Tarrant County College?

premedturnednursing · Feb 23, 2006

Only thing I know is they get approx. 400 applicants and they only accept about 100. I was going to apply, but missed the testing date for the TEAS. Good luck, I'm sure you'll be fine!

momto2beauties · Feb 23, 2006

Yep, those are the stats they gave us in orientation as well. The first part of May seems like an eternity away!

bioniclewoman · Feb 24, 2006

I applied! I am going to be really stressed the closer it gets to May.

I did terrible on the TEAS. I was actually really pissed that they had the test in the middle of the semester. I have 14 hours of classes right now and studying for the TEAS didn't really fit into my schedule. I hope I don't have to take it again but if I do I should do better since I won't be in any classes then. I will be done with my BSN prerequisites this summer and will apply to UTA in the fall if I don't get in to TCC.

momto2beauties · Feb 24, 2006

I've considered doing the same thing because I think I'm only missing Sociology to have my UTA prerecs done. But - the deadline for their spring semester is pretty soon - maybe April 1st or May 1st? I don't remember. Plus, they have 8 hours of their "pre-nursing" classes that have to be taken there and wont transfer in from anywhere else. You have to have those before you can take the upper level classes. So basically, that extends you out another semester. I'm hoping to get my ASN from TCC and then do the bridge ASN to BSN at UTA. I think that will save me some money too. TCC is so inexpensive - it's great!

Good luck to you!!

Katydidit34 · Feb 24, 2006

I'm in my second semester at TCC. I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you. I remember what it's like to wait for the news to come in the mail. TCC has a fantastic program. Hang in there, May will be here before you know it!!!

Katy

bioniclewoman · Feb 24, 2006

I volunteer at a hospital in Fort Worth and I get so jealous when there are student nurses on my floor. I mostly just see the TCU students on my floor, but most all of the local nursing programs are up there at any given time.

I sat with a TCC nursing student in the cafeteria the other day. She was telling me all about the stuff she had been doing in her ICU clinical. She was talking about how fast the turn over is in the ICU and how sometimes the patient she was assigned to and has read up on the night before isn't even in ICU anymore by the time she gets there. She also said that some of her class mates scramble for the patients that aren't on any meds and leave her stuck with the people on 15 different meds. You would think they would want the experince they get from the more complex patient, but whatever:uhoh3: .

Katydidit34 · Feb 24, 2006

The med sheets we have to fill out are extremely detailed and take forever to fill out. Pts in ICU can be on a TON of meds. By the time you get to the last semester, I can see how someone would avoid a patient with a lot of drugs. Filling out all of that paperwork can give you burn out!!! You can spend a couple of hours just looking up drugs not to mention all the other care plan stuff you have to look up and write up. It's a time consuming process. Where do you volunteer?

momto2beauties · Feb 25, 2006

Katydidit34 -

Can you give me an idea of what the schedule will be like for the fall ? I'm trying to plan child care for my two kiddos and was just trying to get a rough idea of how many days/hours I need to plan for.

I'm really excited about the possiblity of being able to start in the fall. I feel like I have a really competitive application, but I guess it just completely depends on the pool of applicants.

Katydidit34 · Feb 25, 2006

The best thing you can do is rest in the knowledge that you have a strong application. It is unbelievable the amount of people who apply at once. The cool thing is that TCC takes 100 people per semester. That makes your chances really good.

For Foundations, the schedules can vary quite a bit. Clinicals are either MW or TTH and the times are 6:30 to 12:30 (I think, that's right) or 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Theory classes are twice a week during the day and a skills lab class also during the day. The times really vary for those two classes but they are during the day for sure. Fridays are free days, there are no classes on those days. You can go on to the TCC website and look at the class schedules under RNSG and look at the different class times online. Unfortunately you don't get to pick your schedule but you can put up a note on the board to switch with someone if you need too. Best of luck!!! I know what it's like, I was playing the waiting game this time last year. In fact, the day I found out the letters were coming out, I stalked my mailman. LOL!!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you get a packet soon!!

Love,

Katy

momto2beauties · Feb 25, 2006

Looking at the schedules is a good idea, I just wasn't sure what to expect for clinicals. So they automatically register you for classes or just choose your clinicals? For the person who feels the need to know everything, there's just not a lot of information out there! : )

Do you have any idea what the average TEAS score or GPA was when you were accepted?

Katydidit34 · Feb 27, 2006

They arrange clinicals by zip code and then somehow divide everyone up. The Department Secretary has to do it because she sets us up in the computer and then has to pettition the college for us to register for those classes because it's a special program. As for the TEAS and average GPA, I'm not really sure. My gpa was a 3.72 and my TEAS score was an 80 overall. They really don't look just at the overall score though. They are much more interested in how you did on the science and math sections. Those are given the most weight. I was in the 98th percentile in Science and 75th or something for math. There is a study guide for the test and it is exactly like the test. Have you already taken it?