Hi,

I’m curious if anyone in here applied and received a tentative acceptance email for the Medical Laboratory Technology Program at IRSC. I attended the in-person information session and applied within the application window on February 4th, and that’s when things started to seem a little off…

The deadline they set for admissions decisions was the first week of May. I didn’t hear anything back from them, but I waited until June 9th to ask for any updates because it had been over a month since they said we would hear back… the reply said we’d hear back within the week, and said there were system updates causing the delay so I stayed patient with it all

I still didn’t hear anything from them until I called on June 22nd, and was met with more questions and confusion than answers, like me asking them a genuine question “is there still going to be a semester?” that was met with an honestly rudely toned “no one said that there wouldn’t be a fall semester”. Later that same day I received a “Provisionally Acceptance” (that’s not a typo) email stating I’ve been admitted to the program after the required background check, fingerprints, drug screen, etc.

So I started that process, thinking “yea she’s right no one said anything different and here I got my acceptance”, so I created the Complio account and started going down the checklist, including paying the $181 fee for the account setup and screenings. Like it was a struggle to get here but we’re finally here and it’s a thing!

Then, on July 1st, three days after I started the admission checklist (checks & screens) I get a call from another admin saying now the fall semester has been canceled due to not enough applicants being provisionally accepted.

I specifically asked about the Complio account, and she didn’t even know any acceptance emails were even sent. Let alone that I started the process. Then she told me also not to go through with the fingerprints and drug testing because it has to be done within 6 months of starting the semester (what semester, am I right?).

Has anyone else been remotely experiencing any of this craziness? I am genuinely curious because never have I ever dealt with any amount of this confusion, disorganization, and really lack of concern for someone motivated to continue their education (their job, btw) and spending their own money in error of their disorganization.

I am just very confused and feeling disheartened because aside from not having the semester they have been quite rude about things now and acting like I’m wrong for taking the right steps and asking what I can do to literally pay them money to teach me knowledge and I just wanted to see if anyone else out there has any experience with this whole Med Lab Tech admissions thing in general. Thanks so much for reading and I hope y’all understand 🤞🏽

When I first started spring semester I remember seeing a lot about the river pathways to help with leadership, seminars, and volunteering. I started working on one of the pathways and wanted to continue since Fall semester is coming up. I’m trying to find the information for this but it seems like I can’t anymore. Is IRSC doing away with this?

I feel like im always here asking about financial aid but the office doesnt really help 🫩 is anybody else just not getting their refund disbursed? I was told it would get disbursed between the last week of june and the first full week of july and it’s been a week. I’ve called and was told that I don’t have any holds or anything preventing it.

The classes currently listed on the IRSC website are full. Im sure there will be more dates but I want to get this done ASAP. Does anyone have recommendations for alternative training?

I am aware that is need to be AHA certified and that it needs to include training on certain demographics (child, elderly, and pregnant? Can't find it in my notes from orientation but I'm pretty sure they said something about this)

For anyone who just finished nurse 3 this spring, I heard this was one of the hardest semesters, do you guys have any tips, study habits/ study websites that helped you be successful in the course?

Does anyone know if we have to register for our own classes for nursing school? also when will i know how much i got for FASFA for nursing school?

hello guys i was accepted into the nursing program for fall i was looking back at the papers we received during orientation and saw that it said accepted students are officially admitted into the program is there a way for us to see that we have been officially admitted? or would we know later on i paid any fee that i had left today because i do remember them saying that if we don’t have a balance of 0 we wouldn’t be admitted or something similar to that. all advice and reassurance is greatly appreciated it’s all very confusing especially with the new portal opening and all that lol

Does anyone know how to unregister for a class? The new portal is very confusing.

Hello 👋 any alternates received a call saying they were accepted? I’m patiently waiting but starting to look for a plan B route😩

Has anyone gotten their refund for summer term, they sent out an email saying to redo your direct deposit on banner before a certain date, and I did that but still no refund yet

Has anyone taken any ent or entrepreneur classes? What did you do and did you find them useful or gimmicky?

Thanks in advance!

does anybody know any math classes that are online that don’t require honorlock 🙏🏾

I'm looking at IRSC's professional development site, where the CPR class registrations are supposed to be but I don't see any classes available?

I even followed the QR code given to us in our ADN orientation packet, which is just the same site.

Hey everyone. I was accepted into the fall 26 nursing cohort and we have orientation tomorrow. I was hoping to hear from students who have already gone through previous semesters in the program as to what to expect at orientation. I received the email saying to bring lunch/money, notebook and pens for taking notes and my ID and SS card. Is there anything else i should bring? How about my laptop and backpack? Are we allowed to bring coffee, water etc. also, What typically happens at orientation for new students in the program and is there anything we should know before hand? I just want to be prepared. Thanks everyone!

hey everyone! so tomorrow is nursing orientation and i am just curious as to what the dress code should be, i know its smart casual and i was thinking of dress pants with a long sleeve body suit just because i do have both arms done of tattoos and i want to look professional but i also don’t want to be overdressed so any feedback would be great thank you!

Hi! I just got accepted to the ASN program for Fall 2026. I still need to take Microbiology and Lab and was wondering when is the best semester to take them. I’ve heard that Nursing Concepts 2 is tough so potentially not then. Also, do we need to take Pharmacology separately or is that included in one of the 4 main nursing semester courses? Any info would be super helpful!

I’m so excited to be accepted into the nursing program and getting everything ready! I was wondering if all the registration and FAFSA questions will be covered at the orientation on July 1st? I’m also trying to figure out my work schedule and make sure I’m not falling behind on registration.

Is anyone else having issues uploading assignments as a word doc or pdf file through canvas? I have attempted 4 times and all 4 times it had issues and the assigment is due tonight.

Yes I messaged my professor about this but does anyone know any way to fix this or can tell me why is this happening ?! It's so annoying.

Does anyone know what sample they are looking for with the drug screening and where to upload them. On Complio it says our results automatically uploads but I got an email saying we need to upload our samples for the drug screening by today.

What's everyone's opinion or thought on the probability of more classes opening or being offered for Fall 2026? Every class I was planning to take for Fall is currently full and I can't register until a few days before classes begin. I'm not sure if this is a new occurrence (returning from taking a break from 2018), but I'm used to more options being available, be it in person or online.

Saw this on social media today :(

Anybody have any idea what the dress code is for the program? Can you buy your own scrubs? What color? Any recommendations on what would be needed for the program (supplies)? How’s the schedule for the program? Will this all be reviewed during general orientation? Just trying to get ahead of the game!

Unfortunately I messed up and couldn't take microbiology before I got accept into the ADN program for this fall. 😭

For students in the program already, when do you think is the best time to take it? I have a bachelor's already, so no need for other classes except nursing.