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Make sure your CPR class is American Heart Assoc.

Several of us received scholarships through Collin's foundation. I think the applications are still open for next year. Look on Collin.edu under the foundation tab and there is a link to apply.

If you are planning to buy lots of scrubs, you may want to get some of them in royal blue. Many hospitals in the area require that for their nurses.

Don't buy white for sure, you have to order specific ones. Anything else goes for the other days.

Yes, tuition is the same. 1st and 3rd sem. you pay a $22 fee for liability insurance. There are lots of other up front expenses, though. The required uniform is about $100. Drug testing about $30. Books...lots of books maybe close to $900 if you buy all new ones. Shoes have to be all white. Stethoscope, BP cuff. The required skills pack is $150. Dr Ard will go over all of this in detail at orientation, but I hope this will help you get started. All of these expenses are probably common to every program. The low tuition make Collin such a wonderful "deal."

If you did not get in, don't give up hope!! I got in off the waitlist and so did several others in my class. Call Monday and make an appointment to go talk to them...be nice, let them know you are serious. I am convinced that goes far!!

This past spring, they mailed letters on Friday. Most of us received them on Tuesday, but a few didn't arrive until Wednesday. It was torture!! Good luck to all of you.

I got mine too...information overload!! By the way, Dagsmom started a FB group for our class. It is called "Collin College Nursing Class of Spring 2013"

I bought the Caribbean with rainbow and I LOVE it!!

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Since we'll be classmates and I could have posted the same thing, I say we (and whoever else wants to join us) work on it together!! I am trying to lose some before we start!

I got a letter today and received a scholarship!!!

I have 3 boys, 10, 5 and 3. I can't register either, look at the class list and match the codes you were given and you can see your section and instructor.

dagsmom...who is your instructor? I have Thursday with Kasprisin.

I like the house brand, allegro at brightlifedirect.com. They are inexpensive and they often run buy one get one promos.