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Also, the majority of my class bough the "clove" medical sneakers. People got a white pair and a black pair. Just email Miss Kinsey to find out if she will still approve those sneakers for your cohort. I STRONGLY recommend that you INVEST in your feet! Don't try to save pennies here!

I heard that Costco has Black jogger pants. Koi is pricey, but a good brand. So are the Skechers brand scrubs. I am not really an expert on the Black pants. I personally just purchased the Scrub Star brand from Wal-Mart because I already knew how that brand would fit me, but they aren't very practical and I always have to pull them up, especially if I put stuff in the pockets. I recommend that you try on the pants with stuff in your pockets (as much stuff as possible) squat, bend, stretch in those pants because you want to make sure you can move and do the skills you need to do. That is what I should have done.

You have a good chance (in my opinion) of getting in. A LOT of people drop.

Yes, both are 4 days a week.

Hi, I just wanted to follow up with people who are in the Mt. Sac program (RN) to get a sense of what the skills teaching is like. I ask because I attended an RN program where the instructors simply referred us to the textbook and really never taught or guided us and by the last few weeks we were told "you're on your own for x, y, & z skills." It was a horrible experience and so I am reaching out to get a sense of what the teaching is like at Mt. Sac and how much support they provide to students in the program....looking for brutal honesty like real as a heart attach type stuff. Thank you! PS you may PM if you are more comfortable to be candid that way. Thank you again!

Hi, I just wanted to follow up with people who are in the Mt. Sac program (RN) to get a sense of what the skills teaching is like. I ask because I attended an RN program where the instructors simply referred us to the textbook and really never taught or guided us and by the last few weeks we were told "you're on your own for x, y, & z skills." It was a horrible experience and so I am reaching out to get a sense of what the teaching is like at Mt. Sac and how much support they provide to students in the program....looking for brutal honesty like real as a heart attach type stuff. Thank you! PS you may PM if you are more comfortable to be candid that way. Thank you again!

Hi, So for 1st semester, the cohort is split into 2. There's a group that attends theory on Mon/Thur from 8:45am to like 10:45am or something and then they do their clinicals (hospital rotation) 4hrs, then 4hrs on campus in lab, then come back for a second day of 4hrs in the hospital (so a day and a half of hands on nursing skills) and then they get Friday off. The other group goes to theory Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:30 to 3:35pm. They have Tuesday off and then go to skills lab/hospital on Thur/Friday (half day). As far as the syllabus, they are big on academic integrity and so a new, different syllabus is written each semester so it won't be the same as mine. Also, keep in mind, the syllabus is FILLED with information, not just read pages 6-8. No, our syllabus is 100 pages because it includes all the info necessary for the program, student handbook, etc. In nursing school, the syllabus doesn't tell you what to read or do, it just tells you what topics to look up in your text book. There's also no study guide for exams. You have to figure out the important things to focus on and the test questions are NCLEX style questions that the professor writes for each exam so there's no chance of gleaning answers from anyone else. This is as detailed as I can get at this point. Any other questions, let me know and I'll do my best to answer. Congrats on your admission!

Woot! Woot! CONGRATULATIONS!

Hi, I am a 1st semester nursing student at COD. We had someone with the same situation as you (people with lower points either accepted or selected as an alternate). It turned out to be a mistake. It doesn't hurt to ask. Contact professor Lisa Kinsey to see if it can be double checked to make sure there wasn't an error. Good luck!

Hi guys, I am just curious if Pasadena uses any Kaiser sites for clinicals as it would be a conflict of interest for me to do my clinicals at a Kaiser facility.

Hi, I wanna give encouragement to anyone who is still in the process. This is not my 1st merry-go-round. I applied to schools in New York, Nevada, you name it. It's been a few years and the COVID crisis added a year onto my wait. All I'm saying is all things are possible with hard work and persistence and faith. I believe God has been with me all along and that has helped me persevere. I am thrilled to have a school to go to for Fall 2021, but am worried about affordable housing. I have had a REALLY rough time living with family trying to save money for this nursing journey and just burned out. I need my own space. I feel it will help me excel in my studies. In any case, I am concerned about how expensive housing in Palm Desert is since my goal is to live on my own (haven't done that in years and I miss it). I may consider roommates in a crunch, but am just not sure. After all the family drama in my life, I just was hoping on my own space. I am willing to live in a studio or casita/back house. I just need to keep a low budget because I wanted to try (if I can) to not work through nursing school. But that makes it hard to find a place to rent since I lost my job as they were not supportive of my nursing journey (Long story). I guess in short, I am reaching out to see if anyone knows of some affordable housing options with folks that will work with where I am. I have money saved, but am not currently working and with school starting so soon it seems silly to start something (don't wanna burn bridges). Anyway, thanks for "listening."

Thanks for the info! The anxiety is over for me as today I got an acceptance email from College of the Desert!!!!!!!! ????I am still waitlisted for another school so I will wait before formally accepting my offer of admission, but I am BEYOND EXCITED! Thanks to EVERYONE on here who helped me out! ?❤️

Has anyone heard back from the nursing department about admissions for Fall 2021? I haven't heard a thing and the application said that people who were accepted would be notified before July. I am feeling bummed!

No. Haven’t heard anything. They said June or July. I still check my email every day though ?