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It's a school in California - Los Angeles County College of Nursing & Allied Health. What about you? Thanks for all the replies on here! I too have been feeling really nervous and anxious these last two months...every piece of advice helps! :)

@willowita: Thank you kindly for taking the time to write down all of your tips and advice - it's greatly appreciated! Sounds like you'll make an excellent nurse one day. :) Thanks again and best wishes to you on your last semester at County!

I'm feeling very nervous too! I also start on the 13th of January. Thank you for the tips!

@willowita: Thank you so much for chiming in! How wonderful to be ending your 3rd semester and being just "that close" to graduating this coming Spring! :) Any tips for {anxious} first semester students, like me?!?!

Thanks for the info @Studionurse! I can't wait to be in your shoes in 2 years! :) @goldenheart10 & @slicksGIRL: I still haven't heard back on my background check either. Anyway, hope everyone is having a wonderful week. I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting a bit nervous as the upcoming semester draws to a near!

@jofapcastillo I really love your positivity. Again, I'm so happy that you got into PCC and that you are starting a program in the Spring - you totally deserve it! Good luck with everything! :)

@slicksGIRL I haven't purchased my books yet, but I have been trying to compare prices at places like Amazon.com. Some books are available and some aren't. I think I'll just get what I can online and get the rest at the bookstore to purchase. If anyone knows of a better place to buy textbooks aside from Amazon.com, please post - it's getting so expensive and definitely putting a dent in my savings! Btw are you at the LAC+USC site or at Olive View? @goldenheart10 I'm just now getting my titers and immunizations updated with my own healthcare provider and he is actually filling out the forms himself as I go. I'm going to get as much done with my doctor and then take the rest to County. But if you've already had your immunization stuff done in the past, then just do what @slicksGIRL did and take your printout summary to county. And no worries about being able to respond right away @shk69816.

@slicksGIRL I have not received any notifications yet re: the live scan did you? I was told last Wednesday afternoon that I would be notified sometime this week. @shk69816 did you get a letter or email instructions? I was still under the impression that we'd get emails instead of letters. @goldenheart10 I was wondering the same thing. Maybe they are sending emails/letters based on clinical sites??? I'm not sure. I'll probably call again if I don't get anything by the end of the day.

Just curious to see if any of you attending County this Spring have received an email yet regarding the instructions for the live scan, etc.?

Well I just got an acceptance letter from LACC...but it is not addressed to me. Apparently, LACC's computer program had a glitch and it turns out that I am alternate instead. I declined my alternate status because I was already accepted to 3 out of the 4 schools that I applied to; but what concerns me most is that some poor girl (or guy) who is waiting for his/her acceptance letter is probably waiting frantically because I have it. Also, I find it quite disconcerting that this supposed "glitch" occurred, because if you think about it - it's kind of a breach in privacy. Having our names and addresses switched, really bothers me a great deal. Anyway, if you didn't receive a letter of acceptance from LACC yet, that might be a good sign because they will be sending out the correct letters soon.

Oh I would be happy to give my spot to you. :) Just an FYI, I almost missed this acceptance email. I have a separate email address that I use just for nursing stuff and I thought I had used it for my PCC app. Instead, I used my original email addy where I get tons of spam! Just a heads up in case you are still waiting for a notification status and you haven't received anything. Check your other email addy's just in case!

Congrats to everyone who got accepted to Pasadena's RN program. I also received an acceptance email, but will be declining my spot so I hope that frees it up for someone who really wants to attend PCC.

I am soooo very happy for you! It's wonderful that you kept your faith up! PCC is also a great school and glad that you will be starting this Spring, regardless to what happens with County! Time for you to celebrate! :) I have not received an email from PCC yet, but that's ok since County was one of my first choices. Congrats again and I am truly very happy for you!

@Theone40 congrats on also being selected! Well if you don't already have your heart set on one particular school, I would choose based on what's most convenient for you. I'm not too familiar with LATTC, so I can't really voice my opinion in that regard. But if LATTC is closer or has a more convenient schedule, then choosing LATTC would be your best bet, especially if you've already invested in their fees. Also, consider how far each school is from your home (and/or work), and how much traffic you will be in each day. Perhaps you should attend County's pre-registration and "feel it out" before you make your final decision. If you can comfortably see yourself being in one particular program over the other, then choose that school (whether it be County or LATTC). Yes, County's NCLEX rate is excellent and their clinicals are phenomenal, but at the end of the day you will be investing 2 years of your "blood, sweat & tears" (ok, so maybe I'm exaggerating a bit with the "blood" part! lol)! So just be sure to choose a program that is most comfortable for you, and not feel you should choose one over the other because one particular program may seem more popular than the other (not saying you are going to ultimately choose based on that). :) I hope this helps a bit. Good luck and congrats on getting accepted to both schools! I'm sure you'll do great in whichever program you choose.

@goldenheart10 sorry to hear about your situation at COC. That was one of the schools that I also thought about applying to...however, I was told that the English Comp course that I took (years ago) was not equivalent because I took it at a UC when I was an undergrad, and they have quarter units. I was one unit off (in COC's semester units), and I was not willing to retake it (trying to save as much $$ and time here)! Anyway, I'm happy about being accepted into County - and I hope to meet you at pre-registration as well.