Hey everyone! I thought I'd start a thread for those who plan on applying to San Jac Central's ADN Program for Fall 2017. I know applications aren't being accepted yet, hopefully they'll post dates soon, it says "to be announced" on one protion of the website, and then it says Feb 2-April 2 on another portion.
As for me, I'm eager and ready, done with all prereqs and my Hesi. Here are my scores:
Comp I: C (Failed it years ago and retook recently and made an A)
Psychology: A
AP1: B
AP2: A
Micro: B
Overall GPA 3.22
Hesi A2 Exam: 89.6% overall, planning to retake the exam to see if I can do even better.
How did everyone do? Best of luck, hopefully we will be studying together come August!
I also plan to apply to Alvin but doubt I'll get in because they are so selective.
They say 6 weeks after the deadline (which was yesterday), however I know many previous applicants experienced wait times of 8 weeks or more. Here's to waiting!
I would also like to add cost for first semester books and uniforms are over 1000. When accepted their is a mandatory orientation that if not attended will disqualify you for the program, you will receive schedules for class registration and information on where to purchase nurse packs and clinicals site specific information like training modules. Depending on instructor and course, tests are every two weeks with minor deviations, nclex format and remediation required for failed tests. Quizzes are due every week. You will cover 2 books of roughly 40 chapters in the first 8 weeks covering nursing fundamentals like nursing process, care planning, charting etc. you will also cover assesment techniques, nursing diagnosis, med calcs and administration. Good luck to all those that make it in you have a lot of work ahead and application process will seem unremarkable.
SmTcookie: Would you qualify your experience as a San Jac nursing student as a positive one (as positive as nursing school is capable of being, anyway!)? I've heard from several students that comparatively, San Jacinto seems to be an unorganized program. Of course I'm anticipating nursing school to be the greatest challenge of my life thus far and I am fully prepared to give up any semblance of a life for the next two years. I am curious however, as to the competency and organization of the school's program, if you might be able to offer any insight.
Given the intensity and difficulty of nursing school, I've found it surprising the number of students feeling challenged by the application process. Surely the process is partially set up to weed out those who won't be able to handle the strain of nursing school.
Class organization is instructor dependent like any college course. Obviously the perception of organization is subjective but in my experience there are way too many students that want information handed to them without them doing their part. There are always things that can be improved on but to say the program is unorganized is a fallacy due to student perception. From my experience there are many students that will complain because they do not get the grade they feel they deserve and shift the blame to others. As such they fail to realize that they have been provided the resources to succeed and failure is due to them not making up for shortcomings in teacher provided class material. I believe those that complain about organization are the same students that are failing, have failed or are barely keeping their head above water. If students are feeling challenged by just applying to a program how will they respond to future challenges? The program is fine and nursing school is only difficult if you don't put in any effort or you fail to comprehend fundamental concepts that are required for more advanced courses.
The program is large compared to other CCs in the area and you would expect some students not to like the program. NCLEX Stats: 136 students for Central with 89.71 passing the NCLEX the first time, for comparison Alvin CC had 61 students and 93 percent pass rate, HCC had 102 with 78 percent pass, Lee had 74 with 84 percent pass, college of the mainland 70 students and 81 percent pass rate, LS kingwood 109 studends with 85 percent pass.
Hey guys, I applied to the ADN program at central. I have a 16 on my rubric, an 85 on my Hesi and I have a 2.9 GPA. I know my scores are on the lower side but I got my fingers crossed. Good luck to everyone!
Hey guys, I just found this thread. I applied for the lvn and rn program.. I got in for the lvn program (found out two days ago) and I'm still waiting to hear back for the rn program but I'm curious about if I claim my acceptance to the lvn program at south campus does it block me from getting accepted into the rn program?? I have to get the paperwork on the 16th so if anyone knows any info that would be extra helpful!!!!
Hey everyone, I applied for the adn fall program too with a 86.7 on Hesi, 3.0 overall gpa and a rubric score of 17 or 18.. depending on my new gpa calculation.. I really hope to get in but I know my scores are on the lower side Well good luck to us all!
Hi CaseyBlum,sorry for the late response. I'm currently on the very last week of nursing school and my pining will be on this Friday, May 12, 2017. First of all I wanna say nursing school is not easy, especially for me, a foreigner who came here 6 years ago and started learning English. You will feel like first semester is the hardest semester ever in your life because you will have classes and labs at the same time, go to school from Monday to Friday, from 8-3 pm. But lemme tell you it is the easiest semester of nursing school. You just feel overwhelmed because of its intensity. But when you have clinical rotation in the hospital, you will start feeling like a real nurse. The shift will be 12 hour from 6:30am-6:30 pm once a week. Every hospitals that I went for rotation, THEY LOVE SAN JAC STUDENTS. I went to Clear Lake, UTMB, Texas Children, Bayshore, ( my friends went to MEthodist, San Joshep). First let's talk about our awesome Professors, I had never have problems with any Professors. Some of my friends did. But the thing is they want you to be succeed.So my recommendation is be on the top of the game before clinical, review materials and get ready for the report when they come to check on you on the unit. Be prepared!! They know that you're not gonna know everything, so when you don't know the answer, dont say you don't know. Say I will look it up and let you know when you come back next time. !!Be active. They love when students are responsible for their education. I'm serious. Don't expect that they will give you notes and you just study notes for exam. You will take notes on your own, recording is not allowed for some classes ( OB, PEdi, and mental health) They want you to be active, read before coming to class. That's how a nurse should be. Secondly, San Jac students have a good based of nursing skills, they really prepare you for clinical rotation. And the best part is we are student nurse but we can practice our nursing skills on patient with a Nurse or with our Professor. I know some schools they only allow you to observe only but San Jac students have plenty of chances to practice on patients. Wonderful experiences ever!! LAst but not least I'm happy to pronounce that I will graduate this week, BUT I already got job offer as ICU RN right before graduation. They love to hire San Jac students. Trust me, it's not easy at all, you will live no life except going to school, to the library, study, cry, study again, cry, exam exam exam, cry, but it will worth at the end. If I can do it, you guys can do it too!! Goodluck to everyone!!
I was wondering when the orientation typically is? I know we are still waiting to hear of acceptance and denials, but I was wondering if you would be able to provide us with a round about timing for the orientation.
Well good luck to us all!
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Has San Jac stated when they will let us know who got accepted into the Nursing Program? This waiting game has me on pins and needles!