Why is it so hard to get into health care program(nursing, radiology, MLT, etc) in college?
482880
Do you want someone who isn't terribly competent giving you shots, etc? No. This is why it's difficult to get into health care programs. Also, the health care field is growing very fast and many people are recognizing this and want to jump on the bandwagon and schools can't train that many people at one time and have them get an adequate education.
211532
Make sure u love it and love it sum more, because it is hard and time consuming.  If you're a biology major, it don't think it would be as bad to get through.  But i'm a nursing major/minor in biology and Pharmacology is the death of me right now.  I only took organic and inorganic chem and bio-chem it wasn't that bad but i would never go further in the chem department.  But if your confident you can put in the work and effort it takes then it shouldn't be that bad.
453013
I think you actually have to go to class for a radiology degree because it requires clinical time.  Since you have to practice your trade, it requires your presence in person.
38731
Same problem..so I hear ya.  I also however, don't have the determination to get in there do my thing in school and finish it out.  The best thing I did as an eye opener was make an appointment to talk to one of the counselors at the school.  They did assessments with me, and tests to see what I was good at and in and what I would do awful to be in.  This narrowed out things..and brought things to light that I probably shouldn't do when I actually considered or tried them before (no wonder they didn't work).  So in the end I was left with a much smaller number of career/school choices to research more and choose from.  We even talked about things in my personal life that may interfere or why I felt the way I did about school.  It helped me out tremendously..good luck!
762868
Not going to be able to answer that.  But I did look at North Dakota State.  They have an excellent nursing program and I would have loved to have been able to go there.  I can only tell you to research as many schools as  you can.  And try to visit as many as you can.  You have to remember most schools have a very strict curriculum based on the states requirements.  And all schools in that state are either right on the line or above.  Most try to be above the bar because they want their students to be prepared to pass the state exam.  Check out the schools in your area first.  Chances are you will find one that has the same requirements as the more expensive schools.
1129889
I would agree with the previous poster and add that most Jr College courses are as hard or harder than regular university courses.  Grades are huge to medical school admissions but don't forget to study for that MCAT.  That is no simple test.
733358
Of course nursing school is hard; every school program designed to get you into a professional career is hard.  It gets even harder once you are done and are working.  \n\nAt this point in time there seem to be three main drawbacks to nursing: 1) being overworked because of understaffing, 2) the regulations and policies that can interfere with patient care because you have so much else to do, 3) (this goes for every profession) bad managers who don't know what they are doing.\n\nThe above comes second-hand; my wife (and thus many of my friends) are nurses.  The above three things are the main things they gripe about when they talk about nursing (which is all the time).
587726
Pre-med is NOT for slackers.  It's not impossible, but you're going to have to pull your act together, get a tutor if you need one, buckle down and do this.  The only way to determine if you can get into VCU is to apply and give it your best.  Colleges care more about what you've done these past two years than anything you ever did in grade school.  Best of luck to ya.
1077562
What school you can get into depends on your grades, but any of the Cal States are good. Being a pre-med student myself I can tell you it's a hard row to hoe. You will have to go to school for 4 years to get your bachelors, and take the rigorous MCAT exam during your junior year. You'll also have to maintain a high grade point average, and have a high MCAT score to get into med school. You will then have to go to Med School for another 3 years, during your third year doing a rotation at a hospital. Then after that depending on the specialty you choose, gynecology, or plastic surgery it could be on average 3-5 more years of specialty training as a resident (where you'll finally be earning cash! yay! but not that much). So I would suggest talking to you high school counselor and checking out the interest rates on some student loans. I'd also recommend reading "Planning a Life in Medicine" from the Princeton Review.
793666
<>RN programs are very popular; there are waiting lists all over the country.  While you are waiting, you could try to take some of the requisite courses that might have room.  I would suggest A&P (anatomy & physiology) or biology.  That way, you'll be finished with them when you do get in.
940972
If have a good GPA you can apply to University but usually you don't get accepted straight to college of nursing.You'll apply for the Natural Science programme(pre-professional) to have your core or perequisites completed in about 2yrs before you can be admitted based on good standing to professional program (nursing college).However,you may take your core in a college other than university so that you can transfer.Make your intentions clear about transfering to a university so that it doesn't become difficult when transfering.This will save you alot of money.Those yrs will not go wasted because you'll head straight to junior year when admitted to university.\nNB* you may take an associate degree program in any college,it takes 2yrs but that will not get you into university nursing college because requirement for associate degree does not meet bachelor degree requirement.Good luck
264289
you would have to study it at college\nit is hard to get into, but I will do it eventually\ni love obstetric
630042
You don't sound like you've been to college yet. Talk about it after you spend a couple years there. \n\nExpect lots of god complexes, pain with malpractice suits, pain with HMO's, long hours as a resident and in general, lots of struggles with nurses, and lots of benefits from drug reps in the form of free golf, dinners and sports tickets, though I hear some of those things have been cut back by law.
961034
Of course you do.  Not even a question.\n\nFirst off, be sure you take plenty of English/Writing courses.  Nothing's worse than a scientist (or doctor) who can't write a sentence.  Believe me, grad schools in general and Med schools in particular are clamping down on this.\n\nSecond, look at the entrance requirements and application suggestion for top colleges. You need to make sure you continue the correct curriculum, including math, science, English, foreign language, etc.\n\nThird, try to do extra-curricular activities.  Try to get into leadership positions - at work, at a religious organization, volunteering.  Top tier college eat that crap up.\n\nDo your homework.  Check out the college websites and applications - most are on-line.  See what they want in their essays and course curriculum, and make sure you take those course throughout high school.  And it is true, absolutely true, the best doctors come from the best med schools, who only take the most gifted undergrads from the most prestigious colleges, who are very discriminating regarding their freshman class.  So do not stop working hard.\n\nOn the other hand, there are thousands, maybe millions of people out there who screwed around in high school and now would sell their souls to Satan to have had your insight at your age.  If you want to go to med school, you will go.
1077361
Not so hard from High School as it is on active duty. I can only speak for the AirForce, but there are other types of scholarship programs, besides the standard ROTC scholarship, that send you to directly to college for a commission - some ROTC, some OTS, or direct comission if you're coming out to go to nursing school.
704043
I'm right up there on the soap box with you with attitudes in nursing school. At mine the ones accepted into the program are al easily 3.5 to 4.0 students that get into the program, yet so many fail. What's the point in making it so stressful that so many fail. This isn't a case of not being smart enough or working hard enough or wanting to badly enough. It's an underlying attitude and competitivness. Anyway, to help you out, yes other schools will accept you. I don't know which ones, only that my friend failed out of another and they wouldn't let her come back for a loooong time so she's entered ours.\nAnd no, there is no preparation given for the totally different style of thinking and testing that nursing involves. I'm not sure I'll ever understand how all 4 answers being right, yet three are counted wrong makes sense.
502014
You need to contact the school you are wanting to attend. Each one has a little different criteria. They also may have rules as to when certain classes can be taken. I had to take my pre-requisites first, then the actual nursing classes. Nursing classes often have to be taken in a particular order as well. Good Luck!!! We need more nurses!!!