Spring 2018 MDC Nursing Program

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My journey started from cna, lpn now,I applied for spring 2018 nursing bridge program. I am looking forward to what it has to offer and the challenges ahead. Anything is possible if you work hard and be persistence in reaching every goal you set for yourself. Always keep a positive mind.

Specializes in Corrections, Surgical.

Yes I also see a lot of people say that spring is easier competition wise. I wish I knew how many people applied to the AO, I believe they take around 40 students.

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Candor29 posted the following in the MDC Fall 2017 forum: "I wonder how large the applicant pool is for the Fall 2017 term. I read MDC usually has 250 total seats. 100 for Medical Campus, 50 for Homestead, 50 for Accelerated, and 50 for part-time."

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Specializes in Stepdown RN.

I was told the same when my friend and I applied for AO, that they take 50 people. It's only been 4 days since the the application closed and I'm already antsy. I see that I need to get my act together so that I'm not behind when I comes time to transition to BSN. I'll probably take sociology at bcc since it's closer to me

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Specializes in Corrections, Surgical.
I was told the same when my friend and I applied for AO, that they take 50 people. It's only been 4 days since the the application closed and I'm already antsy. I see that I need to get my act together so that I'm not behind when I comes time to transition to BSN. I'll probably take sociology at bcc since it's closer to me

Your not the only one that's antsy. I'm going crazy as well. Especially since MDC is my first choice now

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Your not the only one that's antsy. I'm going crazy as well. Especially since MDC is my first choice now

Are you taking any classes this semester? If so it helps a lot with not focusing on acceptance, for me at least.

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Specializes in Corrections, Surgical.
Are you taking any classes this semester? If so it helps a lot with not focusing on acceptance, for me at least.

Yea I am taking microbiology lab and intro to sociology. Lol still anxious

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Not sure if I'm more anxious about Hurricane Irma or getting accepted into nursing school....lol

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Specializes in Stepdown RN.

MDC is also my first choice. I go into BCC to start this semester but then my friend told me she was completing the prereqs during the summer to be able to apply to MDC For spring. Since BCC's program is super duper long and MDC has an accelerated program I dropped my seat at BCC and took the intro to health care class (that class was the only reason I hadn't applied to MDC before). That's why this wait feels extra long since I would've been starting the BCC program this month

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Specializes in Corrections, Surgical.
Not sure if I'm more anxious about Hurricane Irma or getting accepted into nursing school....lol

I'm more anxious about nursing school to be honest! A hurricane I can survive

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I took a break this past spring (even though I finished all of my prereqs) but didn't take the Hesi because I was scared. I then convinced myself that I was going to attend another school although my initial plan was to enter MDC's AO. I thought I had to work while attending the nursing program, but from the rumors I've heard working is discouraged in the generic program and out right ridiculous in the AO. Thus, I obtained a FT job and figured I'd either work for 6 months to a year and save so that I'd have enough to pay for school.

The job I had was very demanding but I managed to enroll in Micro Lab & Sociology over the summer. Fortunately, I was laid off in June which was good because I was planning on leaving that job anyway, but the deadline for August admission had already passed. I'm interested in dual careers so prior to being laid off I was considering postponing nursing for a year while I completed courses for another major. However, while attending classes I figured it would make more sense to obtain the RN first because of the shift flexibility (nights, weekends only, per diem, etc). Anyway, while meeting with Fin Aid at another school I found out that I still have aid. Summer classes ended in late July and I figured I'd take a few weeks to study, but that didn't happen and I studied for like 5 days for the TEAS exam in late August. After obtaining my score report I weighed my options and decided there was no way I was going to pay such exorbitant rates for the ASN, and decided to take my chances with the Hesi. I told myself that if I hit my target score then MDC would be my only choice, and so it is.

Nevertheless, I researched numerous schools just in case so if you're a prospective student and if you don't mind traveling throughout the state of Florida, I can provide a list which consists of the following: program length, exam & min exam score, and tuition.

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@ jenneraytion: While you would already be attending classes at BCC, you would have been in that program for 19 or 20 MONTHS.

I believe your graduation would be like May of 2019 versus an AO graduation of December of 2018. Soooo, I think MDC is well worth the wait. I scratched BCC and other 5 semester programs off my list bc that duration is just too much.

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Specializes in Stepdown RN.

Yea I only considered BCC because I'm living at home with my parents and they were pressuring me to start a program. But once my friend told me that she was trying for MDC we decided to do it together so that we'd be each other's accountibility partners.

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