Schoolcraft College nursing program waitlist...help!!

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Hello Everyone. My name is Lisa. I currently attend Schoolcraft college and I'm in the process of finishing up my pre-reqs for the nursing program. Once I'm on the waitlist how long does it usually take to start the program at schoolcraft?. I've been told it's 2 years but I just wanted to know if anyone else that attends schoolcraft or knows someone who attends heard anything different. Thank You:)

Specializes in Labor & Delivery Tech.

Oakland University has a three year waitlist for its Bachelors program. I think the issue is that nurses can make more money working on a floor than being an educator. Also we don't have enough facilities for clinicals. I just thank my lucky stars that I got it together and got accepted when I did.

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I just got out of the counselor's office and she told me the waitlist is now three to four years. She said that they are already three quarters full for the fall 2013 semester! I would definately try Oakland or Wayne county!!

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing; Geriatrics.

I am SOOOOOO glad I applied when I did! I start the program Fall 2011 and got my acceptance letter Summer 2009. I couldn't imagine waiting 3-4 years to start the program!

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I can't believe the wait is now up to 4 years! :eek: That's ridiculous! When I was getting ready to apply, the wait was 2 years. With a 2 year program and 2 year wait, it would've taken me 4 years to get my associates. I applied to an Accelerated BSN program instead and will have my bachelor's in 1 year (I start in August). Wow...4 years...

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Specializes in Labor & Delivery Tech.

Just read on The Schoolcraft College Facebook page that someone was accepted for 2015 - this is getting way past ridiculous.

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Just read on The Schoolcraft College Facebook page that someone was accepted for 2015 - this is getting way past ridiculous.

:eek: Yes, way past ridiculous. I can't even believe that. Schoolcraft needs to step the hell up if they are so overwhelmed that they have a 5 year wait.

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Specializes in Labor & Delivery Tech.

The only reason Schoolcraft has this issue is that most other schools have competitive admissions instead of just accepting everyone. I think when the economy recovers many people will lose interest in nursing school, and a career in nursing. It is sort of disrespectful to the profession how the number of people flocked to nursing because they see it as a good career with a guaranteed job instead of actually being interested in providing care.

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I agree with you 100%. I think that there will be a large number of people that a)start nursing school only to drop out once they realize how difficult it is or how gross clinicals might be or b)get through nursing school only to realize that they hate being a nurse and the only reason they went into it is because it's been heavily promoted as a growing field.

I wonder what the waits are at the other local community colleges. I assume they are just as bad as Scraft...

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The wait at HFCC is now currently 3 years as well I believe. MCC (Macomb community) doesn't have a wait list as they do competitive entry along with OCC, WC3, Lansing Community, and Washtenaw Community. I have been looking into schools all over Michigan as far as I am willing to drive and the only ones with waiting list that I know of now are Oakland U, HFCC, and Schoolcraft. I am hoping at some point they too will get rid of the waiting list and do competitive entry. For me I feel liike its better because at least you know you can just apply next year with better grades or scores and potentially get in as opposed to just sitting around for 3 or 4 years twiddling your thumbs waiting to finally get your acceptance letter.

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Specializes in Labor & Delivery Tech.

I think they may stop the wait list, but they may do it after 2015 or 2016. They can't all of a sudden decide to make it competitive admissions and leave everyone who applied and are accepted out of luck

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What happens to your pre-req's over that waiting period? Do you have to take classes like A&P over again because they expire? How could you remember all that stuff after waiting to get into the program for years?

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I don't know what happens to the prereqs. What happens if they expired before you actually start the program? I was wondering that as well.

I'm not sure how you'd remember prereq info 5 years down the road, either. If you don't use it, you lose it, so I guess you'd have to constantly be reviewing your old textbooks, etc.

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