{"id":3230,"date":"2017-03-03T21:26:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T02:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/?p=3230"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:42:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:42:58","slug":"strategies-accepted-competitive-health-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/health-sciences-nursing-veterinary-technology-educational-information\/strategies-accepted-competitive-health-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategies For Getting Accepted Into A Competitive Health Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Petersburg College\u00a0offers several\u00a0health programs<\/a>\u00a0and most are based on selective admissions. But what does this mean?<\/p>\n

Getting accepted into a competitive health program<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u00a0means the college receives three times the number of applications compared to the available slots in most of the health programs offered at SPC.<\/p>\n

You might ask, \u201cWhat is meant by available slots and why are there a certain amount of slots?\u201d Good question and rest assured it\u2019s not personal. While there are many variables to the competitive nature of the programs, the biggest issue remains clinical sites. In other words, each hospital or facility, where students practice the skills they learned in the classroom, is only able to allow a certain number of students at a time.<\/p>\n

Once you finally feel settled on a decision for a career in health, then comes the hard work \u2013 the anxiety of whether you will be admitted\u00a0into a competitive health program as well as\u00a0the pressures of academics and deadlines.<\/p>\n

Here are some suggestions on dealing with (and getting ahead of) the competition:<\/p>\n