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I'd be down for joining a FB group for our cohort. I know some of the other cohorts have them. I'm in the FB group for all levels already so I think it'd be good for us to have our own!

I got in! How about you all?

Hi Tiana! I applied and was waitlisted last semester... then they called me 3 days before the program was set to start and offered me a spot (I obviously declined... I have two kids under 6 so last-minute childcare wasn't possible). I am also finished with all my prerequisites and have the same GPA as you. Last semester I was finishing up Microbiology so I'm hopeful I will be competitive enough to NOT be waitlisted this time. Good luck to us both!

Congratulations to all of you! I got waitlisted, which I was expecting since I am in Microbiology right now. When I reapply for Spring I will have everything completed and a 3.8 GPA. I am number 70 on the waitlist and I am surprised the number even goes that high ??‍♀️

One more thing to have anxiety over! ??

If you go into my SPC and search for the 2nd semester classes, you can see the dates and times they are offered. I think I saw that level 2 has classes only 2 days a week ?

Just a few more days. Good luck to everyone! ??

I don’t want to jinx it ?? anxiously waiting for July 1! I am hoping for the best but also emotionally prepared to either be waitlisted or bypassed this semester. I have a 3.7 GPA and am taking micro right now (got a C in World Religions way back in 2005 when I was earning a BA at USF, but all other prerequisites are As). If I don’t get in for fall I am going to retake world religions so that I have a 4.0. I am killing myself to make sure I get As in micro and the lab.

The schedule at SPC is giving me so much anxiety. I am not sure how I would juggle getting my kids to and from daycare / school with the way the morning and “evening” classes are at SPC. Does Galen have evening classes? July 1 seems so far away ?

Hey all-- question for those of you who got into the program. What does your class schedule look like? I saw that there are a lot of courses each semester--are they shortened courses so you're only taking a couple at a time, but in a compressed time frame? Or are you taking all of them at once? Are any of these classes online? Thanks!

Hey yourself. Since you will not qualify for in-state tuition (I believe you have to be a Florida resident for an entire year before you qualify for it), you are not limited to the public schools the way I am limiting myself. There are several RN schools in the Tampa Bay area. The public schools where you can pursue nursing are St. Petersburg College, University of South Florida, and Hillsborough Community College (HCC is a program that feeds into USF). University of Tampa is a private school that has an excellent nursing program as well. There are also numerous private, for-profit schools in the area, such as Galen College of Nursing, South University, Jersey College, etc. Those programs are generally not as competitive as the programs at SPC, USF, and UT are. Hope this helps!

Hey everyone. I applied and was accepted to USF so now I'm just waiting for the SOAR applications to open. I graduated from USF in 2009 with my B.A. and didn't have the best GPA then (3.1) but have gotten As on every prerequisite I've taken for the nursing program. I also applied for the ASN program at SPC. I'm nervous and just want May 10 to get here already!

Hi, I submitted my application as well. I was going to wait to apply for Spring 2022 because I'm taking Micro this Summer, but figured I may as well go for it. I also applied for the ABSN program at USF. They only accept applications once a year for the St. Pete program so I figured why not try. Waiting till July to hear back from either program is going to be rough!