Applying to UCLA MECN to start Fall 2015?

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Hi! Is anyone applying to UCLA's MECN program? Last year I applied and wasn't accepted. I believe they accepted around 12%. They had 70 spaces down from 90 the previous year.

@ElizabethH736

SOP is the definitely the deciding factor and really crucial. I'm planning on getting it peer reviewed so that it can hopefully meet UCLA's requirement. I'm also applying to U San Diego, APU, U of Rochester, U San Fran, U of Arizona, and currently applying to UC San Fran :-). My ultimate dream school is U San Diego or UCLA. I just completed my bachelors in public health with a minor in social gerontology at CSULA. I used to have about 14 schools then I narrowed down to half lol. To me it doesnt matter how far, the tuition of nursing school, I will go anywhere that meets my potential. I just want to be in the nursing field :-)

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hello all and good morning,

is anyone of you going to the info session today ?

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I'm applying! I was set to apply last year with microbiology in progress, but for family reasons I decided to delay nursing school for one year. The only pre-req that I don't have for UCLA is epidemiology, and I'll take it in the summer if I'm admitted.

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@missliliposh, No, not today :( If you could post anything interesting that you hear today, that would be awesome!

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hey all,

So i just got home from the info session it was interesting to say the least. The ucla website is down until september, they calculate your last 60em/90 qtr units that needs to be atleast a 3.0. if you have less than a 3.0 than you have to explain what happen in your SOP. SOP is really crucial and you have to follow their evaluation criteria. MECN will only get you to bedside not NP. you need healthcare experience like Care Extender. I'm currently in the clinical care extender program so that's not a problem. Oh and make sure your Letters of rec are turned in by jan 15th as well as your transcripts. Also, on the gnet, you click on nursing, fall 2015, then they ask what specialty, you will click msn/mecn. the rest of the app is easy. If you retook a class to make up for the lower grade theyll take the higher grade:yes:. for your resume you have to list in chronological order; education, honors, work experience, volunteer work, professional organization( if any) . thats about it. Good luck to everyone

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I'm applying again too! I was waitlisted #37 last cycle, and ended up like #13 at the end. Brutal. @ceecoxy I contacted them about my application too! After I read my PS months after I wrote it I thought that they would tear it apart but they said it was really well written, which I was really really surprised with. They said the biggest flaw on my application was a C I got in my Freshman writing class, and my letters of rec were "ok". I thought I had some pretty solid people writing (2 Nurse managers,an NP and my prof for A&P), but I don't think I did a good enough job "coaching" my recommenders. I also had Micro and Chem in progress. They didn't say that it hurt my application, but I'm sure it was a factor. If anyone else has a C in a writing class, see if you can't replace it with something else (as long as you can prove it is writing intensive). I asked if I could replace my C with my senior research proposal class, and it was approved. C -> B+! I wish I knew that beforehand. Anyways, I'm redoing my PS, and applying to Western, USD, USF as backups. UCLA is def my #1 choice though. Also it probably didn't help that they were short-staffed last year. Two people going though 500+ MECN apps, PLUS regular MSN and PhD students. Crazy.

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Re: the info session. I can't help but wonder if UCLA uses the info session to promote Care Extenders. After all thru it UCLA gets hundreds of hours of free labor. No wonder they're so profitable!

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Have students been accepted into the program with 1-2 pre-reqs in progress?? I feel like I may have read it on another thread. It's an ideal situation to have them all done I'm sure. I won't be applying this year but hopefully by next year when I apply I'll have them all done. I work full time and getting classes at local community colleges is not an easy task so I may have 1 or 2 in progress when I apply.

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Hi everyone!

I am applying as well!

Do they look at writing style / technique for the SOP?

I talked to the admissions counselor (------------------in) about my stats and he said "We do look at improvement; just apply." Have any of you had a chat with him about your qualifications? I have a noncompetitive undergrad GPA of 3.01 at UCLA due to my horrible science grades. Got my act together and 2 years post grad did my pre-reqs scoring #1 in the class. I'm applying to 11 schools because I'm not sure where I stand!

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Hi everyone!

I'll be applying this cycle too.... so nervous.... how many of you have actually met the admissions counselor? Did you actually ask your admission chances?

I've only one more chem class to complete and will finish anatomy this fall... will that be detrimental to my application? So far I've repeated one class and have gotten all A's.

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I'm applying again too! I was waitlisted #37 last cycle, and ended up like #13 at the end. Brutal. @ceecoxy I contacted them about my application too! After I read my PS months after I wrote it I thought that they would tear it apart but they said it was really well written, which I was really really surprised with. They said the biggest flaw on my application was a C I got in my Freshman writing class, and my letters of rec were "ok". I thought I had some pretty solid people writing (2 Nurse managers,an NP and my prof for A&P), but I don't think I did a good enough job "coaching" my recommenders. I also had Micro and Chem in progress. They didn't say that it hurt my application, but I'm sure it was a factor. If anyone else has a C in a writing class, see if you can't replace it with something else (as long as you can prove it is writing intensive). I asked if I could replace my C with my senior research proposal class, and it was approved. C -> B+! I wish I knew that beforehand. Anyways, I'm redoing my PS, and applying to Western, USD, USF as backups. UCLA is def my #1 choice though. Also it probably didn't help that they were short-staffed last year. Two people going though 500+ MECN apps, PLUS regular MSN and PhD students. Crazy.

Hello biglittlev,

I am applying this year as well and I was wondering who you spoke to about your SOP and your application. Did you go to a information session or did you schedule an appointment? Can you please let me know how I can get an overview on my application as well? Thank you :]

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Hello everyone! Just thought I would let everyone know that as of today the MECN online application is open ? I already began filling it out lol. I'm just so anxious to start nursing school already!

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