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Thats great congratulations!!! I hear nothing but great things about the program, that's really awesome! I applied for the Fall of 2013 and the Fall of 2014. I didn't make it the first time because I didn't even finish the application, I wanted to go the BSN UWF route (bad decision as now I have a student loan in my name that keeps me up at night). I don't know why I didn't get in this past fall, the advisor wasn't able to tell me either. But I am finally starting at PSC next week! I would have much rather gone to NWF but hopefully all of the reforms PSC recently did will pay off and their program will measure up. Good luck on your semester!! :)

I applied last year and did not get accepted, I had 90 points. I met with the department head and this is what he told me "Even those who apply with all of the 100 points only have a 20% chance of getting accepted." I am not saying this to discourage you but only to make you realize that this program is VERY competitive. All of the schools in the surrounding area are and they are all reforming their programs. NWFSC only accepts once a year so they are EXTRA difficult but they have a great program. DO NOT accept any scores on the HESI less than 90. If you have an 88 in Anatomy, retake that test. You NEED the extra points and there are too many applicants with better scores than you. WORK HARD in those prereqs and strive for those A's, your GPA is crucial in this case. Meet with the advisors and talk to them, get their advice, and get to know them!! Gain some experience while you wait! And lastly, apply to other schools. Do not limit yourself to just one application because if you don't get accepted, you'll have to wait even longer and you'll only be hurting your future chances.

I became a candidate for the RN program at PSC June 2013 and was told my projected start date was Jan 2015. Then I received a letter that said I would start Fall of 2014 instead and I was ecstatic. Imagine how upset I was when 2 months before the semester was going to start, I got another letter saying I was going to have to wait until Jan 2015 again because they decreased their class size. Then 2 months later I received ANOTHER letter saying that I no longer met their newly reformed requirements and that I should consider a different major and new career options. I was devastated. I hadn't received any kind of notification that the school was reforming or changing their requirements. I had already waited so long and used up all of the time I had on my scholarship waiting to join this program only to be told I would not be grandfathered in and I was longer eligible for the program I had already been unofficially accepted in to. I retook the HESI and did much better and met with the department countless times demanding answers and results. I kept being told there was nothing better I could do and that I would have to just wait, one woman even started crying and could not understand why I hadn't been accepted yet. I began working as an ER Scribe just for the experience and applied for several other schools. Then, miraculously, I got the acceptance letter for May 2015 that I had been dreaming of for so long. Their program is COMPLETELY reformed because of their previous 80% fail rate on the NCLEX exam, they have all new teachers and teaching styles and much smaller class sizes, hopefully these changes will make the difference they intended. My advice to new PSC applicants- make sure you get ABOVE 90% on ALL components of the entrance HESI and make sure you take your HESI ASAP, do not wait! Don't get anything below a B in any pre-req, they're simple classes as long as you do the work and you will screw yourself with a less than impressive GPA. Get some experience while you wait because you WILL wait. Volunteer, become a scribe because they are always hiring, and just do whatever you can to get a real life experience in the clinical setting. Make sure this route really is for you because the road is long and very hard. Good Luck!