JackieBRCC

Congratulations! I am entering my 3rd semester this Fall. Will be graduating next Spring! I love BRCC's program, and I'm sure you will too!

Thanks so much for the heads up!! I bought it :-)

I quit my job to go to nursing school and have never looked back! I'm having so much fun. Nothing like working and being chained to a desk for 12 years that makes you appreciate time off and going back to school! Good luck!

This may sound goofy, but I found a huge book at B&N called Wall Chart of Human Anatomy...3D Full-Body Images and Detailed Systems Charts. It was only $8. I have it hung up on my bedroom wall, right in front of my treadmill.

Yeah, I googled it and saw it in several different color frames. You're right, it's very cool!! If I ever see one, I'll snatch it up!

Ha! Your back will thank me, too. Did you get yours yet? What do you think?

Me too! Before I was a nursing student, I would always see groups of them on campus standing around, and of course, there are only like 2 benches for 20 students. A few of us will have our own seats, now.

Yay, congrats! People can say what they will, but seeing these bags in person, and pulling them with books in them is a dream. And yes, they're going to last a long time! I'll have my bag long after school is over, and I'll travel with it. My frame is black, too. And my Rebel (dark purple) insert was about as "wild" as I could bring myself to go. But I also have a friend with the aqua and brown, and you're right, it's super cute! I may branch out. Lol

Awesome! What store did you find that in?

Me too. The CC I attend has graduated 6 classes since the beginning of their program and have had a 100% NCLEX-RN passage rate since the beginning. It's a very competitive program. I could have gotten into any school I applied to. I chose to apply to only 1 school. I'm not sure where Veranda ever heard that a BSN is more "prestigious". Around here, all you ever hear is that an RN is an RN, unless you want to be a nurse manager. Don't get me wrong, I find it highly believable that in this economy, BSNs are getting the jobs, but that is such a temporary thing. I'm not worried about it in the least.

Your post about druggies and unwed mothers being the only ones going for their ADNs was offensive. What do you expect?

I bought all my books on Amazon for $398. The bookstore price was $648. I'd always shop elsewhere before buying from the bookstore at school.

Besides, anything worth having takes some effort to get. Becoming a nurse is an accomplishment! Who would feel proud about becoming a nurse if it were easy?

If you're halfway willing to wait until January anyway, then what do you have to lose? Go ahead and apply!

Are you doomed with an A and 2 Bs? No! So you have 4 classes left? If you wind up with mostly Bs in those, you may not get in. Every school is different, and it depends on the quality/grades of your fellow applicants. If you get all As in those 4 classes, and a good grade on your entrance exam, I'd say you're probably golden! Just do your best in your remaining classes.