Riverside Community College Nursing Spring 2014

StudentN123 · Jan 9, 2014

Yay! 

I also got Kaiser! :)

linneamarie · Jan 9, 2014

Still no uniform email right? I haven't gotten one, hopefully they can ship quickly!

linneamarie · Jan 9, 2014

I also got Kaiser! :)

Aw yay! I'm excited! Can't wait to meet everyone!

Steph143 · Jan 9, 2014

@ Tampham Yes! Look at the sheet we got at Intake day. The section number is the one to look for on wed advisor : )

vrayy · Jan 9, 2014

I also got Kaiser! :)

Nice. Looking forward to meeting you guys

skim83 · Jan 9, 2014

I want to apply for RCC's nursing program. Just wanted to know how do they calculate for the pre-requisites. I took some of them over to improve the grade and also for recency issues, does anyone know how they calculate those grades? Also, if you didn't take the pre-requisites there, you have to go to a counselor to get them evaluated? Any information would be great!

EMT23, BSN · Jan 10, 2014

Congrats to you both! : ) I would have done Kaiser, but right now I just need to save as much I can so therefore I dont want my paycheck to just be going for gas, so I decided to stay close to home and chose Arrowhead : )

I got Arrowhead as well :-)

StudentN123 · Jan 10, 2014

I want to apply for RCC's nursing program. Just wanted to know how do they calculate for the pre-requisites. I took some of them over to improve the grade and also for recency issues, does anyone know how they calculate those grades? Also, if you didn't take the pre-requisites there, you have to go to a counselor to get them evaluated? Any information would be great!

Hello! You can click on this link http://www.rcc.edu/departments/schoolofnursing/Documents/Enrollment/SchoolOfNursingInfoWorkshop.pdf for an overview of the point system that RCC uses.

You can also click here to view the workshop schedule for nursing school. Here any questions will be answered. http://www.rcc.edu/departments/schoolofnursing/Documents/WorkshopDates.pdf

There are two GPA point categories: Science Pre-reqs and General Ed.

Your science GPA pre-reqs are calculated by: Microbiology, Human Anatomy and Human Physiology.

Your pre-reqs are calculated by your General ed category which are these six courses: English Comp, History or Political Science, Communication, Critical thinking or math(Intermediate algebra or higher), Developmental Psychology, and any Humanities/Arts course.

You can retake any of your general ed, and the higher grade will be used. For example, if you got a "B" in history, and an "A" in Political Science, you can use that "A".

The only general ed you cannot retake is English Composition and Develop Psych, because is only one course for that category.. I would go to counselor just to make sure that each course is equivalent and up to date. As far as your sciences, they must be taken within the previous five years. I am not sure about general ed though. You can make an appointment and have your transcripts evaluated.

I hope I helped a bit :) Feel free to ask any more questions. Good luck! :)

skim83 · Jan 10, 2014

Thanks for your reply and the info. Gosh, I hope i get in this year to nursing school. Do you know if the program is hard to get into? I bet there are a lot of people who apply as it is so saturated in California. Any info would be great again! :)

Steph143 · Jan 10, 2014

I got Arrowhead as well :-)

Awesome! At least I'll know some one!

Steph143 · Jan 10, 2014

Hello! You can click on this link http://www.rcc.edu/departments/schoolofnursing/Documents/Enrollment/SchoolOfNursingInfoWorkshop.pdf for an overview of the point system that RCC uses.
You can also click here to view the workshop schedule for nursing school. Here any questions will be answered. http://www.rcc.edu/departments/schoolofnursing/Documents/WorkshopDates.pdf
There are two GPA point categories: Science Pre-reqs and General Ed.
Your science GPA pre-reqs are calculated by: Microbiology, Human Anatomy and Human Physiology.
Your pre-reqs are calculated by your General ed category which are these six courses: English Comp, History or Political Science, Communication, Critical thinking or math(Intermediate algebra or higher), Developmental Psychology, and any Humanities/Arts course.
You can retake any of your general ed, and the higher grade will be used. For example, if you got a "B" in history, and an "A" in Political Science, you can use that "A".
The only general ed you cannot retake is English Composition and Develop Psych, because is only one course for that category.. I would go to counselor just to make sure that each course is equivalent and up to date. As far as your sciences, they must be taken within the previous five years. I am not sure about general ed though. You can make an appointment and have your transcripts evaluated.
I hope I helped a bit :) Feel free to ask any more questions. Good luck! :)

Just to add to that, the good thing is the sciences do not have an expiration date for RCC. So you could of taken them 6 years ago, and if you apply to RCC's program they still count. Can't say for any other nursing program in the region though: )

nurse5.0 · Jan 10, 2014

I registered under a different program of study, since Registered Nursing was not available in web advisor. Did anyone else have the same issue. I visited the admissions office and they couldn't find Registered Nursing as a program of study either.