You have to have good grades! There could be a waiting list. I got in quicker because I was an LPN and took an exam to challenge the first nursing class. I was able to skip the first class and start in the second class where they have more room due to the people that don't make it past the first class.
After I applied to a regular collage I realize (and was very disappointed to know) that a regular collage will only give me 20% of credits earned from Nassau Community Collage. I wasted a lot of money by going to NCC.
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