San Jacinto College ADN Fall 2011

Mochachild · May 31, 2011

@txstudentnurs

What?! They lowered the HESI to 70%?! :eek: Wow. That's profound. Well...that should certainly increase the applicant pool. I'm always lurking on the BON website to check out stats. For me, NCLEX performance is the primary determinant on applying to that particular program. At the end of the day, if you've sweated through the program, but can't pass the NCLEX, then it was all for nothing.

Mochachild · May 31, 2011

@txstudentnurs

The South campus (LVN-ADN, Mobility) program had a 70.15% pass rate in 2010; the Central campus (Traditional ADN, Transitional) program had a pass rate of 91.10%.

mom&studentnurs · May 31, 2011

@txstudentnurs
What?! They lowered the HESI to 70%?! Wow. That's profound. Well...that should certainly increase the applicant pool. I'm always lurking on the BON website to check out stats. For me, NCLEX performance is the primary determinant on applying to that particular program. At the end of the day, if you've sweated through the program, but can't pass the NCLEX, then it was all for nothing.

Yes. They were unable to fill all the spaces and had to take some based on 70% instead of 75%. I made an A in HESI so I figured if the grades repeat themselves then my 1 in progress shouldn't matter too much...crossing my fingers! :)

CHUNKY_MUNKEY · May 31, 2011

Oh you guys totally make sense! But I was thinking, or rather hoping, that last semester would repeat itself. Idk if you've heard but they had to lower the grade on the HESI to 70% in order to fill the available spots. I was hoping if I had all A's in my prereqs and an A on my HESI then me finishing up my last class over the summer, before starting the program would be enough. Jokes on me I guess (but hopefully not). BUUUT I'm looking at NCLEX pass rates for 2010 and SJ only had a 70% pass rate. COM had a 96% pass rate. I wasn't planning on applying for the fall until I found out the app deadline was June 1 so I did not have a back up plan for fall if I did not get in but now I'm starting to rethink SJ now. Did any of you take the NCLEX pass rates into consideration when choosing your school?

Hesi lowered to 70%, REALLY!! I would have assumed folks with high GPAs, high HESI scores and all prereqs were a dime a dozen. Meaning that they'd have to weed through all the big time applicants just to find "THE BEST." Does that mean there are more unqualified applicants who submit their applications?

Mochachild · May 31, 2011

@ CHUNKY_MUNKEY

Oooh wee! I didn't want to go there, but it "appears" to be the case. :yeah: We shall see.

mom&studentnurs · May 31, 2011

I checked the BON site and the site I looked at earlier on NCLEX pass rates was apparently wrong :\

CHUNKY_MUNKEY · May 31, 2011

@ Mochachild

:cool: Yup, that "appears" to be the case.

mom&studentnurs · May 31, 2011

From what I heard around campus this semester, there were people submitting their application regardless passing the HESI or not because of the nursing dept having to lower the requirements last semester so maybe that would explain the high number of applicants this semester. Soooo, maybe when it comes down to it there aren't actually 500 applicants who meet the requirements and the majority will be discarded pretty quickly.

And just to be clear...the nursing dept has not lower the required HESI Grade of 75% but since they did not have enough applicants with 75% or higher to fill the open positions, they took some people who made above 70%.

rocket_ryder · May 31, 2011

I had heard something like this....and that this year to even turn in your application even if you didnt get the minimum of the 75% in each section, just in case. I have also heard that this year they have not gotten anywhere near their normal 500 applicants in, but this is hear say....I would be curious as to what the final count will end up being at the close of June 1st. I wonder if they will reveal that if I call?

CHUNKY_MUNKEY · May 31, 2011

From what I heard around campus this semester, there were people submitting their application regardless passing the HESI or not because of the nursing dept having to lower the requirements last semester so maybe that would explain the high number of applicants this semester. Soooo, maybe when it comes down to it there aren't actually 500 applicants who meet the requirements and the majority will be discarded pretty quickly.
And just to be clear...the nursing dept has not lower the required HESI Grade of 75% but since they did not have enough applicants with 75% or higher to fill the open positions, they took some people who made above 70%.

Interesting....very interesting. Did the Nursing Dept. post a bulletin that they lowered the HESI to 70% to fill the applicant pool or is the info just word of mouth from potential applicants? From what I understand from a pool of applicants a huge portion of them don't stand a chance at being chosen based on GPA/HESI, but another portion of them sit around the borderline that either barely qualifies/disqualifies them. I mean every potential nursing applicant I've ever spoken to supposedly have uber high GPAs(emphasis on "supposedly"). Plus, everyone including their aunts/uncles all scored high on the HESI tests. I can confidently say there a few gals around campus that really have sweet GPAs, even I'm jealous, but they are far inbetween. I mean no one wants to admit that they barely have the minimum GPA and are lurking around the pass mark for HESI. I'm can only guess that a huge majority of the applicants meet the bare minimum requirements(cumulative GPA 2.5/prereqs/low rubric scores), but apply regardless of the outcome.

mom&studentnurs · May 31, 2011

I had heard something like this....and that this year to even turn in your application even if you didnt get the minimum of the 75% in each section, just in case. I have also heard that this year they have not gotten anywhere near their normal 500 applicants in, but this is hear say....I would be curious as to what the final count will end up being at the close of June 1st. I wonder if they will reveal that if I call?

I personally spoke to t newby and she said the were taking approx 120 and looking at hitting the 500 mark on applicants.

mom&studentnurs · May 31, 2011

Interesting....very interesting. Did the Nursing Dept. post a bulletin that they lowered the HESI to 70% to fill the applicant pool or is the info just word of mouth from potential applicants? From what I understand from a pool of applicants a huge portion of them don't stand a chance at being chosen based on GPA/HESI, but another portion of them sit around the borderline that either barely qualifies/disqualifies them. I mean every potential nursing applicant I've ever spoken to supposedly have uber high GPAs(emphasis on "supposedly"). Plus, everyone including their aunts/uncles all scored high on the HESI tests. I can confidently say there a few gals around campus that really have sweet GPAs, even I'm jealous, but they are far inbetween. I mean no one wants to admit that they barely have the minimum GPA and are lurking around the pass mark for HESI. I'm can only guess that a huge majority of the applicants meet the bare minimum requirements(cumulative GPA 2.5/prereqs/low rubric scores), but apply regardless of the outcome.

I personally knew of someone who got in on less than a 75% on the hesi and I'm hoping you're right!!! I talked to some nursing students this past semester who said they had B's in their prereqs and still got in. From what they said the competition is not as steep as everyone thinks.