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No letters of recommendation or essays/personal statements. It's on the application but not required to submit it. Simplest application I've ever done.

I applied for the Feb start and had them transfer my app to April cause I've had so many issues with them processing my application. I'm not gonna lie, I'm really worried about the student support if I can't even get assistance during the application process. I know people who completed the program and they say the hardest part is finding a preceptor the last year because you have to find one yourself.

Does anyone know if the gpa requirement is overall gpa or nursing school only gpa? I took non nursing classes at UTA (and did horribly, my gpa took at hit). Then left and did an associate nursing program. Came back to UTA and did the RN-BSN program. So based on the first time around at UTA, my overall gpa is awful, but BSN gpa is 3.2.

Does anyone know if you are allowed to stack 3 - 5 week nursing courses at a time? I am wanting to take 3 classes beginning on 4/11 in order to complete the program in 9 months. I haven't had any difficulty doing 2 classes at a time, and it's only 5 weeks long so I think I can manage. Any advice appreciated!

I just finished my 1st semester! My advice would be to stay ahead! There will be all kinds of assignments overlapping, so try and get any small assignments out of the way if you can. Make sure to READ over and over again! Form study groups, even if you feel like you understand the material, once you discuss it with another person you'll discover that you missed something. Most people say to get a planner, but I bought a tablet and put all my assignment due dates on the calender, there is a widget app on my home screen that shows all upcoming appts on my calender a week in advance so I had it there in front of me at all times (I'm a very forgetful person!). I also was able to download all powerpoints and view them on the tablet, but it isn't helpful if you have to have the actual printout in front of you, I just prefer to save trees. If you work and have the option to quit your job, then quit your job. This is your career and you've worked hard to get accepted, don't possibly throw it away because you were too tired to study. For those of you who have to continue working, it IS possible! I worked during my first semester and it was extremely tough, be prepared to never sleep again! I stressed way more than I should've, and I made it out alive with 4 B's...but I've decided to quit working for 2nd semester as I have heard the material gets harder. Good luck to all of you!

Congratulations on passing!!! I'm so glad I came across your post as I'm sure it will serve a good purpose when I finally finish nursing school! (I'm barely starting my 2nd semester!) Your story is such an inspiration, and I'm so glad you were able to pull through all your hardships. There is no better revenge than proving people wrong! Good luck in your new career, and thanks for all the helpful advice.

No problem! Also, if you need to have any titers done (for either Hep B or Chickenpox), you can go online to requestatest.com, it's pretty cheap! You select a LapCorp clinic near you and get your blood work done the same day, and your results are available as soon as the next day online to print. My Hep B shots weren't taken within the right time frame (I think I took the 2nd and 3rd dose more than a year after the 1st) and the school required me to get a titer done. Make sure your Hep B is taken care of if you haven't already, it's the only one that can prevent you from starting.

I was able to get my physical at CareNow, it was only $10 :)

I'm not sure about a 2 hr elective, I don't think I've ever seen a 2 hr elective offered, but if you choose one of the 3 hr electives on the list then you should be covered :)

I am in the Wed clinical group and I live in Fort Worth, which is about 1 1/2 hour drive. There is also a student from Irving in my group, as well as several people from Lewisville. Most students that live in Denton are either in Thurs or Fri clinical group. I heard that they do try to accommodate students with childcare needs, but I'm not sure how that works. We were told we would have to go to our clinical site the night before to choose a patient, but luckily our instructor is awesome and understands that a good handful of us have to commute to school, so she doesn't have us do that. But we were told that other instructors in later semester may have us go the night before.

We have class on Mon 8-5.Tues 8-9 for lecture and then the class is split in half, 1st half is in class from 9-12, 2nd half has class from 1-4 but there are days when they give the 2nd half the option of staying for the 1st half, it just depends what we are doing that day. There is one clinical day, either Wed, Thurs or Fri. I know the Wed and Thurs clinical groups are from 6:30am - 1pm, and the Fri group is from 3pm-11pm, although I've heard from some people in the Fri group that they do not actually stay that long. From what I can tell, it seems that the people who live the farthest get the better schedule, like the 1st group on Tues and either a Wed or Thurs schedule. Hope this helps, let me know if you have any other questions.

Hello ashleyj2011, congrats on doing well on the Kaplan! First semester so far isn't too unbearable, but the class assignments and tests dates are now starting to overlap so it gets a bit overwhelming. Just make sure you stay ahead on the reading and don't wait til the day before to study. Scrubs for class need to be Landau brand in red...you might want to buy them a size bigger cause you more than likely will gain some weight, unless you are big on exercising but you might find that you no longer have time to do that once school starts. On orientation day, they will announce that they have extra scrubs donated by the upperclassmen that have graduated, which really helps if you can't afford them right away, especially after having to pay all this money for immunizations and background checks and all the other things you need before school starts. Hope this info helps, let me know if you have any questions...Good luck!

Perfect! Thanks so much for the info.

I have heard from other nursing students (at other community colleges) that after the first semester you will be able to apply for jobs as a nurse assistant...has anyone else heard the same? I'm wondering if NCTC offers the same.

I saw on the NCTC website that the Gainesville and Corinth campuses are down today with no phones or internet, that probably has something to do with not being put into our classes yet. Hopefully it comes back up soon.