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Hi, I will see you all at orientation this month. I live in the Austin area and am a single mom with six children. Four are adults and two teens at home. I will be working 40 hours a week. Does anyone have any advice?

Originally Posted by TexasRN2be You can take them in any order after anatomy. I took anatomy during the summer; physiology and pharm in the fall, and micro last in the spring. I had all of my coreqs done except for humanities and nursing skill...

I finished the hybrid program. Working a lot is really difficult to do AND be successful because there is just massive volumes of work involved. The clinicals were like 6:30 to 2:30 or 1:30 to 1:30 to 8:30. It varies, and it is possible to swap with ...

I don't know how it is for experience nurses, but for new grads it is dismal here in Austin and I would NOT recommend relocating here. Saint David's has 1000 Graduate Nurse applications and "just about nothing left" for job openings according to the ...

Starting Level 4 this Spring and will graduate in May with RN. If you have any questions about the ACC program, let me know and I will try and give you an honest answer. Be extra prepared for clinical. Have a pocket reference guide. Study your notes....

Good Luck to All of You. I am just starting my last semester (Level 4) of the ADN program. I started in Fall 2008. I will be an RN in May. I did this as a single mom with 6 kids, only 4 at home now. If I can do this so can you! You will go through 8 ...

I am a pre nursing student finishing my pre reqs in Austin. I applied to Austin Community College's ADN program for the Fall. I have a Bachelor's in Molecular Microbiology and 8 years research experience as a genetic engineer. Unfortunately with a B....

I was referring to the Nursing Program. They have aggressively hired a lot more faculty. I am told that maybe two or three years ago, the wait list was three years! Now the goal of the Nursing Program is to have people in the first or at most the sec...

I just started Orientation this week to work as a GAIn student in RRMC as a PCTII. Not sure of the pay rate yet. Initially before the interview, they were saying they will only hire you if you have finished a semster of nursing school. I am just gett...

Hi, They have expanded the program to try and accomodate as many applicants as possible. This fall, they took about 105 out of about 140 applicants. I got in on the first try. I had all pre reqs and co reqs and a 3.75 GPA.

I am a 48 year old student with a family who is thinking about getting into a second degree program. My degree was 25 years ago, so any student loan money I took out has long since been repaid. What grants and scholarships are available to someone li...

Can anyone tell me how difficult it is to do the Austin Community College ADN on line program? What is the time commitment? What days and hours do I need to arrange for child care? Can anyone tell me how difficult it is to do the Texas Tech 2nd Degr...

Did you get in? Can you tell me how it is? I have three elementary school aged children. Can I do this? I was thinking of applying for the spring. Are you in Austin?

Millipede, Can you tell me the good points and bad points about the Texas Tech 2nd Degree Program? I have completed everything but the Pathophysiology. What is the time commitment? Is there any flexibility? Is this doable for a Mom with three elemen...

Millipede, Can you tell me the good points and bad points about this program? I am in the Austin area and am thinking of applying on Sept 1 for the Spring Class. I finished my CNA, took Med Terminology, and I have everything else. I just need Pathoph...

It took four months to notify for provisional acceptance from the first day applications were accepted. Depending on the class size, this may or may not be high enough to get in. I had a 46 rank with a 3.7 GPA, and I was 95 out of I think a total of ...

I am an ACC Nursing Student, just got accepted for the Fall 2008 class. Question: do I need to keep my Anatomy, Physiology, or Microbiology books for the program, or can I sell them and not miss them. They were very expensive and I could sure use the...

Any ACC students out there that can tell me the time commitment involved during class and clinicals for the ADN program? Has anyone done these classes on line? I applied for the Fall 2008 and am waiting to be notified. In the meanwhile, I need to fi...

I got a ranking of 46 with a GPA of 3.7. I just finished the last two classes on the list, the Nursing Skills class and the Human Growth and Development class. Someone told me with this rank I should get in. Can't wait. Barbara

I applied to ACC for Fall 2008. I just finished the Nursing Skills class today. If you want an awesome Microbiology instructor, I can recommend the absolute BEST teacher I have ever had. I can also recommend for reviews of all teachers and grade hist...

Austin Community College offers a Medical Terminology Class on line.