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That is a mean joke! I'm so sorry! Don't give up hope. My friend was alternate number 11 and she started right on time with me. She got a phone call 2 weeks before school started. She was so bummed thinking it was impossible since she was #11. Apparently there are many people (minus the bridgers who apply) that don't get clearance for one reason or another from the board, so the school uses alot of the alternates to replace those people. So, do what the letter says and get clearance from the board, and turn in all the required things so that if someone loses a spot, u will have your stuff already turned in and dan take that spot!

Alternates have a shot! Last year, a friend of mine was alternate #11, and she just graduated with me last week! :)

Yes they do. My best friend got that awful email twice now.

Last year, they emailed alternates first, then denials the next day. And the day they emailed denials, they mailed acceptance letters

I think today is the day! I keep checking my fb page and here to see if anyone has checked yet. On my time hop app, this day last year people started getting their denial emails.

I had a few letters attached to my application. :)

There are a number of people with tablets and laptops. However, u don't really need one, as the notes are in the packets u have to buy for each class OR they are put on d2l for u to print.. and there is room to write your own notes to the side. :) Nobody had the e-books.. u flip around in the books so much, it would be kinda hard to keep up... plus I mark important tables in the books with sticky pads so they are easy to refer to. Andddd when the there are open book quizzes, u are only allowed to use ur handwritten notes and book, no electronics.

I am just gonna start off by saying, my goodness it has been the longest, slowest year of my life. I cannot complain about anything in particular, although I feel as if I have neglected and forgotten my family and friends. The times you are not in school, you are studying. Nursing school in general is hard. I have been an LVN for 7 years, and I thought that would make this year a piece of cake. Boy was I wrong. I will say that the grading criteria is ridiculous. If you are going in with a 4.0 like I did, don't expect to have it long. The TC program considers an A 94-100, B 85-93, C 75-84 and a FAIL if you get below a 75. And if you fail a class, you do not get to go on, you have to wait till the following year to come back for that class THEN proceed. You guys will soon find out that some of the teachers there are VERY VERY by the book and follow the nursing rules and regs to a HIGH standard, not saying that is a bad thing, but sometimes can be very stressful. For the most part, the majority of the staff are good! Especially in clinicals, they really know their stuff. Theres a few that MAY need to relearn how to communicate with students without making them feel dumb, but you guys will figure out who I mean pretty quickly. The program is very busy, it is very fast paced, and you have a LOT of work to do, BUT it is possible. You just have to repeat over and over to your brain that this will not be forever, and that you are going to miss out on your family the entire time you are in school. There will be times you question why you ever dreamed of going to school, and I promise you, THAT IS NORMAL!!! Just visualize the end results, and you guys will do amazing. The biggest thing I need to stress is to sit your families down, explain you will be MIA for 2 years, and remind them frequently that you will not have time to do the things you are accustomed to. Sometimes I studied from the time I came home from school, till it was bedtime. Please understand I am not saying this to scare you! I think you guys deserve this, and I KNOW you will all be awesome. I just want to let you guys know ahead of time so that when you get stressed out, you will remember that I reminded you that the stress WOULD come, and make you think of the finish line. Someone told me this before I started school, and I thought I could handle it. Then right around Christmas break, I was to my breaking point, and wondered why I thought it was a good idea to go back. I remember that she told me to think of the finish line, so I did. Time seems so slow, but it will be over before you know it. Other than that, I cannot WAIT to hear your good news! Start practicing your positive affirmations now. lol "Its only 2 years. Then you have FOREVER to reap the benefits that 2 measly years gave you." repeat that!

It's a good month! Can't wait to hear yalls news! I graduate in 13 days!!!!

When do letters go out??

Nurses, no matter what kind, are in high demand wherever you are. Sure, some hospitals prefer BSNs, but i never had an issue getting a job as an LVN, and i have already been offered a job as an ADN, and i havent even graduated yet. I have never had an issue getting a job.

And yes, Lisa. They used the highest grade you make :) so if u retake it and make an a, thats the grade they will use!

And im not sure about the hesi. Its the same test everywhere, but im guessing since u have to pay for it at the different colleges, that would be the only one they would accept. Im not 100% certain though.

TC only does it once a year due to staffing. They only have enough staff to cover the freshman and the sophomores. We have limited space as is, we have to split our class into 2 groups due to limited space. If they had admissions twice a year like the others, we'd have no space, and not enough teachers.

She would be the best one to answer your question, clownswife254.