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No problem. I love talking about it, (thus the really long-winded posts :-P), I remember wanting to learn everything I possibly could before it started, it helps pass the time whilst waiting for that letter. Most non-nursing program people don't seem to understand the agony of the wait, so having people to talk to about and during it is such a help. Thus the reason everyone I meet on campus who says they are going for nursing, I've pointed to allnurses.

Someone had asked about getting to choose your clinical day. You kinda do, and kinda don't. Here is what happens..if you are nights/weekends, your clinical day is Saturday...always. If you are mornings or afternoons, your clinical days will change from semester to semester. Here is an example: For NP1 our clinical days were Tues or Wed. This is where we got to choose..but only between Tues or Wed. Now, for NP2, my class's options are clinicals on Thurs or Friday. Once you choose your day, it will be that day each week for the semester...then it'll change again come the next semester.

Yes. You are correct. The only night classes are at DM. So, let's say your first choice is nights/weekends, but it fills up before they get to your GPA. You will then be put in DM days. Now, if all of the DM classes are filled up too, before they get to your GPA, then you will be put in Plant City days, or Southshore days. :-( I know. There were two girls in my class this year, who were put into DM days, when they needed nights/weekends because of their job. But remember...you CAN switch..several people did. So, if this happens to you, there is still hope!

You all will be getting a new version of the Potter/Perry book in your package this year, mainly because the version for my class, which is the current "new" version (until you all get yours) didn't include the answer key for any of the sample questions. Manufacturer mistake. So the "new" version will be the exact same as our version, except yours will have the answer key in it, while our answer key had to be emailed to us. I am selling all of my books for $350. That includes everything (potter/perry, med-surg 1 & 2, study guides, strategies book, clinical guides, med-surg SLS access code, drug guide, RNotes pocket guide, calculation book, Kaplan Study Guide, etc). If you buy this, you won't need to buy the package, or any of the supplemental books. The only extras you will need to buy is a nursing diagnosis book and the potter/perry access code. All total will be about $450, which is about a $400 savings. Study vital signs, infection control, hygiene, health assessment, and wound care. I'll post a little health assessment guide in a bit, as a lot of what is in the chapter just isn't done in the hospital, and you won't be expected to know it. (for instance the weird tuning fork thing, has any doctor/nurse ever done that to you? Lol.) In the calc book, concentrate on memorizing coversions. The math is pretty simple (the book tries to make it confusing, but it really isn't). Conversions is what will throw you off, you need to know how many pounds in a kg, how many ml's in a tsp, etc. Learn where everything is on a drug label, for instance, generic name, brand name, lot #, etc. Memorize the 6 rights of medication administration...they will drill you on those everytime you have to administer meds. If you have the opportunity to, take the Pharmacology class that HCC offers..over the summer if it isn't too late, or whenever your are able to. It is HUGE help in nursing, in fact, most of my class is taking it over this summer, luckily I took it last year and it was a life saver! I'll post some sample questions and answers the same time I post a cheat sheet to the health assessment.

I love reading all of your posts, I still remember how anxious I was (well, really, I still am, just anxious to get it done already instead of waiting for it to start already :-p) Don't panic if you don't see anything under your "My Documents" for some it didn't show up until July. Enjoy your summer, I know how hard the wait is, but seriously, these next months will be the last breather you have for a while. The nights/weekends fills up fast. If your on the lower end of the GPA pool, you even might get stuck with a different campus. I know..scary, but it is known to happen. All is not lost however, they DO let you switch, if you find someone to switch with, and there were even a couple of people that I *believe* were moved due to extenuating circumstances. Just in case someone didn't know, the day program has both a morning, and an afternoon option. Here is the schedule: Nights/Weekends- Clinical on Saturday from 6:30am to 4:30pm, Lecture on two weekdays from 6pm to 9pm. Mornings-Clinical on 1 weekday, 6:30am to 4:30 pm, lecture from 9am to 12. Afternoons-Clinical on 1 weekday, 6:30am to 4:30pm, Lecture on two weekdays from 1pm to 4pm. Now for sistermargo's questions: Wait until Orientation to buy those books. I suggest using the time between getting your letter and orientation (you'll get your letter around the second week of Sept, and orientation will be around the second week of Nov) to buy those things you will need for the program OTHER than books. (Scrubs, shoes, stethoscope..etc, I'll post a list in a bit). This way, after orientation, you won't have as much to focus on. Enjoy these next months, get your affairs in order, and basically make sure there is as little as possible available to stress you out once nursing starts. Once you are ready to buy the books you have two different ways to go about it. Both of the books I suggest buying are available in the book package that HCC offers. You will need to get the package (about $500). You can do this once books are available in early Dec, BUT if you are like me, and can't buy books until bookcharging, I suggest buying older versions. The calculations book and the potter/perry book are available online for cheap, if you buy the old versions. I got both of them for about $25 including s/h. (granted, they were a few years old..but the info doesn't change THAT drastically between the new and old versions) You will still need to buy the package once bookcharging starts, as there are several books and guides and access codes and whatnot in it that you will need, and it really is cheaper to buy the package, but at least this way you can get a head start. You'll need to study the first 8 or so chapters of the calc book, everything but Apothcary (except drams and grains), Body Surface Area, and Enteral. Don't pay any attention to administering IV meds either, you won't be doing those until NP 2. Focus on conversions, the math is simple, but the conversions you need to memorize (ex..how many ml's in a tsp? how many tsps in a tblsp? how many pounds in a kg?, etc) In the potter/perry book, you need to study Vital Signs, Health Assessment, Infection Control, Hygiene, Wound Care. These are the topics for your first three weeks of clinical, and you will be checked off on them in the nursing lab prior to attending the hospital. Health Assessment is a gigantic chapter, so with this too I will post a little guide in a bit. Some of the chapter you will never use, and not be expected to do either. Learn what is normal, so that you can assess for what is ABnormal. Clinicals is one day a week, for 10 hours. No one dropped from my class, but I have no idea about any of the other classes. As for the test questions....They try. It's all in how you take tests, and how you think about the questions, and how well you know the material. It helped me to underline the key facts in each question, then to cross out the answers which made NO sense or very little sense. Try to narrow it down to two answers, if you can. Once there you just have to put yourself into the situation, and think about what you would do. Most of nursing is common sense. It is hard to describe though, until you actually take a test. As for the hospitals...here is what I know, and what I've been told. There are 5 hospitals (that I know of) that are used for clinicals. They are as follows: 1.) Town and Country---I had this hospital, and it pretty much sucked. It is a very small hospital, and well, some of the staff is great...the rest, not so much. You'll be on the med-surg floor, and will find that there are very few computers available for you to use (which you will need to do, as most of your Pt's med info, etc will be obtained from it), very few dinamaps to use (the portable BP machine), and basically no freaking O2 sats to use. 2.) Florida Hospital Carrollwood---I've heard better than Town and Country, still a little small though, and still making the transition to all electronic. 3.) Florida Hospital Tampa (fletcher and BB Downs--- I've heard it is a good teaching hospital since it is so close to USF, but haven't spoken to anyone who has personally had clinicals there) 4.) St.Joes---heard this is the best. Great staff, variety of Pt's, big, but not overwhelmingly big. 5.) TGH---again, great teaching hospital, but parking sucks, and is confusing to maneuver around. You'll see a huge variety here though. Your class will most likely have three groups for clinicals (at least, it is this way for morning and afternoons, I'm pretty sure Nights is this way too, but not 100% positive) You won't necessarily get to really choose your hosp from the entire list. You'll most likely get two options, and get to choose from there. For instance, my class was told before NP1 by our professor that we could choose to have clinicals on Tues or Wed, but did not mention which hospital was which. It ended up that the Tues group had clinicals at Town and Country. There were two Wed groups, one at Town and Country, and one at Florida Hospital Carrollwood. Every professor does things a bit differently, in how they decide who is where. For NP2, I had hoped to be in St.Joe or TGH, but just found out that once again, we'll be at Town and Country, and this time, Florida Hospital Tampa. Suffice it to say, I am going to inform I don't give a darn which day he puts me on, as long as I'm at Florida Hospial Tampa, and not Town and Country. The hospital options are entirely different for the Plant City and Southshore campuses...I have no clue which hospitals they use. And..here is what you do in clinical. The first thing you'll do is get there about 6:30..don't be late, each minute you are late counts towards an absence. If you are late a combined total of 45 minutes throughout the semester, it is counted as an absence, and those are hard to make up. Your professor (not necessarily your lecture professor..I had Mrs. Coleman for lecture, and Mrs. Bruser for clinical) will give you your Pt assignment. Then you'll head up to your floor. There you will find the Pt's nurse, and hopefully hear the report they are given from the night nurse. You'll, in a perfect world, be able to introduce yourself, and let your nurse know who you have, and what you can/will do for them that day. Your day will include giving them meds (only if you have your prof with you, otherwise you won't) bathing them, depending on if they are Total care, Assist, or Self, changing their linens if you are able, helping them use the bathroom, changing diapers or emptying cath's if those are present, doing a dressing change on a wound, again, if it is present, and you are allowed to (depends on the type of dressing, and the doc's instructions) feeding if they are total/assist, vital signs at least twice, Accuchecks and insulin injections if ordered. Going with them, as allowed, to any procedures/tests they have scheduled, and doing a Head to Toe assessment on them. When you are not doing anything for your Pt, you can answer call lights, and look up information on your Pt for your care plan. This sounds like a lot, but really, at times you will be pulling your hair out, and other times you will be bored. It all depends on your Pt for the day. Your professor *should* (mind did, but I don't know about all the others) vary your Pts. For instance if you are halfway through the semester, but haven't done a dressing change yet, she/he will probably try to give you a Pt that needs a dressing change. If all you have had are Pt's that are able to communicate with you, he/she will probably try to assign you a Pt that can't communicate with you for one reason or another. Your professor, when doing Pt assignments, will take into consideration what you have/haven't learned, and will most likely not give you anything you can't handle. If you do find you have a Pt that has something you can't handle, you are more than welcome to express your fears to your professor, they might give you a new Pt, or might help you with that Pt, to help YOU overcome your fears. In a perfect world, your clinical instructor is your friend/guide/mother/whatever...they are there to assist you when you need assisting, and prod you when you need prodding. They will not coddle you, but they understand that some of this stuff can be scary and intimidating. So then, around 3pm each day, you will head to a pre-determined area, such as a conference room, and have "post-conference", here each person will talk about their day, what they learned, what was intriguing, etc. Sometimes you'll be given something specific to talk about. For instance, if your Pt had a special procedure done, your instructor might want you to explain to the rest of the group the procedure, what it was for, yadda yadda yadda. Clinical day in a nutshell. The first *at the hospital* clinical day, you are normally paired up with another student, and, in my case, we weren't given a specific Pt that day, we were told to be basically, techs for the day..in order to get familiar with the hospital, and to practice all the skills you learned in the first three weeks of school, such as bathing, linens, vitals, etc. That first day, answer as many call lights as you can. The more you deal with, the more confident you'll become. I have a weak stomach, so I PURPOSEFULLY, exposed myself to as much nasty stuffy as I could that first day. After that you will have 1 specific Pt everyday, either assigned as I described above, or in some cases, you'll be assigned to a nurse, and then allowed to pick your Pt from her list of Pt's (all depends on your instructor, although, the rest of it will be the same, regardless). There will also be days where you will not be assigned a Pt, but instead will be observing in some area of the hospital. At Town and Country, each person had 1 Endoscopy observation day, and 1 ER observation day. There might be more areas, in some of the bigger hospitals. Start your care plans EARLY. If possible, use the first Pt you are assigned for your care plan. The first care plan is a biotch. It takes time getting used to, trust me. When you have downtime during the day, hop on a computer, or pull your Pt's chart, and write down EVERYTHING, so that you'll have it for your Pt. The things you will NOT be doing in your first semester of clinicals: inserting anything into your Pt, unless it is an injection. So, no IV's (in fact, you won't be even administering any meds into the IV's) feeding tubes, foley's or other caths, drainage tubes, any kind of tube...blood transfusions (in any of your semesters). There are some things that your "technically" not supposed to do, but will probably be allowed to, once your instructor has done it with you once...those include removing IV's, and removing foley's. That's all I can think of at the moment. I'll post some specific lists of things to study, and things to buy shortly. For now, though..off to bed for me!

Which professor did you have? Our class was great, a good number of us rec'd A's, although we had Town and Country as our hosp, and, while it wasn't HORRIBLE, it wasn't great either. Too small. Was looking forward to St.Joe or TGH, and then found out that next semester we have the same dang hospital again. Blah! I know how you feel about the whole forgetting thing, going to try and go over notes, due a little further research on things that I only skimmed over in prep for exams, just to try and keep it all fresh.

It was definitely more difficult than the pre-reqs, you have to get used to a different style of testing, and retaining information. If you read the information, and study, you will do well. Most of it is common sense, but even so, in order to use the common sense, you have to know the disease process, body systems, etc. Keep fresh with your A&P information. Almost everything is based on the stuff you learn in A&P. Tests are different in that there are usually at least two answers make "common" sense. That is where your knowledge of the information itself will come in hand. One answer will be correct 100% of the time, one answer will be correct 80% of the time, etc. Clinicals are FUN! Nerve wracking until you get used to it..but trust me, by the end of your first day of clinical, you'll be walking around that place feeling like you OWNED it. Answer as many call lights as you can that first day..it helps build confidence. There are 7 to 8 exams.15 lab hours, 5 computer hours, community service project, article reviews (about 2 of them, give or take, depending on your Professor), Group Presentation, 2 Care plans. Quizzes, possibly (my professor only gave us 1).

Hey all! I am a member of the Spring 2012 entry class. Just finished NP 1. Any questions you have, feel free to ask. The first thing I'll tell you is try not to stress. I spent the entire waiting period agonizing over "well...maybe the letters will come early" or "why aren't my docs showing up!!!" etc, etc. (although, really...I can tell you NOT to agonize, but..you will, others told me not to, and I still did, it's basically impossible not to, but hopefully I can help relieve a LITTLE bit of agony) As for the couple of posts I've read on here so far: The only thing that HCC looks at is pre-req GPA, (unless you are at the very bottom of the list tied with someone else, in that case they'll look at your Overall HCC GPA). They do not look at whether you are traditional or non-traditional, whether you have experience, whether you have letters of recommendation, or whether you already have any degrees. USF does, but not HCC. Just nursing pre-req gpa. Some people's docs didn't show up until July. Yuck, right? So, wait a while before stressing over it. I got my acceptance letter the second week of September (three days before my birthday..happy birthday to me!), the same day most others got theirs. You can wish for it sooner, but unless anything drastically different happens, it'll be September. Every spring entry class that I know of has gotten theirs in Sept. Acceptance cutoff was about a 3.4, alternates cutoff was about a 3.3. I've got all kinds of tips/things to buy, etc, and if you want them now, I can post them, but it might be best to not overload you with info, until you know whether you've been accepted. The best thing to do this is summer is RELAX. Seriously, you literally will not be able to BREATHE come next Spring, use this time to do those things that give you joy, because life will be a complete whirlwind in approx 8 months.

Wow...long time, no post... lol. Hope everyone had a great 1st semester! On to the next!

Hey all! Due to some unforseen circumstances requiring a bit of extra cash that I currently do not have (aka..fuel pump) I am selling ALL of my books. These include the books that come in the book package AND books that you have to buy separately. Some are required, others are not, but they do help if you use them. If you purchase from me, the ONLY thing you will "have" to buy is ONE access code for the online stuff. The access code is available at the manu's website for $65. You can get this from them during Orientation, OR, you can purchase when your professor provides you with enrollment instructions, there is an option when you go to enroll that allows you to buy the book.The total cost of these books, should you buy them all in the bookstore, is approx $800 (how much I spent... $550 for the package, $40 for the drug guide, $20 for the pocket guide, $40 for the Mental Health, $30 for the STAT, $100 for the Kaplan, plus all the tax). I am selling for $400. Even with having to buy the one access code, you will be saving $350. Lastly, if the book says "older version" next to it, it is the version that MY class is using, which is 1 year older than your class' version. NO difference in content, just page numbers. The only reason you guys have a new version is because the manufacturer forgot to put the Answer Key in our book for the sample questions. Everything else is the same. They did email us the Answer Key, so I'll print it out and put it in the book. Here are the books I'm selling that are included in the book package: Clinical Calculations, with CD Rom by Kee/Marshall Fundamentals of Nursing, Potter/perry, with CD Rom (older version) Fundamentals of Nursing, Potter/Perry Study Guide and Skills Performance Checklists (older version) Fundamentals of Nursing Pottery/Perry Clinical Companion (older version) Medical Surgical Nursing Volume 1, Lewis Medical Surgical Nursing Voume 2, Lewis Medical Surgical Nursing Clinical Companion, Lewis Medical Surgical Nursing Virtual Clinical Excursions-Book/Interactive Software, Lewis Medical Surgical Nursing Study Guide, Lewis Medical Surgical Nursing ACCESS CODE, Lewis (I never opened it, still shrink wrapped) Here are the books I'm selling that you NEED to have, but are NOT included in the book package: Drug Guide for Nurses, Davis Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Townsend (older version) Here are the books I'm selling that you don't need to have, are not included in the book package, but help with studying and just overall: Kaplan Study Guide: The Basics Strategies, Techniques, & Approaches to Thinking-Critical Thinking Cases In Nursing, Castillo RNotes Pocketguide (like a clinical companion, fits in a pocket, has a bunch of tabbed pages for different scenarios that might occur during your clinical rounds..assessment, lab values, common diseases/disorders, teaching plans, nursing interventions, etc.) All of the above for $400. Price is firm though, I think it is a fair value.

Add this to my original post..I forgot till just now: The TB test is cheapest at Tampa Occupational. You have to go in twice wherever you get it done though, so if Tampa Occupational isn't convenient, the clinics at Walgreens and CVS do them for just less than $30. Books: You will notice that your book list has about 15 books on it. When you go to buy books at HCC, you will notice that there are a gazillion books all listed with the NUR 1213 blah blah blah on them, some will say "optional" some will say "required". IGNORE. Lol. My class ended up buying a bunch of books that either were not being used anymore, or our teacher said we didn't need. Instead do this: Go ahead and buy the book package that they'll tell you about in Orientation, use the coupon..saves you about $50. That will contain all the books you *need*, besides two. The other two you need are a drug guide, and the mental health nursing book. HCC sells the Davis Drug Guide, which worked fine for me, but if you want to find something online for less expensive, have at it...you WILL need one though. The mental health book should be something along the lines of "Essentials of Mental Health Nursing..." There are two packets that you will need...my teacher put them online, so we didn't have to buy them..but just in case your teacher doesn't, they are only like $1.50 a piece...so can't hurt to pick them up. One is the "Well Elderly Packet" and the other is the "HCC Care Plan". (My suggestion...buy a few of the care plans..you're required to do 2, but it might take you a few tries). The rest of the books you most likely will not need, unless you want them. Wait on those until your first day of class. Bring the list and ask your teacher about them. Odds are, you won't need any of them, so whether to buy them or not will be a personal decision. You'll see a lot of little pocket guides...I bought them and I never used them. It seems nice, but really, it was just a waste of money for me. But again, by all means, buy them if you think you will use them. I suggest googling the Clinical Calculations book, and possibly buying an older version of it online. After I rec'd my acceptance letter, I bought an older version of the book online for $8 including s/h. The book you need for class comes in the book package though, so by all means, feel free to wait until you get the package. But if you know the calculation test is going to be a hurdle for you, definitely look online for a used older one just to get a head start. (BTW---the calc test is nowhere near as scary as it is made out to be, even if you aren't great at math, the math itself is simple, and the thinking is common sense.) The last book I recommend isn't sold at HCC (at least, it wasn't..go ahead and look for it while you are there, but don't be surprised if you can't find it). You'll need to look online. Get a Nursing Diagnosis guide. Any will do, but the one I like to use is Doenges Pocket Guide: Nursing Diagnosis, 12th edition. IT WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR CARE PLANS. I consider this a MUST HAVE IF YOU VALUE YOUR SANITY. Seriously. Nursing diagnosis, interventions, and rationale is what makes the Care plan a biotch to do. The nursing diagnosis book will give you all of the above, plus outcomes and symptoms. Everything you will need for your care plan. So, short and sweet: Buy: Book Package, Essentials of Mental Health Nursing, Drug Guide, Nursing Diagnosis Book Maybe buy: Well Elderly Packet, HCC Care Plan packets, Older/Used Clinical Calc book to get a jump start on studying Don't buy until you talk to your teacher: All the rest of the massive list that is given to you If you want to get a head start on the reading for lecture and clinicals as well, you can buy an older version of the Potter/Perry Fundamentals book online for cheap as well. I purchased it for $13 including s/h. You'll get the new version in your package, but if you are like me and have to wait for Fin Aid to buy books, but also want to get a headstart on reading, this is a good option. Read the chapters on Vital Signs, Health Assessment (oh yes..health assessment..only about 140 pages long...ugh), Hygiene, and Infection Control.

Yes, you can have blood titer's done to confirm that you are immune. Contact Tampa Occupational Health Services (813-414-9400) regarding the titers. Also, you might want to talk to the Dept of Health, in order to be admitted into the country, you had to have an immunization record, yes? So, I would assume the Dept of Health would have the information. Hillsborough County Health Department - Tampa, Florida - Immunizations But, at least, if all else fails, you can definitely do the titers..it might be costly, especially if one of the titers reveals you need to get a vaccination, but at least it will get you through!

Hi all! Congrats on getting accepted....the hardest part is the waiting, I know! I just finished Nursing Process 1, and am still new enough to remember all of the emotions you are going through. I see someone else has been answering some questions, but I wanted to offer my input as well. If anyone has any questions, I would be more than happy to answer them! Just a couple of pointers that might have been mentioned already (I'm not sure, I haven't read all of the posts yet), but just in case: The CPR class that HCC offers is only $25. Definitely the cheapest out there. Here is the link: CPR for HCC Allied Health Students Training Healthcare Professionals Continuing Education There is only 1 class listed right now, but there will a bunch more posted, I'm sure. The one listed is for 5/14, so if you can do it..try to get in there! Immunizations: You must have all the ones you got in school, plus a current DTAP (within 10 years if I remember correctly) and a Varicella titer (chickenpox). The physical exam I did through Tampa Occupational Health Services on Swann Ave. The ARNP there came to our orientation and introduced herself. She is the go to person for HCC's nursing program, and knows exactly what needs to be done to get you through everything. The cost is $45, just make sure you bring all of your immunization/titer information with you. Uniforms: Uniform City has clearance uniforms all the time. I originally bought the Walmart ones for $15 a piece, and then ended up going to Uniform city...got pants that were way more comfy than the walmart ones for $18, and got white scrub tops for $7. Stethoscope: I know all the hype about Littmann, I walked into a store to get a Littmann, and ended up listening with both the Littmann, and a MDF (new brand out). I heard better with the MDF. Now hearing with steths is subjective..some people hear better with one, others hear better with another. But I suggest you try the MDF and see if it works for you. It is half the price of a Littmann. In addition it has a lifetime warranty on the entire stethoscope, ear pieces and all, unlike the Littmann which only has a lifetime warranty on part of it. The only place in Tampa that I have found the MDF is at Scrubs N Stuff on North Dale Mabry Hwy at the intersection of N. DM and Ehrlich, next to Target. (My husband also needed a Steth for the EMT program and he fell in love with the MDF as well) GET GOOD SHOES! I cannot stress how important good shoes are. Try several different pairs on. I got lucky and my parents bought me my favorite ones, Timberland Pro Renovas for $120. I know that $120 is expensive..I wouldn't of been able to afford it..we just happened to have Christmas right before we started the program :-) If you are on a tight budget..save the jacket for last. It isn't required, only optional. I bought the jacket, and I only wore it once. It is freaking hot in those hospitals/pt rooms. 75% of the Pts had their room temp sent to "hot as an oven". Any questions about what you learn, care plans, etc. Ask away. I was soooo curious before I started...heck, I'm still curious, albeit about NP 2 (I'm so excited to start learning IVs, tubes, and caths!). And if anyone tells you it is almost impossible to get an A in nursing...don' listen! I got an A, and so did many of my other classmates. (I was at Dale Mabry, in the Afternoon session) Oh..and if you need help with calculations, let me know. I can always meet with you over the summer at the Campus sometime and hold a little study group. I got 100% on the calc test, and never missed any calc questions on all the rest of the tests. (They put a few calc questions on every test). Lastly, for those of you who are applying for spring, just in case you don't get an alt seat. I highly encourage it! Spring semester is easier to get into than Fall...less applicants equals less competitive GPAs. I think the lowest acceptance for our group was something around a 3.4....I will go back and check to make sure. Alternates stretched into the 3.2s I think.

Well depending on what your low grades are in, you might be able to raise it. For instance if your low grade is a D or lower you can retake. If your low grade is in Math for Liberal Arts, you can take College Algebra and they will take the College Algebra grade instead. Hmm. All I can think of though. There were a lot of people this semester who needed Nights and Weekends because of work schedules and didn't get it. They then had to either talk to work, or find a different job. It really sucks. Now, it is not guaranteed that you won't get it with a 3.52, you very well could, BUT now that you know, you have lots of time to hope that something changes with your circumstances (which could happen, anything can happen in a year...at one point in time I needed Nights and Weekends too because of my job, so NW was the plan...then, while I was waiting for my acceptance letter, I was laid off, my schedule was free and clear lol, so now I'm in Afternoons, remember: anything can happen). You also have a lot of time to prepare a backup plan. I don't know your specific situation, but at least you have a bit of forewarning to try and come up with something else just in case. Many of your fellow applicants will need NW and get something else, but they won't have had a year to prepare. Good luck to you!

Woohoo...disregard the above comment. Just checked again after 6 today and both my and my husband's accounts have been $0.00ed out. That means money tomorrow! yea yea yea yea, I can call my rent lady and give her the good news lol.