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Hey! My 'ready date' was Summer (August) 2009....then THIS summer I finally got my letter for my EDP meeting, went to the meeting and found out my start date was Winter 2013...I told her at that meeting that I really wanted to start ASAP and fall 2012 would be great. She told me, my name was so far down the list that it was highly unlikely that I would be able to start in the fall. Guess what...a couple weeks later I got a call from her...there is a fall opening...sooooo long story short: I start the ADN program FALL 2012 and Finish 18 months later!!! My total wait time from 'ready list' was 3 years!!!!!!!! WOOO HOOOO sooo excited!

mschris, that still doesn't make sense! Your ready date was AFTER mine? and you started already in Jan '12??? sooo unfair!! (kudos to you, but im jealous!) Anyway, I already have a BS degree in Family Services from MSU, I earned my "ready date" from GRCC in summer '09, and GUESS WHAT??? I got the call and letter...I start clinical THIS FALL 2012!!! SOOO excited, total wait time once on ready list: 3 years....but i'm finally starting. will be done 18 months after i start FINALLY!!!!

mschris, how in the world were you only on the wait list for 18 months????

I achieved my ready date in summer of 2009 for the ADN program. I am still waiting. I have finished all my pre-reqs, I only have the nursing courses to take once i start. The wait list is 3-4 years, but I just spoke to the department at GRCC and was told that it is likely I will not start until Fall 2013. This has been an agonizing wait, that being said, GRCC NCLEX pass rate is close to if not 100% and they are the only accredited nursing program in the area. The other closest is Lansing community college.