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
I know it's been a long time since this thread had a comment, but I wanted to mention that the first semester room (room 150) has a microwave, so you can definitely bring food from home. :)
I know it's been a long time since this thread had a comment, but I wanted to mention that the first semester room (room 150) has a microwave, so you can definitely bring food from home. :)
Hello! Congrats to everyone who's starting classes soon! I started classes in August, but will be taking a seat at another program as I recently found out I got in.
Specializes in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
Do Mt. Sac allow students to take nursing classes on part-time basis like Antelope Valley College?
Nope.
Hey all, hope you that are about to start this fall and those that are currently in the program are getting through it. Just recently passed my boards, but if any of you have questions about the school or anything else feel free to reply here or message me!
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Hi, Fallsters. What are your schedules like for the first term?