Tcat Ripley lpn

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I'm trying to get into one of the Tcat LPN programs in the west tn area. I took the compass test about a week ago in Jackson and pass.I have applied to the Ripley school because they are the only school that has a new class starting in January 2016 to my knowledge, and that's close to me. If im not accepted in Tcat Ripley, I do plan on applying for all the other Tcat schools that are with in a 30 mile radius of Jackson. Just hoping and praying that I am accepted!!

Yes! I got my golden ticket to orientation! Did you call & confirm your attendence?

They didn't make orientation easy. They give us a weeks notice with a holiday in it & they scheduled it in the middle of the day. I only work 5 hours on Tuesdays & I wasn't expecting to have to take off work to go. But I'll be there anyways.

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No I didn't call to confirm yet!! I'll have to call Friday!! I've got a dr appt on that date, but luckily it's early that morning!!

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Hey, did you make it to orientation?

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Yes I did. Did you?

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Yes I did!! I was sitting on the next to the last row!!

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Ha, I was just the opposite. I was sitting on the next to first row. I was on the second row sitting between a blonde girl and the heavy set male. And I was the one that asked about how many students they accept into the program.

I was surprised to see a full class. I guess they had more applicants than we originally thought. I just don't understand why they delayed orientation and this acceptance process. I'm assuming it's because they changed over to this new process.

I must say I was feeling a little intimidated when they said we had to take a Kaplan or HESI exam to test out of the program. I heard the HESI exam is hard because they may not want the answer to a question. They may want to know the first or second step you do to get the answer. That's what my TCAT tutor told me. That's why I took the compass for my entrance exam.

It was also tough hearing that their previous class started out with 20 students and is now down to 9 students. More students in that class failed than passed.

However, I was feeling better by the end of orientation and I was one of the last to leave because I stayed around to ask the instructor questions. I asked her why so many students failed out of that particular class & she told me that most failed out of the PVR course.

She said they changed some things which may have accounted for several students flunking out but that they changed the course up again because she wants to assure that doesn't happen a 2nd time.

What did you think of the orientation?

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Yes I was also surprised about the class being so fulled, but over all I was pleased with how the orientation went!! Did she say that she was going to take everyone?

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She didn't say but I don't think they're going to take everyone. The board is supposed to be reviewing our files today & they're going to select the class today. Then we'll get a call tomorrow if we were one of the students accepted into the program.

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Oh, so I'm wondering what are they actually looking at when they are determining who they are going to take!! If you get in are you going to continue working or maybe cut back?

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And I aslo thought she said that the number of class spots was determined by how many clinical spots she can secure, and I thought I heard her say that she had 25 clinical spots, and there where about that many people in orientation!! Based on that, everyone has a really good chance of getting in!!

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The only things that I know they are looking at is that 2 sided sheet with the questions we filled out & they want to make sure we didn't make all F(s) at any previous institutions we attended.

I was the last person to have those questions finished & turned in to the instructor and she said that she would be up until midnight typing up our answers. I think they're typed up for the board to review. That's just their way of doing things.

But although most of us probably did fine on the questions, you might be surprised that there's always 1 or 2 people who give stupid answers or give an impression that they're not fully committed or can afford it. So that makes it a little easier for the board to eliminate those people.

I do plan on working on the weekends but I was surprised to learn that clinicals would be Monday through Friday. I was expecting clinicals to be on Saturdays and maybe one or two days during the week. If clinicals didn't land on Friday's, I could maintain my full-time job but once clinicals start, I'll have to drop my Friday evening shift.

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When the instructor talked about clinicals being from like 7 to 10, did you understand that as being in the evening time or during school hours?

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