MATC (Milwaukee) RN Petition

[miswend78]

Hi everyone! My name is Melissa. I've been a Certified Medical Assistant for 10 years and about 3 years ago decided to go back to school part time to get my RN. I finally finished all my pre-reqs and was able to petition for next semester. Of course my petition was denied because I wasn't lucky enough to win the lottery! After many phone calls and emails asking how they determine who gets in each semester, the answer I got was a "random lottery." I asked if someone that petitions 3 times will get in over someone petitioning for their first time.......NOPE! "They simply don't have the resources to determine how many times a student petitions!" BS!! I've done some investigating into other schools including, Gateway, WCTC, and Madison Area Technical College and they all base it on date of enrollment into the program. THAT makes sense! At least there is some kind of organization!

I emailed my findings to the Dean of Health Occupations at MATC a few days ago but have heard nothing back. If I hear nothing back by Monday, I am going to the Vice Pres. or President of the school. If I get nowhere with them, I go to the media. I'm sick of complaining about it and hearing other complaints from students in the same position I'm in. If there are other schools doing this same procedure in a more fair way, there's no reason MATC can't either! What else do they do in the 60 day window?!?

An instructor of my husband's from a different program told him that I have to go the top and that's what I intend to do. The squeeky wheel gets the grease right? MATC gave me another semester to be PO'd and I have plenty of time on my hands now!

If anyone else is interesed in forming an alliance with me let me know. We can do something about this for ourselves and others in the future. We need to stand up to this school.:lol_hitti

[amandabell]

Thank you for responding do promptly! Could

you enlighten me as to what is all on it? Any information would be sooooo helpful!!! THANK YOU!!!!

[gbpack]

For the NLN RN, the test contained an English, Math and Science section. The english portion consisted of quite a few reading comprehension questions and the rest was vocab recognition. The math section was a lot of basic middle and high school math {addition, subtractions, decimals,} as well as college level algebra and a few geometry. The science was largely constructed of biology and evolutionary questions. However, chemistry, and a few A&P questions also appeared. There were also a few physics questions. In my opinion, this test seemed to parrallel the ACT. I'm not sure if the complexity or content differs at all with the NLN PN but for the most part I imagine the are similar.

[amandabell]

THANK YOU FOR BEING SO HELPFUL!

I'm a transfer student from another technical college. I have already taken the first semester nursing courses (fundamentals and pharmocology). I'm wondering how long if took for you to get into your program...since it is a lottery system...? I'm getting discouraged reading how long it took some people to be chosen.

[gbpack]

Hello,

Regarding the MATC nursing program, I did petition once this past march and unfortunately I did not get it. It came as a shock to me because I was told if I met all of the requirements, I would have a spot in clinicals. I met and surpassed every requiremet and spent countless hours studying in order to keep a high GPA and NLN score. However, as I was told by the Dean of Nursing college Dr Nancy Vrabec, people with good grades, specifically over a 3.7 {like myself} are chosen by random {essentially out of a hat}!! Her reasoning for this was to give others a fair chance who do not have the best grades because they would not be given a chance anywhere else. I was extremely appauled by the way I was spoken to and how the program was actually run. I have since decided to discontinue my nursing at MATC. I did not want to petiton again because I know many people who petitoned 2-3 times and are still waiting!! I will be finishing my nursing school at a local University in Milwaukee. I'm very pleased with my current school. It is a shame that MATC is operated so disfunctionally because, the college is convient for many and of course much cheaper!! I wish you luck in your nursing studies.