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!!!!!
Ace, my brother applied with a 3.86 last year and didnt make it:( hes a candidate for 2013.... But the program is very good.. And sad, u meet the most amazing people and end up dropping or not making the b- requirement, some by 1 or 2 points:(, my suggestion is hang out with friends and family as much as u can while u wait, because once school starts, u will miss out on A LOT.
Thanks for the reply occ2012 and tell your brother good luck i am sure he will do fine in the program... did he get accepted by the way ? ....
My name is Amy. I faxed in my forms today. I have so much fear and excitement about starting the program. I am thankful for the opportunity to take pharm summer I. I haven't had a class in months so easing back in with just one class sounds great to me -- of course, once I'm in the thick of it, I'm sure pharm won't feel like I'm "easing" into anything! I signed up for the Tues or Wed pharmacology.
As for getting to know one another, I'd be up for meeting up for coffee and chatting nervously about how much our lives will be changing come fall. Daytime works best for me.
mama p
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i agree!!