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Hello Fellow COC students: I'm about to start my third semester so let me know if you have any questions. First semester was definitely the most difficult. You will have 4 days of lecture/clinical and depending on your instructor's or the hospital ...

Don't waste your time/money taking another math class. Get "Basic Math and Pre-Algebra Workbook for Dummies" and practice on your own. I did and it really helped. You just need to remember how to do the math and it will come back quickly since it ...

I was accepted last semester with a score of 83, but declined my seat to attend a different school. You should be in for sure with a score of 90.

Would you rather be 57 years old with a nursing degree or 57 years old without one? Follow your dream.

I have a friend who works at the LA County Hospital at Olive View in Sylmar. She said the entire staff and management is concerned about the implimentation of Universal Healthcare and the number of patients dropping drastically at County facilities....

I've never been to Holy Cross Hospital so I don't know which specific floor we will be on but I believe for first semester we will be assigned to a Med/Surg unit.

Add my name to the Holy Cross list too. I have ---- for my instructor there. By the way, I was accepted at County too, but chose COC instead mostly because I prefer to be closer to home and my family. If I had accepted County I would have to drive fr...

Tuition is much less at COC, and if you search the LA County program on this site there is a post from an individual who is/was enrolled at LA County and she said that compared to other programs, County is unnecessarily stressful. With that being sai...

Just got my letter of acceptance and need to respond by Monday also. I have decided to attend College of the Canyons instead and will be declining my seat. My letter did not contain points cut-off information but I had 83, or 84 points if they coun...

Has anyone received an actual letter yet, or is it just word of mouth that the cut-off is 82?

They will raise the cut-off to something like 83 if that many people have 80. That's why an 81 is a nail-biter because we don't know what the final cut-off will be.

Hi again, At MSMC you can get a BSN in 1 year? Do you already have a degree? How many hours/days a week are you in clinical/lecture? Do you have a family/kids to take care of? Another statistic to compare between the two programs is their respecti...

Valley Presbyterian in Van Nuys. Going to College of the Canyons RN program in August.

Anyone? I'm a COPE CCE right now and starting RN school in August. Just wondering if I might have a better chance of getting hired at my hospital after finishing school. Heard many hospitals are only hiring BSNs as new grads.

Hi Everyone, I'm Jamie's friend and I just got my phone call and e-mail that they have an empty seat for me. So excited and scared and relieved!! I have friends in the program and they are really stressed, but in the end it will all be worth it. G...

Is cost and issue?

From what I understand, there is no rolling wait list from semeseter to semester. If we don't get in this time we have re-apply next semester. The only thing you don't have to re-do I recently saw on the COC web-site is you don't have to re-submit...

So does this mean that your place on the list can change daily? For example, could I be #10 one day and #30 the next as they scramble us up randomly, or do I have a certain position on the list and that position could change daily as people ahead of...

That's acutally good news. Do you know how many people make it on the alternate list/ I heard approximately 350 applicants, so I guess we should be happy we are alternates.

Sorry Neir. Have you applied anywhere else?

Hi EllieBean13, Got my e-mail today too and I'm an alternate. I have A's in all my science classes, an 86 on the TEAS V and direct patient volunteer experience. I really don't understand their admittance criteria since there is another COC thread a...

Thanks Neir, crossing my fingers. I also applied to the County program in Sylmar but COC is my first choice.

kbugg -- You are in. My e-mail says specifically that I am an alternate. I also have direct patient volunteer experience so I really don't understand their admissions criteria.

Just got my e-mail...Alternate. I have A's in all my science pre-reqesites and 86 on the TEAS. Go figure.

It's Spring Break this week at COC. We probably won't hear anything until next week. Orientation is April 22, so it has to be before then.