · Nov 2, 2011

wantccu how did your appointment with the counselor go?

I have a call and 2 emails into to CSU with a few questions, but I think I'm going to apply (if I'm eligible) and see which program I can get into for next fall. If I can get into LCCC next fall I will just go there since their NCLEX passing rate is the same if not a little better. Plus it doesn't cost $1,800 a year for parking like it does at CSU. Ouch!

wantccu · Nov 2, 2011

Well.... it was about the biggest waste of time EVER! I got there and was told that the counselor was out (and has been for several weeks so it's not like they couldn't have called me) and that filling in for him was an advisor that's not even been there for a year, was a total dope (although nice), couldn't answer a single one of my questions, and his "advice" to me was to practice my zen and wait. Oh, and that it could be fall. Or next January. Or the following fall. He doesn't really know how many people are on the list and statistically speaking people are getting in from 2-4 semesters after their application dates. Yes, the waiting list is shorter than it has been because of the Stats requirement being added and the Tri-C west shore campus opening.

I'm going to stick with LCCC, though. CSU is 3 years of clinicals, so even if the program starts in Fall I'd still be looking at a 2015 graduation date and a lot more money. I'm going to take the 4 classes that I can toward Ohio University's RN-BSN program while I'm waiting. (comp 2, chem 2, ethics, nutrition)

jennylouwho · Nov 14, 2011

Ugh, I'm sorry you are having issues with enrollment services. It's a joke to talk with an advisor, the counselor was most accurate for me. Everyone I know that was accepted for spring only waited a year on the list. So the lust must be shorter now.

wantccu · Nov 14, 2011

Thanks, Jenny Lou! I'm crossing my fingers for a fall start date! How's it going for you so far?

jennylouwho · Nov 14, 2011

I'm doing okay! I wish I could say the same for all my classmates. Some have had trouble with nursing style questions. While you wait, you should check out a book on taking nursing exams. The questions usually have more than one correct answer, but you have to pick the best answer and if you're not used to that type of question, it can be difficult.

jennylouwho · Nov 14, 2011

LOL, my prior post about the length of the list, should have said list and not lust. Auto correct using my itouch, lol.

AgentBeast, BSN, RN · Nov 14, 2011

I'm doing okay! I wish I could say the same for all my classmates. Some have had trouble with nursing style questions. While you wait, you should check out a book on taking nursing exams. The questions usually have more than one correct answer, but you have to pick the best answer and if you're not used to that type of question, it can be difficult.

Pretty much the defacto standard for most nursing programs. That first semester is when most folks drop/fail out.

jennylouwho · Nov 15, 2011

True. But as long as they have to wait, it's worth the time to learn how to take these tests. :)

snickers21 · Nov 15, 2011

Good idea! I've been thinking about studying a NCLEX book

AgentBeast, BSN, RN · Nov 15, 2011

Good idea! I've been thinking about studying a NCLEX book

Focus on the "Fundamentals" stuff.

hannah33 · Nov 22, 2011

OMG reading this forum has made me literally want to cry. (Just kidding, but kind of). I applied to the program in January 2011, was told by the advisor that I would likely not be accepted for the fall of 2011 but hopefully the spring for sure. So I have been banking on beginning clinicals this spring. Clearly, lots of others had the same idea. How depressing to hear that it might seriously be until the Spring of 2013!? I have begun to apply to other schools because I am already a junior and am almost finished with BSN prerequisites as well, and it is definitely time for me to start clinicals. The wait list is RIDICULOUS, they need to do something to make it go faster. More teachers or bigger class sizes or something. Has anybody reading this received their acceptance letter for Spring 2012 yet? I'm hoping there are lots of people who turn down the program because they were accepted into another program sooner. I am finishing A&P2 and Micro this semester and then I am completely done with prereqs....which was much more exciting before all of this bad news haha!