DQuixote

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1. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

   DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

   LOL. Nice to see nothing changes. You will get your skills bag day one of Skills Lab. They will hand them out, you will be shocked at the amount of stuff in them, and then over the course of the...

2. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

   DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

   Hey, I'm fully sleeved on my right arm and I bought a basketball compression sleeve from academy and haven't had an issue during clinicals or during my first semester skills lab... I only covered my...

3. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

   DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

   Hahahaha. Not accurate at all... AT ALL LOL. This was actually a thing at the start of the semester because everyone was giving each other scrubs because the sizing is so wonkey. They run large for...

4. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

   DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

   All white shoes for clinical/lab practical attire. Material is

5. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

   DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

   They are under the bookstore as a type of book bundle you have to buy. It is not a part of tuition, but you can use your FA to buy it... If you happen to be a veteran you can thank me because I was...

6. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

   DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

   The way that I study is by honing in on pertinent information as related to the lectures and PowerPoints. You will be given exemplars (disease processes) to study. So exam one could be Hypertension,...

7. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

   DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

   I already had my co-reqs done from a previous degree for the BSN and ADN. I would take those extra classes over the Summer. Semester 2 you might be able to take an extra class... But definitely not...

8. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

   DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

   Congrats on the acceptance for everyone who got in! I'm a 3rd semester student and TRUST ME, we all had the exact same questions as you did, we were all as anxious as you are, and we were all chomping...

9. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

   DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

   1st semester for me waz 3 days a week. Monday is 1430, Tuesday is off, Wednesday is clinical, Thursday is skills... If you have other days it is because you didn't do your co-reqs... I can imagine...

10. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

    DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

    Oh damn, that blows. They didn't let you recycle into my class (Just finished 2 and heading into 3)? My class has had a few people fail a semester and drop into my

11. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

    DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

    Correct. After the first semester your costs are reduced to ATI fee ($800) and regular tuition ($900 for out of county, for me). As a side note, Semester 1 is significantly more challenging than...

12. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

    DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

    Congrats! Welcome to the hell that is Nursing School LOL. WGU is a great program! I think they hit the 100% NCLEX pass rate with one of their classes in 2019. Get ready to have a crap ton of info...

13. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

    DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

    It's not that they don't care about the TEAS it is just that Collin is one of the best programs in the area and INSANLY competitive. Collin averages about 500-600 applications PER cycle. Of those...

14. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

    DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

    As I have commented previously in this thread, the 16 points low acceptance was from my Cohort (Fall 2020). We were under a different point system. We were actually an incredibly difficult class to...

15. Collin College Nursing Fall 2021

    DQuixote replied to LaurendoubleU's topic in School, College Programs

    Also, the first semester you will have to drop about $300 for a *** "skills bag" that you will only use 1/4 of the material out of... Then there are the Castle Branch fees, buying a set of Collin...