ShannonW

I'm sorry that my reply offended you, but my message was in no way angry. I simply asked you to elaborate a bit. Honestly, what sort of reaction did you expect? You entered into a thread of messages by current and future WCCCD and post a message tell...

How exactly did the school or its program traumatize you? No offense, but unless one of the professors assaulted you or something, I fail to see how any traumatization serious enough to warrant therapy could be the fault of the school, its program, o...

I'd be happy to! Unfortunately, I can't do so in this thread (against forum rules), but if you look in my profile under "Contact Info," you can send an email to my MSN email and I'll reply with some recommendations, any info I have, etc. I had some f...

Yep, that's the "hidden" pre-req. You do have to take it because you can't register for/take Bio 240 without first taking 155. If you look in the catalog (not the schedule book), you'll see Bio 155 as the pre-req for Bio 240. It would make sense for ...

Before you can apply for the program, you have to take Intro Bio (Bio 155), Anatomy & Physiology I (Bio 240), Anat/Phys II (Bio 250), Microbiology (Bio 295), English I (Eng 119), and Intro Psychology (Psy 101). You have to take Bio 155 before you...

Hi! I'm not applying to start (been there, done that), but I might be able to help anyway. WCCCD uses a point-based system that, if I recall correctly, breaks down as follows: max 60 pts for GPA, max 20 pts for TEAS, 10 pts for all classes taken at W...

Unfortunately, nope: you can't apply until all of your co-reqs are finished. When you apply, there's a section where you write in your grades for each pre-req, so if you tried to apply in Feb, you wouldn't be able to complete the application because ...

If you finish Micro this Fall semester, and that's the end of your pre-reqs, and you've done the TEAS and have all of your documents together and apply before Feb 28th, 2011, you may be able to start in Fall 2011, which would mean you have Spring 201...

The deadline for starting in a Fall semester is the last day of February (28th or 29th) of the same year; the deadline for starting in a Spring semester is June 30th of the previous year. Nope. The program at WCCCD is four semesters, which is abou...

If you want to avoid wait-lists, focus your attention on schools without them, like WCCCD. Have you taken the appropriate tests for the school you want to attend? For example, for WCCCD, you have to take the TEAS before you can even apply - if you ha...

The points system of which you've heard breaks down as follows: max 60 pts for your GPA (ex: 60pts for a 4.0 GPA), max 20 pts for your TEAS score, max 10 pts for having taken all courses at WCCCD, max 5 pts for having finished all co-reqs, and max 5 ...

Hate when that happens! I've heard they couldn't get ahold of jenp313's instructor, which isn't good (correct me if I'm wrong?). In our (Western) case, though, the instructor wasn't to blame, at least - apparently no one had told her she would be tea...

I take it you're talking about NUR 110 (Theory/Foundations) at WCCCD Western? Or maybe a nursing class at NW? (Similar things happened at WE and NW.) If not: crazy coincidence! If you *are* talking about the 110-at-Western thing, I'm in the same boat...

Quick question for those in pods 11 and 12: are you wearing your sweats "uniform?" I know 9 and 10 have skills lab Tuesday, but I'm not sure if we (11 and 12) do. Then again, I'm the paranoid type: I'm going to end up wearing the dang thing just in c...

Oof. Mine are still a little out of whack. I'm in pod 12, so I have 110 T/R 3-5pm, 111 R/F 8am-2pm, and 118 Sa 8am-12pm. In webgate, the times for 111 and 118 are fine, but 110 is still M/R 3-5pm. All of us in Western pods/pods 9-12 have 110 together...

What do you mean by "picky?" Insofar as I've heard from students that started before me/us, they're kind of sticklers when it comes to the "no designs" and "must be sweat pants" bit. As long as they're solid and obviously sweats (not, say, track pant...

Possibly? I'm in pod 12; we have classes at the same times, but I'm not sure if they're together or not. It'd be awesome if we did, though! One week to go! By the bye (and I hope we're allowed to do this?), is anyone else on Facebook? I'm over here...

Go by the pod sheet, not webgate. That's what they told me at the nursing office, anyway. For example, those of us in pods 9-12 all have 110 together, on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3-5pm at Western. Pods 1-4 have 110 T/R 3-5pm, and 5-8 have 110 T/R 9a...

I'm so glad someone else started this thread! I wanted to a dozen times, but wasn't sure where to put it! I'm all set re: the non-clinicals uniform: got my white tees, sweats, white shoes, etc. I still need to pick up the clinical uniform, and given...

The cost of books varies widely. If I recall correctly, Micro's about $130, Anat/Phys (you use the same book for I and II) is about $180-190 used (both as Anne36 said) or around $215 new (I think?), Bio 155 is about $120. Chemistry (if you take it) i...

You have to complete all pre-reqs before applying, but you don't have to do the co-reqs until you're in the program. However, it'd behove you in a big way to get them out of the way before the program. You have to take the TEAS (they no longer offer ...

Indeed they do, but insofar as I know, you'd still need to visit a campus for the labs anyway. For a class like Microbiology, where you have lab twice a week, it's almost pointless to take it online.

Seconding Me2006 re: trying for the A in the sciences. Of course, you'll want to keep your GPA as high as possible. Keep in mind that they consider two GPAs: the GPA of your pre-reqs only, and the GPA of your pre- and co-reqs, and they use whichever ...

Indeed, indeed. The last day to apply for a spring semester start is the last day in June the previous year (in my case, June 30th, 2009 was the last day to apply to start in Spring 2010, and I applied June 15th, 2009); the last day to apply for a Fa...

No worries! You can just click here, click "Contact Info" and just look for "MSN." I've taken a few classes online. Many people love them, but it's just not for me - I'm too apt to procrastinate. For the Bio classes (except Patho), you'd still need ...