Just thought I'd toss out a friendly note that Mt. SAC (city of Walnut) has finally REOPENED applications to their ADN program starting SPRING 2014. Those that apply right now up until the last date which I think is somewhere in October will be applying for spring of 2014, and so on. It was closed for about a year to a year and a half due to switching acceptance systems from Lottery-based to Multi-Criteria Screening. The main reason for the closure was to ensure that every person left on the lottery system had gotten into the program before switching to the new one (makes it fair on part of those that have been waiting).
The multi-criteria screening is basically like the point system. You get a certain number of points based on your core requisite GPA, overall GPA, hospital experience, any degrees, and so on. Some of your points come from your core-requisite GPA (anatomy, physiology, and microbiology) which is 40 points, then next is your score on the HESI test which is a max of 30, and then your overall GPA/if you hold a bachelors which is another 10 each. There are a couple others but they give less than 10 points. You can google the Mt. SAC ADN program and look at the specifics yourself and how many points you have.
Some quick notes:
They accept 60 students every semester (fall and spring) but they can accept up to 90 depending on the budget (but of course in these days, it'll most likely stay at 60). There is a 4 day mandatory orientation, ALL day (no lie...) prior to the start of the semester where all accepted students AND alternates must attend. If you need clarity on anything, call the nursing department and they'd definitely give you more of a heads up than I have done.
So yeah, good luck to you all and hopefully last long enough for you guys to see me in third/fourth semester
Barcode120x- So am I stressing for no reason? haha I was specifically told there are no weekend clinicals in first semester. Seems like we're in class 7-4pm Mon-Weds and then half day on Thursday...which is ALOT of class time! If it only gets better from here, I have hope!
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Barcode120x- So am I stressing for no reason? haha I was specifically told there are no weekend clinicals in first semester. Seems like we're in class 7-4pm Mon-Weds and then half day on Thursday...which is ALOT of class time! If it only gets better from here, I have hope!
Unless you were told specifically by a professor or someone in the nursing department, it'll be true.
oh!! has anyone been to student service center? I was told there was microwaves there too. I would like to have my lean cuisine meals. I don't know if they will let me microwave my food in the store. lol.
There are plenty of places to eat around campus and across the street. But I'm with you on the "brown bag-in' it." it gets expensive. There's carls jr on campus, the Mountie stop (convenience store), the Mountie grill (best grilled cheese ever), and down the way (off campus... South bound on grand ave) there's an in and out and mc d's. Across the street, there's a jack in the box, burger king, and cool little sushi place.
There is also the Mountie cafeteria and Starbucks-like cafe. Last time I was a student, there were microwaves there that you can use to heat your food.
There is also the Mountie cafeteria and Starbucks-like cafe. Last time I was a student, there were microwaves there that you can use to heat your food.
If it only gets better from here, I have hope!
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