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Take the 2 unit library class for the same extra point! It is seriously helpful for all the papers you write in the first year.

A bit late, but I had 47/54 at CCC and 53/58 at PCC.

Yeah you've got this! One thing to keep in mind is that Texas has some of the best odds for getting into a program- some of them as high as 80% acceptance rates if I remember correctly. The folks talking about 3.9 GPAs are generally applying to the west coast schools with 8-12% acceptance rates. I started looking at nursing schools with a 1.9 GPA. Really. I got in to 2 of the 3 schools I applied to on my first round of applications (at schools with 8% acceptance rates!). Similar to you, I had failed my last college course in 2014 to get to that 1.9, then gave up on school for a bit. Since going back in 2019, I put absolutely everything into getting straight A's. After a couple prereq terms with A's, I was able to go back to my previous college and apply for academic renewal, where they scrub F's (and sometimes D's) from your GPA. I had 23 credits removed this way, bringing my listed GPA up to a 2.8. I've attached a photo of what one old term looks like on my transcript now. Any school that just takes the provided number off the bottom of the transcript now uses the 2.8 to calculate my cumulative GPA, while those that calculate it themselves can choose whether or not to include the 'renewed' credits. If your old schools have a similar process I highly recommend you use it!

I think I had 47 and was accepted last year. Did the interview go horribly or something? I know I did the best in my group, there were students who were like, reading off of papers for their answers instead of engaging in a conversation. They didn't get in.

Thanks for all the advice everyone! I ended up taking some literature classes to round out my gen ED requirements, and then I'll have 8 weeks off where I'll try not to spend too much time stressing about classes.

I heard from them May 18 as well. Just got the acceptance from PCC this morning now too. Anyone have any insight into how to choose between the programs?

Congratulations! See you at orientation in a few days.

Yes it was. Hopefully you hear from them next week!

I had a look at my PCC communications, and it seems they send out pertinent emails between 8-9 am and 4-5 pm. I've still got my fingers crossed they send acceptances out by the end of the hour today, although I already replied accepting a spot at Clackamas this morning since I didn't want to chance it.

I've been in SEIU as a phlebotomist no matter the state or clinic so far, fyi. That pay rate was pre-Fight for 15.

Hello all- I've been accepted to a nursing program at my local community college, and I was wondering what those of you who've already been through it would recommend to prepare. What sort of gaps did you encounter between prerequisites and beginning nursing-specific courses? I have four months before classes start and was planning to at least start reading the textbooks ahead of time. Are there other good resources I should be looking at? Thanks in advance to anyone who has advice!

Licensed in CA, last job in OR at Kaiser. First job was at $12/hr in nonprofit, to be fair (I believe CNAs were making $8-$10 at the time). Moving on to RN now because Kaiser has the highest pay in the business and I'm too young to be maxed out on lifetime earnings. ETA: re: licensing, I started with my state's list of accredited schools and then started calling the ones in my area for price and schedule, so that I'd get the best deal when they all result in the same license.

6 years of phlebotomy here, it's how I got interested in nursing. I found that I was getting paid 50-75% more than CNAs as a phlebotomist generally throughout my career. If the same holds true for your area, the higher paying job will serve you better while you work through school. School and state license cost around $1600, and I was making almost $50k annually in my last year in the lab.

Earlier in the process I looked up schools with the highest acceptance rate- Ohio and Texas each had like 3 school in the 80% range. Much easier to get in if you're willing to move, and the NCLEX is the same wherever you go.

I actually did prereqs at PCC, it seems silly but I almost want to go there just so I'd have one less transcript if I decide to apply to grad programs in the future. Good luck to you as well!

I'm also waiting to hear back from PCC, debating if I should just accept the CCC slot now or wait in case PCC replies next week. Not sure how I'd choose if I got in to both.

June 11, from 1pm-4pm. They'll email attendees the week before with a Zoom link.

The email was mostly boilerplate and COVID info. The deadline is May 29, so I'd expect to see some movement June 1. In our interview, they said they'll admit a full 24 person cohort if it's in person instruction, but less if they have to do online classes. So I imagine no one's getting placement numbers because there's too much uncertainty due to COVID. & Congratulations to those who made the alternate list too, hope there's movement and you get in!

I took pathophysiology with A&P3, and I don't know how I'd have gotten through it without the first 2 A&P classes under my belt. Studying for pathophysiology really does drill down the A&P skills though, and I found that when I studied the pathophysiology concepts adequately, I knew enough to do passably well in A&P for the same body systems. I'd watch Armando H.'s videos on Youtube (https://www.Youtube.com/user/armandohasudungan) before you even start class, they were actually assigned content in my pathophysiology class.

Got an acceptance from Clackamas just over an hour ago! How'd everyone else do?

Yellow/Orange line to the south waterfront station is probably my favorite way to handle that commute, even though I live closer to the 8. I use the Scoop carpooling app as well, not sure if it's available to students or just employees.

I didn't get in, and I suspect the extra essays did me in. I fare pretty well on in-person interviews, but didn't put as much time into the second round of essays as I would have liked. It didn't help that they were due during a major holiday, so I was traveling and cooking instead of working on them.

Sounds doable to me, but I'm science inclined. Took A&P3 and Micro with lab in the same quarter as Pathophysiology and Community Health, came out of it with 3 A's and 1 B. If there's a break between terms, front load on the material in preparation. I had already read about a third of the A&P material going into that term. Take the Summer term to drill down on your focus and study habits. If the Summer courses are that easy, spend free time watching Crash Course or other overviews of the materials you'll be covering when taking 2 labs. Physio can be quite hard.

If I remember correctly, they were kinda vague about that, I wanna say in the 90-120 range though. I think they said it depended on the quality of the applicant pool, which is around 400+ annually.

Finished mine with a few minutes to spare, but I spent a fair amount of time digging around for practice questions and such in the past few months. Kinda grumpy about them not letting us see our results- I wanna knooow!