Hi everyone! Okay so I decided to make a seperate thread for those of us seeing what our options are because we got the dreaded letter from OCC. It was getting hard to filter out the information pertinent to us in the general OCC thread.
I just want to tell everyone not to give up.
I had a meeting with a counselor yesterday, who basically assured me that any drastic changes made to OCC nursing admission policy could NOT be implemented in the very next admission cycle. He said that he had been a counselor for over 16 years, and the last time they made a drastic change (like from waitlist to gpa based) they grandfathered in everybody who would have been 'caught up' in the transition.
I had a 3.824 gpa. I had three classes that were not straight A's (An A- in both american government and english composition two, as well as the dreaded B in A&P 1). I am retaking all three and am going to seriousely aim for all A's. The gpa cutoff is gonna be a 3.9 something and I don't want to have to worry about not getting in again. I am going to do my best to get all A's.
I met with the counselor to discuss my options and see what to do at this point. I was considering going LPN but I don't think i'm going to do that anymore because my biggest aim is to get my RN as soon as possible. The LPN to RN transition program is only offerred every even year. What this means for us? If I were, for example to start the LPN program in January of 2012, it would be over in like March of 2013. Then I couldn't start the transition program until like July of 2014. Then I wouldn't be done with the transition program and have my RN until December of 2015! This versus the ADN RN program, which would start in the Fall of 2012 and finish in like early May of 2014.
Good luck to all of those still trying! We can't give up!!!!!
I didn't get the packet when you guys got it earlier this week. Today I got a revised health form. What I would like to know is what came in the original packet you guys got this week so I know if I have to call the Nursing office Monday.
You should defintely call the office first thing Monday. Your packet must have gotten lost in the mail. There are a bunch of forms that need to be filled out as well as a timeline for completion of all forms, medical physical, background check, etc., etc. The background check can take up to 12 weeks to be processed fully so you'll want to get all the instructions from the nursing office ASAP so you can get started with everything. Don't worry, you haven't missed any deadlines, but you should call them!
Is anyone else starting to freak out a little? Up until we got our packets, I was just excited but now I'm getting nervous. All of the things we already have to do are overwhelming (its probably just because Im also working fulltime and in the process of applying for a mortgage/looking for a house.) Anyway, I've already started having nursing school nightmares. I just had one where I couldn't grasp any of the material; it was literally in a foreign language and no one in the class liked me! I had these kind of "disaster" dreams the whole time I was planning my wedding and I see its starting up again. Eek! Is it just me?
Kizeemimi, No it's not just you! I've been freaking ou toot..lol, actually I started really freaking out reading some of the comments from current nursing students. I have a huge fear for med/surg. I also work full time, but luckily I work at an Urgent Care which is taking care of the majorty of stuff in the packet: Titers, Tdap, TB test, physical. I also completed my D/S, fingerprints and background check, which I already got back only took about 5 days. Mostly I'm just super excited and ready to start this!
I had these kind of "disaster" dreams the whole time I was planning my wedding and I see its starting up again. Eek! Is it just me?
777RN, BSN, RN
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Yes, I would agree. IMHO, phone apps or electronic resources are a better way to go, in general. Save money (in many cases), save time, save trees!