FutureRN101

Yep, I was told by a nursing advisor this month that the wait is about a year now! Whether that means you would be starting block 1 a year from applying or being accepted into block 1 a year from applying I do not know. Either way, the wait has decreased a lot!

Just looking back on this thread it looks like people started to hear the first week of March. Good luck!

I'm a very punctual person and I'm always at least 10 minutes early to anything I'm supposed to be doing. If I got locked out of lecture after a break, after I was already there on time I would be pissed. Sometimes bathroom breaks can take a bit longer than we wish they would, so she should lose that hour of lecture? Locked out without any of her things? And on top of that feels she was actually there 2 minutes before the break was supposed to be over? Sorry but that's BS. I'd understand the beginning of class lockout for people who were actually late to class but after that if you are just taking breaks then leave it open, if someone is always coming in late for every single break then yes it is the professors job to pull them aside and tell them to knock it off, not their job to lock people out who were just using the restroom.

Thanks for the feedback, I totally missed the part about the non-federal. I do also plan to apply for scholarships though so June is not an option for me to file that late!

Yea the more I've looked into it everything says the sooner you apply the more aid you can get. So better safe than sorry, I need all the aid I can get! FAFSA Tips and Common Mistakes to Avoid When Applying for Student Aid | EMCC

Hmmm I don't know still, the article in az central (I think it was) said to get your maximum aid amount you should apply before March. I'm going to have to follow up with the advisor to be sure because I need the maximum aid amount I can get!

I was under the impression (perhaps I'm wrong) that the sooner you apply your fafsa the better chance you have of getting aid? A person who applies in June or July could be risking that the school has already given out all the grants they can?

I just got an acer aspire switch 10 and love it. It's compact but not too small and the touch screen is nice. I also sometimes use it in tablet form of I'm just using it to read something at home.

Vaccines are not 100% effective but that doesn't mean they 0% effectiveness either...my son had two doses of varicella vaccine (99% effective) my daughter had one dose (80% effective) and they both caught chicken pox from somewhere. My son had two, just TWO pox on him. My daughter had a few on her lower body. Thank god they had their vaccine or their cases would've been much worse. If you knew anything about vaccines you would know that the science behind it doesn't say "once your vaccinated, no worries!" The science is that we need everyone that possibly can get vaccinated to actually DO SO to keep these diseases from occurring.

My choices are Glendale traditional, Glendale evening weekend, Phoenix traditional, Estrella, and gateway evening weekend.

I am not eligible for CEP yet as I don't have all the pre reqs for any of the universities to be able to apply (and still unsure if I want to start that right away or wait til block 3 or after graduation) My time stamp is August 2014 but the nursing advisor has told me the wait is basically down to 1 year now so even though I'm not positive I'll be placed for fall I want to be prepared.

Question about the fafsa...should one select all the colleges on their fafsa that are their choices on the wait list since you don't know which one you'll get into? I've only ever had to fill it out for one school at a time because I always knew where I'd be going but now I have 4 different colleges on my wait list options so should I choose them all on my fafsa until we hear for placement and then just decline the ones I don't end up needing? Thanks for any feedback!

Does anyone know when they will start regular waitlist placements for fall?

I vaccinate my two kids, they are both up to date on the schedule however in their infant years when they were to receive more than two vaccines at a time, we chose to spread them out. So they'd get a vaccine and we'd come back a couple weeks later for whatever they still needed. We did so out of caution of an adverse reaction which I know is rare. I feel like this would be a good compromise for people who are worried about the reactions or "overloading" the system, I get the caution for these reasons but I don't understand not getting them at all. I also have a unique experience because both my kids ended up with chicken pox this last fall despite being vaccinated! My son had both rounds which they say is 99% effective and my daughter had one round (didn't have her second yet) which is supposed to be 80% I believe. Well the dr and NP were both skeptical (we saw two) but the conclusion was chicken pox! My son had literally two pox, my daughter had multiple but nothing like from my childhood when it was normal for kids to have it. Thankfully they both had real mild cases and weren't very much bothered by it, for which I am so thankful they had their vaccine for it! Now having had that experience I do worry about their exposure to other diseases despite them being vaccinated. I know that just because they got the chicken pox doesn't mean they'll get the measles despite their vaccines but it crosses my mind! I really don't understand people who choose to not vaccinate at all without a true solid reason like allergies to the vaccine itself. It angers me.

This link has the GCC cohort days and clinical times, keep in mind they can change from semester to semester: http://www2.gccaz.edu/sites/default/files/imce/Academic_Departments/Nursing/block_1_cohort_course_schedules_sections_and_directions_on_how_to_register_1155.pdf

If you are applying to CEP I would think you are likely to get in next fall as long as your GPA and Hesi scores are decent. They have said the CEP program is not as popular now so there are a lot of spots.

I first felt called towards it after giving birth to my son, I was 22. After I had my daughter at 25 I knew i wanted to do nursing and possibly pursue midwifery and I started taking classes a year after my daughter was born.

I could've written this myself but for my A&P class. It's a bunch of immature adults complaining about their grade (then do something about it!) and the teacher and whatever they can. They come to class with the worst attitude and are disrespectful to the professor...I just kept thinking all semester "you want to be a nurse but you can't pass this class even when the professor offers to help you outside of class? You want to be a nurse but your everyday attitude is that of a snob? Not just one day....every freaking day!!" People need to take responsibility for their own actions, their own study habits, you get the grades you get because of YOU. Ugh, I just kept quiet and tried to separate myself from it when it got too much to listen to I would just move inside to wait so I didn't have to listen to it all.

Thanks! Something to look forward to then :)

I had not heard this before! That's great to hear since I am still pondering the CEP program (as you know from my other posts in the AZ board) but I think I'd much rather have the first year under my belt before adding more workload while still expediting the process. Can you tell me (or message me if you prefer) which university this is through?

I always search for my books on Amazon before looking anywhere else. Except for one custom book for our school (I hate when they do that because it's such a waste of a LOT of money!) I've been able to rent all of mine from Amazon for a fraction of the cost through school. For example, my psych book was going to be $70+ to rent through the school bookstore but I am renting it from Amazon for $20 and the return shipping label is free so there is no cost to me for that. Perfect for me, someone who has opened the class textbooks maybe once for a class....but I always feel the need to have them if it says "required" because I never want to be in a class that does require use of the textbook (maybe for assignments or something, hasn't happened yet but hey it could) and then be stuck without a book and unable to find them. Frankly, school bookstores (mine at least) suck and don't keep enough in stock even if they are the only place you can buy them (the special custom ones made for that school) so you either get it before the semester starts or risk not having it but needing it for class.

I was responding directly to someone who assumed that those who do not choose circumcision for their infant sons would also not give them information on it. (This is why I directly quoted them). I was pointing out to that person that me and many other families who do not choose RIC do so because we believe our son is the one who has the right to choose over his own body. So you are misinterpreting my response.

My son will most certainly be presented with the facts and will be allowed to make the decision for himself. And we will have many conversations about it with him. To our family, the "benefits" of having it done on him as an infant did NOT outweigh the risks. It is his body, and his choice. As many others have said, we do not remove other body parts on infants just to reduce a (small to begin with) risk of something happening. To me, it's mainly a cosmetic procedure with some very minor medical benefits (if they ever even came to fruition.)So if my son decides he wants it done for whatever reason, be it cosmetic or him believing more strongly than I do in the medical benefits, than so be it, but it will be his choice to make and not mine. It's wrong of you to assume that just because those of us who do not circumcise our kids at infancy would never want our son circumcised. The issue at hand for us is that we believe our sons are the ones who should be allowed to make that choice on their own.

To me there is an incredibly huge difference between chopping off something that cannot be replaced and a cosmetic piercing that can heal. If a girl grows up and chooses not to wear earrings, she does not have to, and more often than not the holes do heal up. If a boy grows up and decides he'd like to have his foreskin, it's not possible. You are free to disagree with me, but this is my view on it.

I'd chime in and say no, and they are not comparable because one is permanent and the other is not.