Spring 2019 Lone Star Hopefuls

blake1202 · Sep 14, 2018

I applied 9/7/2018. I am nervous and excited bundled all into one. I want to know if consideration will be made for students who already have bachelor's degrees. I remember at one information session the presenter speaking about 2nd career professionals. I have an 88 on the hesi and 870 on critical thinking. I took it in a hurry before August 30th deadline.

PTA-RN, ADN · Sep 14, 2018

I applied 9/7/2018. I am nervous and excited bundled all into one. I want to know if consideration will be made for students who already have bachelor's degrees. I remember at one information session the presenter speaking about 2nd career professionals. I have an 88 on the hesi and 870 on critical thinking. I took it in a hurry before August 30th deadline.

I do not think Lonestar considers bachelor degrees, but I know several BSN programs will.

lilew · Sep 15, 2018

I applied 9/7/2018. I am nervous and excited bundled all into one. I want to know if consideration will be made for students who already have bachelor's degrees. I remember at one information session the presenter speaking about 2nd career professionals. I have an 88 on the hesi and 870 on critical thinking. I took it in a hurry before August 30th deadline.

nursing is a popular second career professional program. I'm one of the (I'm sure many) who are transferring in with a degree or two in hand. the only schools that show consideration to having bachelor's are the schools that give out bachelor's. coming to a cc we are all on even playing field, when it comes to that. they care about your gpa, your hesi scores, and how many of the coreqs you have finished (or will finish) by the start of the program. you can still get in having coreqs left over (medmicro, psych, fine arts, etc) but if your score is tied with someone else, that is what they will also consider.

I spoke with an advisor prior to my summer classes starting (ap1&2) and the nursing dept at cyfair and they both say the same thing. because the program is intense, they want you to have as least distraction as possible (especially if you're working 40+ a week) so that you can pass the classes, stay on track with the program, graduate in a timely manner (something they also track), and pass the nclex. this is why, despite working 40 hrs, I take basically a full load. I still needed medmicro and pharmacology. And I chose to take lifespan now, because I didn't want to have to pay BSN prices for it later.

TexBSNRN20, BSN · Sep 16, 2018

Has anybody gone ahead & done their BLS certification?

I was going to try to ahead and knock mine out but when I went to register through the AHA website it asks for an institution. I'm not currently working in healthcare so no employment to put down & of course haven't been accepted to a program yet.

Was wondering if anybody else ran into this and if so what'd you put?

Mrs.Sanchez · Sep 16, 2018

My cousin (who started the program at Montgomery in August) told me to wait as long as possible since it's only good for 2 years, you don't want to have to redo it before you're done with the program. I was going to wait until closer to the start date of classes, if I get in of course.

TexBSNRN20, BSN · Sep 16, 2018

My cousin (who started the program at Montgomery in August) told me to wait as long as possible since it's only good for 2 years, you don't want to have to redo it before you're done with the program. I was going to wait until closer to the start date of classes, if I get in of course.

So Lonestar doesn't require it's completion by a certain date prior to the program start?

I only ask since I applied to multiple programs and some of them tend to require proof of BLS within a month or so of accepting your invitation to the program.

I guess I'm just so anxious in this waiting period I'm trying to kill time & be prepared as possible to *hopefully* accept an invitation to a program!

lilew · Sep 17, 2018

So Lonestar doesn't require it's completion by a certain date prior to the program start?
I only ask since I applied to multiple programs and some of them tend to require proof of BLS within a month or so of accepting your invitation to the program.
I guess I'm just so anxious in this waiting period I'm trying to kill time & be prepared as possible to *hopefully* accept an invitation to a program!

you have to get it before you physically start the program, just because it is only good for two years. i had initially scheduled mine for aug 31, but when i spoke with cyfair nursing, i was told to just wait until i got the acceptance letter and then schedule it. i cancelled my previous appointment and said i would just wait to go until i had my acceptance letter in hand. there was no question about if i was already in healthcare or anything like that.

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once we get our acceptance letters, i'll shoot for something in october, hopefully november. but the nurse who runs the program, her classes fill quickly! it's like 2.5 hours long if i'm not mistaken

amch, BSN · Sep 17, 2018

Does anyone think we will know this week? I've seen some people mention previous acceptance emails being sent out 11 days post deadline.

joannale3 · Sep 17, 2018

I'm hoping! If that's the case, the earliest we'd know is on Tuesday. *fingers crossed*

Does anyone think we will know this week? I've seen some people mention previous acceptance emails being sent out 11 days post deadline.

Crystal0801 · Sep 17, 2018

Does anyone think we will know this week? I've seen some people mention previous acceptance emails being sent out 11 days post deadline.

Yea we should. I'm hoping by Wednesday!

TexBSNRN20, BSN · Sep 17, 2018

Yea we should. I'm hoping by Wednesday!

FINGERS CROSSED!!

MsB88 · Sep 17, 2018

As a new week is about to start I just wanted to put out some good vibes and postivity to all of the hopefuls. We did the work and we came this far and hopefully this week we are gifted with good news. Good luck everyone!