purplebubble10

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1. Collin College Fall 2013 Nursing Applicant's

   purplebubble10 replied to NurseRebe2015's topic in Texas Nursing

   On your clinical day, you will need before school care as you have to be there at 6:30am and likely after school care as well as you don't get out until after 2:30 (sometimes even later) and then the...

2. Collin College Fall 2013 Nursing Applicant's

   purplebubble10 replied to NurseRebe2015's topic in Texas Nursing

   I will second all of this! I have full time care for my child and there is no way I could do all of this without it or the help of my husband in the evenings and weekends. In addition to that, it...

3. Collin College Fall 2013 Nursing Applicant's

   purplebubble10 replied to NurseRebe2015's topic in Texas Nursing

   I am currently in the program in 2nd semester. You don't need to have your CPR done by May 1st. You will get a lot of information at the orientation including some contacts to get this done. As far...

4. Collin College Spring 2013 applicants

   purplebubble10 replied to pepper35's topic in Texas Nursing

   Not exactly sure since I switched from iPhone to Android but we haven't had any complaints with our Google site (not sure if that's different from group). It's really user friendly and you can have...

5. Collin College Spring 2013 applicants

   purplebubble10 replied to pepper35's topic in Texas Nursing

   Yes, but even the instructors will encourage you to set up something outside of that because you will use it during breaks and the summer to set up things for the class, such as sharing notes, advice,...

6. Collin College Spring 2013 applicants

   purplebubble10 replied to pepper35's topic in Texas Nursing

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7. Collin College Spring 2013 applicants

   purplebubble10 replied to pepper35's topic in Texas Nursing

   It would be a good idea to set up a closed Google site and/or Facebook page for the class so you can all communicate with the entire class a little easier

8. Collin College Spring 2013 applicants

   purplebubble10 replied to pepper35's topic in Texas Nursing

   I am not sure that you will be able to trade that easily. If you do find someone willing to trade, be sure to call the office and get it approved by them so that you can be put into the correct...

9. Collin College Spring 2013 applicants

   purplebubble10 replied to pepper35's topic in Texas Nursing

   I agree they should have made sure to tell you that during orientation, I know they did for our class. But you are right that you will have no problem getting registered soon after they open back up....

10. Collin College Spring 2013 applicants

    purplebubble10 replied to pepper35's topic in Texas Nursing

    You do not need permit codes to register for classes. Charlene puts those in so you will be 'cleared' to register for nursing classes. All you need is your CRN's which tells you which section you...

11. Collin College Spring 2013 applicants

    purplebubble10 replied to pepper35's topic in Texas Nursing

    I have no idea, it usually is about 6 weeks but can be a bit longer. With all the changes with the new director, things might be running slow. I would give it a week and then you could call and ask...

12. Collin College Spring 2013 applicants

    purplebubble10 replied to pepper35's topic in Texas Nursing

    You can only take the PSB once per year. If you don't get in this time around, you will have a better shot when you get that 15th point from your last prereq. You probably won't need to take it...

13. Collin College Spring 2013 applicants

    purplebubble10 replied to pepper35's topic in Texas Nursing

    Great post by parkerfro! I will also add that our class that is coming in in the Fall let in at LEAST 4 waitlisters. The fourth person added did have 15 points, so it looks like most of our class...

14. Collin College Spring 2013 applicants

    purplebubble10 replied to pepper35's topic in Texas Nursing

    It usually does take about 6 weeks from the end of the application period for letters to be sent out. The PSB is very important. If you have 15 points but got all 6 points on the PSB, that is...

15. Collin County College Fall 2012 Applicants

    purplebubble10 replied to acjb2004's topic in Texas Nursing

    Awesome!!! Congrats and welcome to the class!! And hb, another member of the FB group said recently that she hadn't heard back from the financial aid yet either. Hopefully you will really soon!...