Need Advice About Acceptance Letter

[ejf88]

I got an acceptance letter to Good Samaritan College of Nursing. It's a 2 year program for an associate's degree, and it's a very good school-I didn't even think I'd get accepted. The letter I got said enrollment for gen ed courses doesn't start until the August 2011-Jan 2012 semester, but when I called to pay the matriculation fee they said I wouldn't be starting classes until probably January of 2012. I'm feeling a little discouraged because this is a really long time to wait.

I've been taking pre-req's at a community college and have one left before I get a waiting list number for their program, but that waiting list is 2 years. I'm just not sure what to do at this point. I can continue taking prereqs at the CC and enroll in classes at GSC and hope those credits transfer, take time off between now and Jan and just wait, or just stick with the community college all together. Any advice?

[Staragate, ADN, ASN, RN]

I would say stick with the CC route. That way you won't have to start over on your gen ed classes. I am going to a CC now. I finished my coreqs and was given a 3 year wait to start nursing school. It was actually half that and I start this January! That two year wait is the current number. That doesn't take into account the number of people who drop. You might find you start in 6 months to a year. Use that time to get your prereqs/coreqs finished up.

Ask around the nursing program to make sure I am right. Good luck!

[ejf88]

Thanks for the advice. They're letting me transfer english, psych, and sociology so I'm pretty sure anything I take between now and then will transfer. But you're right, I may end up waiting less than 2 years so it's a hard decision to make. Anyway, good luck to you with your studies!

[PghRN30]

Depending on how much the fee is, might be worth paying it to hold the spot and then when you get closer to that date see where things stand worst case you forfit the fee if comunity college route ends up working out better, but if community college doesnt end up working out and it DOES end up being 2 years, you havent given up your spot. Just because you pay the fee, does not mean you HAVE to go there. It just holds your spot and you would have to forfit the fee if you change your mind.

But better then HOPING the courses you take will transfer, call them and ask what courses will transfer. Could be that many of your Gen ed courses will, and then when you are there you can focus on the Nursing classes and not have to worry about the gen eds. I know even at community college most do that, try to get most if not all of the non nursing classes out of the way before they are in the nursing program and then all they have on their plate is nursing classes and clinicals.

[ejf88]

Thanks for the feedback. I think you're absolutely right. The fee is a little expensive ($450), but it's a great school and I might get in sooner. I'm going to find out if the classes at CC will transfer so I can keep taking them meanwhile. It would be perfect if I could start in August instead of January, but that's life.