Ready to Apply CT Community Colleges- Nursing Program 2010

Matt,

I have been following your thread and finally i have some information on GWCC. This is my first choice but i have yet to find anyone who knows anything about the program or its rep. I got into BHSN, but GWCC is much closer to my home, i just want to make sure the hospitals who will be hiring us think highly of GWCC. What is your preception so far. I like the night option as well, so i can atleast try to work the first semester, even though i probably wont be able too.

Obviously have not heard about getting in yet. How do i compare to you? I know this doesnt matter but it may or may not set me at ease, depending on how you answer

I grad with my Bachelors in Marketing with a 3.4-3.5

Have been taking all my pre reqs at GWCC and have a straight 4.0 with taking 5 or 6 classes i needed the sciences ap 1 and 2 and psych

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Congrats Cardinal on your acceptance to BHSN. If for some reason you don't happen to get into GWCC, maybe I'll see you at BHSN in the Fall. Did you send in the matriculation fee to secure your seat just in case?

Good luck on getting into your first choice! You seem like you have a good background, and I think that GWCC isn't as competitive to get into as some of the other CC's so you probably have a pretty good shot! :heartbeat

All your stuff is great and you should have a great chance of getting into GCC. To be honest, I haven't heard great things about BHSN and I haven't heard bad things about BHSN. I'm friends with several nurse admins' and they have found nothing extroidinary about BHSN students vs any of the other CTCC's. People are under the impression that because its attached to a hospital it must be good..thats up to them to decide. GCC is very well respected especially at Yale and Hospital of St Rays. St Rays hires a lot of GCC grads. The nurse I had today loves GCC students and says they are very knowledgeable even on their first clincal day(4wks of lab helps). As far as being competitive, its the same as any other CC. I get a kick out of these people talking about 600 people applying to BHSN this year. If you've watched these threads the past couple of years you would see the same figure over and over. 795 people applied last year to CC's for Nursing..do you think they also might have thrown in an application to BHSN?..its just another school you apply to, to increase your chances of getting in somewhere. Plus I've always said, why do you want to go to a school that bases some of its decision on what you look like..i.e your photo that goes with the app. Its unethical and discriminatory. This isn't about bashing BHSN what so ever its just another view point to consider. Just remember, you sit for the same boards just like ever other school and you will have the title RN after your name just like every other person. My advice when you do accept a seat, make sure you get a student nurse position somewhere..its a great foot in the door and its your advantage over your classmates and others. And do good on clinicals it opens doors literally!

I was curious as to why BHSN asked for a photo. Must be a way of them verifying identity. I wonder if you left out the pic, if they'd still accept the application. Hmm…

With regards to the number of applications to BHSN, this year's application figures have declined somewhat. They received somewhere between 400 to 500 (EDIT - Oops, actually around 550); so those who applied this year had a better shot at getting in.

That would be awesome if you could take the nursing classes early. If that were the case I probably would have chosen to attend NVCC, if accepted. Since Bridgeport has the accelerated option, we'll graduate a semester earlier than the CC's in Dec '11. That is really what pushed me to choose BHSN.

I can't remember if I asked this before, but when do the acceptance letters roll out for the CC's? End of March or early April?

First of all Thank you Lady Bug for the congrats and Matt for answering my questions. You put at ease a bit, which is positive for now. I do not know why they asked for my photo, but your right that does seem a little unethical. I should have just cut it out of a magazine..aha

Any way, I am 100% looking into getting a SNT job after my first semester. Can i get a job where i do my clinicals or does it have to be another hospital. Like if i do clinicals at St Rays can i also be a SNT there as well

You can be a Student Nurse anywhere there is an opening. Some hospitals don't take anyone after the first semester because the training interferes with your classes. Hartford and Yale had ER tech positions that they said if you work hard you might be let in on some nurse meetings etc... Depending on the nurses, if they know you're a student nurse they might let you watch things or maybe shadow them a tiny bit. I'm hoping to do St Marys in June.

Anyone know if they sent out the letters telling you were missing something and you did not get in? I almost had a heart attack yesterday, when I received a letter from capital, my first choice. It was actually a letter telling me that I was on the deans list, but opening it was scary. Like someone else here, I too received a email in january that said that I was missing a prerequisite, but when i called they told me it was only a clerical error and that they were not done entering everything in. Since then i heard nothing and my appeals for information were met with pleas for patience. Anyone heard or know anything more than I do? Please let me know, probably like most of you I am pretty anxious to hear back from the school.

I have received a letter telling me that two of my transcripts would not be considered because they aren't relevant to my admittance criteria. (Sadly, one of them is my entire Master's degree, hard to hear that doesn't count for anything) I received the letter about two weeks ago, so I am under the assumption that's also when I would have heard if my application was incomplete.