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**Macomb Community College Radiologic Technology admission: How competitive is it really?**
Hi everyone. I’m considering the Radiologic Technology program at Macomb Community College in Michigan, and I’m trying to understand the real admission difficulty before committing a lot of time to the prerequisites.
From what I’ve researched, I understand that I need to complete the required prerequisite courses and take the HESI A2. The admission ranking is based on **60% prerequisite GPA and 40% HESI score**.
My main concern is the competitiveness. Completing the prerequisites could take me around 8–10 months, and I’m worried about spending that time and then not getting accepted into the professional program.
I’d really appreciate hearing from current students, recent applicants, or graduates, especially anyone who applied in the last few years:
What was your prerequisite GPA?
What was your HESI score?
Were you accepted, waitlisted, or rejected?
Does anyone know roughly what the lowest combined score was for accepted students?
Is a combined score around **80–85** realistically competitive, or do you need closer to 90+?
If you weren’t accepted on your first attempt, what did you do next?
Can the prerequisite courses transfer easily to Radiologic Technology programs at OCC, Henry Ford, or other Michigan schools?
Would you recommend applying to several radiography programs at the same time rather than relying only on Macomb?
Are there good backup healthcare programs where most of these prerequisites would still count?
Looking back, do you think Macomb Radiologic Technology was worth the admission risk and time spent on prerequisites?
I’m not looking for the official minimum requirements because I’ve already read those. I’m mainly trying to understand **what actually happens in real admissions and what scores successful applicants had**.
Any recent firsthand experience would be really helpful. Thank you!

Macomb Community College Radiologic Technology admission: How competitive is it really?
Hi everyone. I’m considering the Radiologic Technology program at Macomb Community College in Michigan, and I’m trying to understand the real admission difficulty before committing a lot of time to the prerequisites.
From what I’ve researched, I understand that I need to complete the required prerequisite courses and take the HESI A2. The admission ranking is based on 60% prerequisite GPA and 40% HESI score.
My main concern is the competitiveness. Completing the prerequisites could take me around 8–10 months, and I’m worried about spending that time and then not getting accepted into the professional program.
I’d really appreciate hearing from current students, recent applicants, or graduates, especially anyone who applied in the last few years:
What was your prerequisite GPA?
What was your HESI score?
Were you accepted, waitlisted, or rejected?
Does anyone know roughly what the lowest combined score was for accepted students?
Is a combined score around 80–85 realistically competitive, or do you need closer to 90+?
If you weren’t accepted on your first attempt, what did you do next?
Can the prerequisite courses transfer easily to Radiologic Technology programs at OCC, Henry Ford, or other Michigan schools?
Would you recommend applying to several radiography programs at the same time rather than relying only on Macomb?
Are there good backup healthcare programs where most of these prerequisites would still count?
Looking back, do you think Macomb Radiologic Technology was worth the admission risk and time spent on prerequisites?
I’m not looking for the official minimum requirements because I’ve already read those. I’m mainly trying to understand what actually happens in real admissions and what scores successful applicants had.
Any recent firsthand experience would be really helpful. Thank you!

For those whose cases were auto-expedited or expedited, what did their CEAC status show: “Ready” or “Refused”? Please check and let me know.

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Has anyone from the paused-country group had their CEAC status remain unchanged after the interview?

Even several days after the interview, the status still shows “Ready”. I’m trying to understand whether others are experiencing the same situation.

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Form I-945 (Public Charge Bond) has now received OMB approval, and the related documents contain several noteworthy points.

Source: www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/22/2026-01115/agency-information-collection-activities-reinstatement-with-change-of-a-previously-approved

According to the USCIS Policy Manual, a Public Charge Bond is not limited to Adjustment of Status (AOS) applicants. It may also be used in certain cases involving Immigrant Visa Applicants.

The policy states that, for visa applicants, a bond may be posted with USCIS based on a request from a Consular Officer.

Source: www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g-chapter-10

In the Form I-945 Supporting Statement, USCIS explicitly acknowledges that it can process Public Charge Bonds for immigrant visa applicants. If a suitable bond is posted and the applicant is otherwise eligible, the immigrant visa application may be adjudicated and a visa may ultimately be issued.

Source: www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202604-1615-003

Another important point is that USCIS clearly states that, without Form I-945, it would be unable to process Public Charge Bonds. As a result, certain immigration benefit requests and immigrant visa applications would not be able to proceed to final adjudication.

Source: www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/22/2026-01115/agency-information-collection-activities-reinstatement-with-change-of-a-previously-approved

Based on these documents, at least three points appear clear:

• Under USCIS policy, the Public Charge Bond framework can be applied to certain Immigrant Visa Applicants.

Source: www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g-chapter-10

• A Consular Officer (Embassy/Consulate) may request initiation of the bond process for a visa applicant.

Source: www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g-chapter-10

• USCIS now has an OMB-approved mechanism and form through which such bonds can be processed.

However, one important clarification is necessary:

This approval does not mean that the 75-country pause or any travel restriction has been lifted.

It is also not an announcement that pending visa cases will be approved.

What it does mean is that DHS/USCIS now has an approved framework that, according to its own policy and supporting documents, can be used in connection with immigrant visa applicants. The key question going forward is how broadly and how often this mechanism will be used in practice.

Sources:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/22/2026-01115/agency-information-collection-activities-reinstatement-with-change-of-a-previously-approved

www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g-chapter-10

What are the realistic chances that OIRA approves the Public Charge Bond rule, and if that happens, how likely is it that the U.S. government will lift the 75-country visa pause? Are these two developments connected, or could the pause remain in place even after OIRA approval?

After two weeks since my interview, my CEAC status is still showing “Ready (Ready for Interview),” which is giving me a headache. I’ve done a lot of research, and most people say that the status itself doesn’t necessarily mean anything. However, I’m still concerned because eventually the status should change to “Issued,” and in some cases that can take 3-4 months.

My main concern is that I’m from a country affected by Visa Pause. Even if those pause are lifted, I’m worried that I may still have to wait another 3-4 months simply because my case status hasn’t updated. That’s what’s making me feel frustrated and anxious about the situation.

During the 75-country visa pause, many applicants who received a 221(g) at their interview saw their CEAC status change to ‘Refused.’ Is there anyone who received a 221(g) solely because of the pause, had an otherwise successful interview, and whose CEAC status has remained ‘Ready’ after the interview instead of changing to ‘Refused’?

https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?App=IV

My CEAC status is still showing “Ready” five days after my visa interview.

My CEAC status is still showing “Ready” five days after my visa interview. The day after my interview, the U.S. Embassy in my country was closed for two days and reopened today. I noticed that the “Last Updated” date changed to today, but the case status still remains “Ready” instead of changing to “Refused” or another status.

I am from one of the countries affected by the 75-country pause, so I expected the status to change to “Refused” if the case was being processed under that policy as i was given 221 g form.

Why would the case be updated today without any change in status? Does this indicate that someone reviewed the case, or is it simply an administrative update?

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Where This Case Is Headed

The District Court (Summer 2026)
Judge Vargas has had the summary judgment briefs since late April.
These cases don’t sit forever and realistically she rules sometime between June and August.
The plaintiffs’ arguments are genuinely strong here, not just “immigration lawyer strong” but clean statutory violation strong. The INA says individual assessment. The government did zero individual assessment. That’s not a gray area.
If she’s doing her job by the book, she rules for plaintiffs. Call it 60-65% she does.

The Next 72 Hours After That Ruling
This is actually the most important window in the entire case, more important than the ruling itself.
The government files for a stay immediately, same day probably. They always do.
The question is whether Vargas says yes or no.
Here’s the thing though. The government called this a “pause.” Their word, not plaintiffs’. Four months in, they’ve shown zero progress on whatever reassessment supposedly justified it. No framework. No timeline. No benchmarks. Nothing.
So Vargas can look at them and say: you told the public this was temporary. You’ve done nothing to end it. If I grant your stay, I’m turning your “pause” into a permanent ban with a judicial stamp on it. That’s not what you represented.
That’s a real argument.
Whether she has the nerve to act on it is another question. Maybe 45% she denies it.
If she denies it, processing resumes almost immediately and the government sprints to the Second Circuit for an emergency stay, which they’d get within days anyway.
So even a denial buys maybe a week or two of actual processing before it’s frozen again.

Second Circuit (Late 2026 into 2027)
The Second Circuit is probably the most important stage nobody talks about.
It’s actually a decent circuit for plaintiffs. New York based, historically skeptical of executive overreach on immigration. But “historically” means less than it used to.
Three ways it goes.
They uphold Vargas, maybe 40% chance, and processing resumes while the government petitions SCOTUS.
They reverse her, 35% chance, and it’s back to zero.
Or they split it somehow, maybe letting employment-based processing resume while family-based stays frozen. Messy, but possible, and maybe 25% chance of something like that.
A partial ruling might actually be the most politically sustainable outcome for everyone, weirdly enough.

The Supreme Court Problem
Be honest with yourself about this part.
The 6-3 conservative majority has shown one consistent instinct on immigration, which is to defer to the executive. Trump v. Hawaii gave them the framework and they’ve used it repeatedly since.
Even if plaintiffs win clean at every level below, SCOTUS can take the case and reverse everything. Or worse, use it to write new law expanding executive immigration authority permanently.
The one argument that makes SCOTUS slightly uncomfortable is the racial discrimination angle.
The country list is almost exclusively Black and Brown nations. No European countries. No wealthy Asian countries. Plaintiffs have shown zero empirical evidence was used to compile it. That’s harder to wave away with “executive discretion” than a national security claim was.
Overall survival probability all the way through is an honest 30-35%.

The Wildcards That Could Change Everything
Midterms in November 2026 create real political pressure.
If Republicans are getting hammered on immigration, and the polls suggest they already are, the administration might quietly modify the pause before election day. Maybe carve out employment-based visas. Maybe add a waiver process. Not because they want to, but because they need Latino votes back and the optics are killing them.
Maybe 20% chance of something like that happening.
Congress doing anything meaningful is genuinely unlikely. 8% and that’s generous.
The administration is currently fighting immigration battles simultaneously on 15 or more fronts. At some point that legal and political weight becomes unsustainable and a broader settlement happens.
Maybe 15% chance there.

What This Realistically Means For People Waiting
Best case, everything breaks right, stays get denied at key moments, and the Second Circuit is decisive. That puts you at late 2026 into mid 2027.
Most likely case, courts move at courts’ pace, stays freeze wins below, and appeals drag out. That puts you at 2027 into 2028.
Worst case, this outlasts the administration entirely and whoever wins in 2028 decides it.
The cruelest part is that winning in court doesn’t mean immediate relief.
You can win at the district court in July and still be waiting in December because a stay froze everything. The legal system was not designed with urgency in mind, and the government knows how to use that.
The one genuine source of hope is that the government trapped themselves with their own language.
“Pause” implies it ends. A good judge at any level can hold them to that word, and if enough judges do, the legal and political cost of maintaining it starts outweighing whatever they think they’re gaining.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​