Spring 2017 TCC Nursing Students

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Starting thread for TCC nursing students submitting application in a few weeks for the Spring 2017 semester ADN program. Personally, I have followed and watched and reviewed entrances over the year and it changes upon fall and spring semesters and the amount of applicants. I will be applying with two A's in A&P and Micro and a B in A&P2, so my GPA is a 3.6.... My first HESI score is a 87.5. I have seen acceptance with this, and have contemplated retaking HESI just to see if I do any different.

Comment and ask any questions and I hope to see you all in Spring!

Rude.

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It's 1302 which I think I realized isn't an actually requirement haha or is it? Regardless I just have an insane teacher and it's taking up all of my time and I don't want my A&P grade to suffer.

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Ap1 Ap2 Micro. No one cares about anything else. Oh and that Hesi :p

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I know you guys have just started but how do you feel about the nursing program so far? It has a lot of bad reviews so I don't know if I should start looking at other programs

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I know you guys have just started but how do you feel about the nursing program so far? It has a lot of bad reviews so I don't know if I should start looking at other programs

I have heard that as well. I am just hoping that people just get on the internet to complain.

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I'm in my second semester of the program and I'm not going to lie it's tough but it's supposed to be that way. I like the program and haven't heard anything negative about it.

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Just a quick question, once in the program what does a typical school day look like. I'm asking to see the type of work schedule that would line up. Thanks in advance :)

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Hi everyone!

I just got waitlisted for Queens AST (I have also applied to Nippissing, UofT, Western, Humber, UBC, Mac and York). Is anyone else in the same position? Does anyone here have experience with the Queens waitlist? What are my chances of getting in?

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Hey!

I'm currently in foundations and it's a very demanding schedule. It'll get better after the first semester. In foundations, you will have a theory foundations course (4 hr lecture), skills (3 hr class) and clinical (9 hr day your first semester). Some people will have one class per day so they would be at campus 2 days a week and at clinical site another. My schedule is foundations and skills in one day and clinical site the next which makes for a VERY hectic, exhausting couple of days especially with patient care plans. Unfortunately they place you in your schedule so flexibility can be tough to determine up until the semester starts.

If y'all have any questions, please feel free to ask!

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There really isn't a "typical" day because the schedules vary wildly (they even include nights and weekends!). Some people go to school 3 days a week, some go 2 days a week. Your first semester consists of 3 classes (Skills, Foundations and Clinicals) so, it's possible to have an all day Clinical one day and to have the other 2 classes on the same or different day.

The thing is - our classes were ASSIGNED to us. Once we got our assignments, we used FB and the boot camp event to network and make changes that fit our individual schedules. The program REALLY encourages us to not try to hold a full-time job while in this program (part time is good but not at all is best). That said, there are also PLENTY of people who make it work - it just takes a LOT of discipline and sacrifice. Good luck to you!

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Hey Ladies. I am new to this board and I am SOOOOO glad I found it. So I will be taking my HESI Aug 2017. I am going to the mandatory meeting next week to get all the details. I know this question has been asked a million times re. the HESI.... what sections should I concentrate more on? I am NOT a good test taker. I know the material but I freak out and loose it all come text time. Any advice would be great :) Good luck to all of you

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Hi! I would highly recommend getting the study guide. It was very helpful for me and I too am not the greatest test taker. Honestly if you start looking over it now, you should be great by the time you need to take the test. When I took the HESI for TCC it was math, vocab, reading, and a critical thinking section. I may be missing one more but we did not have to take the science one. I'm not sure if that has changed or not. Everyone is different on how they study and comprehend material, but I found it helpful to do one section at a time and started from the basics. Even if I knew how to do it (for example the math section) I just wanted to make sure I didn't skip a step. There were a TON of fractions!!! Know those! I promise working through the book was wonderful for me!

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