Dcccd 2006

lalajenn · Sep 27, 2005

Hi! I live in Rowlett so I am right by I-30. I like that it is a straight shot to El Centro. I was thinking of the DART rail but than again I also like to have a vehicle right by me in case anything pops up and not have to wait for the rail to come and take me. I believe El Centro does have parking passes where you can get a discounted price for parking. Do you live close to El Centro? I will let you know too and good luck to you!! Hopefully we will both be accepted!! I am getting so nervous!!

Hey Jenn, I have applied at El Centro for my first choice and NL my second. Hopefully we will get into our first choice :) Do you live in the Dallas area? There are ways around the parking. For going to El Centro you get a DART pass and you can take the rail in. The rail drops off just a block away from the school. It's really nice so you don't have to deal with parking or driving.
Anyway, keep me posted on whether you get accepted. :) I will let you know as well!!

Fun2, BSN, RN · Sep 27, 2005

Hi and welcome to Allnurses.com, faceinbooks82!

My first choice is NLC b/c I live in the Arlington/Mansfield area.

Good luck to you!

AllyRN82, MSN, APRN · Sep 27, 2005

Hi! I live in Rowlett so I am right by I-30. I like that it is a straight shot to El Centro. I was thinking of the DART rail but than again I also like to have a vehicle right by me in case anything pops up and not have to wait for the rail to come and take me. I believe El Centro does have parking passes where you can get a discounted price for parking. Do you live close to El Centro? I will let you know too and good luck to you!! Hopefully we will both be accepted!! I am getting so nervous!!

Hello! I live in Deep Ellum right outside of downtown. I work smack in the middle of downtown and right next door to El Centro. I am getting SO nervous! :uhoh3: I really hope we can both get accepted. Where did you take your pre-reqs.? I took everything at El Centro. I applied last year but I had received a B in A&P. The only B on my WHOLE transcript so I didn't get in. I retook it and passed with flying colors. I am hoping I got everything. I am just worried I didn't fill something out right and all this and that.

I have a friend that just started this semester and she had to quit her job because it was too much to work and go through the program. I am hoping I won't have to do that!!!

Hopefully we can become study buddies!!!

AllyRN82, MSN, APRN · Sep 27, 2005

Hi and welcome to Allnurses.com, faceinbooks82!
My first choice is NLC b/c I live in the Arlington/Mansfield area.
Good luck to you!

Thank you :) Nice to meet you!

I would go to NL but my husband and I share a car and I wouldn't be able to consistently make it to NLC. It's a beautiful campus though!!

I grew up in the Arlington/Mansfield area! Right off of Sublett and Cooper.

This wait is driving me NUTS! Good luck to you!!!!

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Has anyone joined Phi Theta Kappa at your college? I am currently VP of Service for the el Centro chapter and it's a great thing to be a part of especially if you want to transfer to further your nursing education. They give out awesome scholarships. I would look into it if you haven't already!

Fun2, BSN, RN · Sep 27, 2005

I'm getting worried. So many of y'all have 4.0's! The only thing I have going for me is that I have all of my supporting classes as well.

I'm wondering if I need to think up a new signature......."Fall '06 Nursing Student...150 Days to find out!" ugggggh I hope not! :crying2:

...AND....if I do have to wait, I still will have a 3.77 b/c I'm not taking Algebra over again this semester. So, I may not get in for Fall.

Oh, this is driving me batty as well!! I'm wondering if I will get in, and if I do get in where will I get in.

More than likely with a 4.0, if ECC is your first choice, you will not have a problem getting in at ECC. NLC only takes 40 of the 110, so it's harder to get into NLC, especially with a 3.77.

lalajenn · Sep 27, 2005

Hi! Study buddies are always good!! That is how I am getting by in Chemistry because of study buddies!! I went to Eastfield mostly to get my pre-reqs since it is just down the highway from me. My husband's second job is actually in Deep Ellum. I have been thinking of getting a job but have heard that having a job and going to nursing school is crazy and that you just can't do it so my husband is having to work 2 jobs. Yeah I am worried that I did something wrong but I went over and over my application before turning it in but it still worries me that I did something wrong. The closer we get to the date of the letters being sent, the more nervous I am!!! :uhoh21:

Hello! I live in Deep Ellum right outside of downtown. I work smack in the middle of downtown and right next door to El Centro. I am getting SO nervous! I really hope we can both get accepted. Where did you take your pre-reqs.? I took everything at El Centro. I applied last year but I had received a B in A&P. The only B on my WHOLE transcript so I didn't get in. I retook it and passed with flying colors. I am hoping I got everything. I am just worried I didn't fill something out right and all this and that.
I have a friend that just started this semester and she had to quit her job because it was too much to work and go through the program. I am hoping I won't have to do that!!!
Hopefully we can become study buddies!!!

robmom1 · Sep 28, 2005

I thought I had it figured all out. I am not going to apply until 2010 when my youngest start kinder, so I figured that I would go ahead and take the pre and coreqs for both el centro and brookhaven. I am not sure if I should do this or just take spanish for the last two years that I would be waiting. On one hand, if I finished all the classes for both programs, i might stand a better chance of getting accepted on my first try( but only if I keep my grades up. Patho, dosage calculations and the other 2 classes - I am not looking forward to these classes). On the other, if I take spanish and become more fluent I would possibly earn more money in the long run ( this would also allow me to keep my gpa up since I understand more than I am able to speak). Any suggestions?:selfbonk:

You are doing exactly what I am doing. I am taking all pre-reqs and all support courses so that I will be ready to apply for 2010, when my youngest also starts kinder. Good luck!!

AllyRN82, MSN, APRN · Sep 28, 2005

I'm getting worried. So many of y'all have 4.0's! The only thing I have going for me is that I have all of my supporting classes as well.
I'm wondering if I need to think up a new signature......."Fall '06 Nursing Student...150 Days to find out!" ugggggh I hope not!
...AND....if I do have to wait, I still will have a 3.77 b/c I'm not taking Algebra over again this semester. So, I may not get in for Fall.
Oh, this is driving me batty as well!! I'm wondering if I will get in, and if I do get in where will I get in.
More than likely with a 4.0, if ECC is your first choice, you will not have a problem getting in at ECC. NLC only takes 40 of the 110, so it's harder to get into NLC, especially with a 3.77.

NO! NO! NO! You cannot think like that!!!!!!!!!!! You have an AWESOME GPA and it sucks because you know a university would love to have you and all of us. They make this so friggin' hard for us that can't afford a university!

I just know you will get in especially having all of your support courses out of the way. :)

LKG6 · Sep 28, 2005

However, tell me what school, in your WHOLE life, hasn't asked for further "dishin' out the dough"? LOL

Yesterday, I have read in the NLC newspaper that DCCCD will increase tuition next year. The increase is $3 for in-county, $6 for out-of-county and $10 for out-of-state students per credit hour.

Katie

sunnyjohn · Sep 28, 2005

Yesterday, I have read in the NLC newspaper that DCCCD will increase tuition next year. The increase is $3 for in-county, $6 for out-of-county and $10 for out-of-state students per credit hour.
Katie

From $33 to $36 in-county? Hmmm

Fun2, BSN, RN · Sep 28, 2005

Another increase?????? OMG! My out-of-county rates are going to go from $50 to $56?

I really will be huffing and puffing to try to make it money wise at the end of the two years.

Tuition already increased twice since I turned in my application for my scholarship. This will be the third time, plus the jump in tuition because I had to move out of county.

faceinbooks82: Thank you. That's what I keep telling myself, and why I have taken most of my classes as fast-tracks. I wanted them all finished when I applied to boost my chances of getting in. I sure hope it's good enough! :)

Either NLC or ECC, if I get in, I know I'll be with others on here that really want this as much as I do. We can all keep each other's motivation up! :)

LKG6 · Sep 28, 2005

Another increase?????? OMG! My out-of-county rates are going to go from $50 to $56?

I am an out of county student, too.

I think it will be $66 from $60.

Katie