Tsuki

I sent a request to join your Quizlet NCLEX study page. I am graduating in 7 days, although I am finished with all my clinicals/tests. I'm just waiting for the event. I'm doing both Kaplan and Hurst. I've been doing the Kaplan review videos. I take Hurst this coming week. I have to pass on my first try due to other obligations (BSN/Intern program) but I have not yet received my ATT to test. I'm excited and scared to death to take the NCLEX. I'm a good student but not the best test taker although I've done fairly well. I've gotten better each semester at testing. Please update your post after you test! I appreciate the Quizlet because I can use any help available.

Each semester is broken up into sections 75.1A, 75B, 75C, and 75D. So 75C is my 3rd semester of the program. You do not get to pick what days or what times your clinical rotations will be. I've had every shift now. You also don't get to pick the facility you will be at either, it is all picked before hand by the instructors. Lecture times very by semester as do skills labs. If I remember correctly 75.1A lectures started at 8am. But they like to change it up so it could be as early as 7:30. I've got several 8:am times this week along with afternoon ones.

Clinicals are usually on Tuesday/Wed (day or evening) or Sat/Sun (day or evening). We also had lectures on Monday and Thursdays and some skills labs on Thursday and Fridays. You will spend a lot of time on campus. I'm in my 3rd semester and my schedule is brutal! My friend will also be starting with you. She is a great person! If you need books several people in 75C are wanting to sell their books.

That sucks as1021 but seems to be more common than not. I have an amazing friend who didn't get in yet again. It is terrible because she is an awesome person and would be such an amazing nurse but there are so many people applying that it is difficult. I think she got on the wait list of two schools so she still could get in. I hope she does because like I said she is awesome! I hope you get in as well. I do know someone who applied 8xs before getting in. So keep the hope going!

Okay, so this is how it works. You take one class for your BSN during the summer of your first year. Then, you take a second class during the summer of your second year. You graduate that May so techinically you now have a ADN and are applying/waiting to take your NCLEX. Next, during the fall you go full time for your BSN. Basically, you start "early" for your BSN. You could skip doing the summer classes and apply after you finish and it takes the same amount of time. The only difference is you have those two classes finished by the time you start full time for your BSN. It is called an early start BSN. I hope that makes sense. All programs are different but this is how the program I got into works. There are a lot of details I left out but this is the basic idea.

I do not work while going to school. It was definitely not possible my second semester. Med-Surg was too busy with prelabbing and skills labs. A few of my friends are working part time over the summer. I got into a BSN program so I won't be working like I had planned. I'll be starting my second year in the fall of my two year program.

It will depend on how many people do not accept their offer into the program. I know people who were on the list who got in and people who did not. Just don't give up!

They notify each program differently. For the normal ADN program they notify you in the summer around the end of May or in June. I think they send out initial acceptance letters then as people decline they send out more. After a certain date they must send out the alternates list. As for as the LVN/Bridge I don't know since that lottery is different. Because you are an LVN you start at a different place as us ADN program people. I am assuming the LVN/ADN bridge program is only a year? Our ADN program is 2 years. I again know nothing about the LVN bridge. I started this Fall and I am just hitting half way. You should all know soon because you have to have all your vaccines and documents and that takes time to get. Good luck everyone applying for the bridge I hope you all find out soon!

My school requires Biology, Chemistry, Physiology, Microbiology, and Anatomy along with English as pre-reqs. These classes do not include all the classes required for GE. It takes 3 full years, at full time to complete everything just to apply to the program. Everyone in my program has a very high GPA and there are people who still struggle at math not because they are stupid, but because not all schools teach dimensional analysis. I found that for some problems like medical calculations and straight conversions it works great, but for more difficult word problems it can be confusing and make those problems harder especially if the problems have erroneous information. Our program gets about 500-600 applicants each year for 120 spots. I feel lucky and privileged to have gotten in on my first try. There are many people who have applied more than once and still are waiting. I think all programs differ depending on where you live and the size of the population. I am in CA so we have lot of people and lots of them want to get into nursing. So what I am saying is your experience is not everyone's experience and if you were to go to another area you might find the opposite.

I got moved up to Fall so I'll get to finish a semester earlier. Yay! lol

Heather I think she means she did not pass, as in did not meet her schools percentage requirement. All schools have a different % requirement. I have an A in English 1A and I didn't get an A on my TEAS for that section. For our English 1A class it was mostly essay writing and reading/comprehension. I have not had grammar or sentence structure since the fourth grade and English may be a second language for her. The English portion of the TEAS has a lot of grammar, sentence structure, and spelling. I feel LoyalWeim is right on with her assessment of the test and how to study.

Our school has a basic GPA cut off and an overall GPA needed for your combined English/Science classes. If you qualify then it is a lottery. So, you do not have to have a 4.0 or even a 3.5 according to our school. I believe you needed a minimum of 3.0 to apply. I did have a good GPA because this is my second career and I never went to college ( other than Beauty College, not the same). I got in without a 4.0 but I do have a high GPA. Our program takes 120 students, 60 for Fall and 60 for Spring, and we get about 500 applicants. I got in on my first try, but sometimes it isn't about GPA and it is just luck.

The one thing I could not live without for my Anatomy and other science classes was a digital recorder. I would record the lectures so when I went to re-write my notes I could refer back or clarify what my notes were saying. All my instructors were fine with me recording their lectures, but be sure to ask just in case yours are not.

I also used the ATI study manual. I passed on my first try but the part that was hardest for me was being timed. You also cannot skip questions during the test and that messed me up. But I got through it and so will you!

Jayllen I saw your pm but it won't let me respond since I don't have enough posts. I did write you back so maybe when I hit the posts it will send to you. I will say when you go to the Orientation they give you an add code to the class and that registers you for the semester. You do not sign up for classes or make your schedule they give it to you.