National University Cohort 33 Applicants and/or members

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Hi everyone! My name is Alissa and I applied to National University's generic entry BSN program in San Diego (for cohort 33). I just completed the proctored essay and the TEAS test today and now the wait begins. Just to clarify this is the program that will begin in January, 2013 at the Rancho Bernado campus.

Anyways, I calculated my points and figured I have somewhere between 84.5 points and 87.5 points. I don't know exactly since we don't have the score for our essay, but I was just wondering if there was anyone else out there who also applied to this cohort and wanted to chat. Perhaps there is someone who has been admitted to a previous cohort who can give me some insight on how many points they got/what they wrote. :confused:

Best of luck to all of you out there!

Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

Hi lynn_08,

My TEAS score was 83.9% overall and I had B's in all of my pre nursing classes except for an A in biomed stats. My regular GPA is like a 3.5 or 3.7ish. I don't know what I got on the essay yet but you really need to think about what you might write before hand and write it down. As for the TEAS test: study the ATI testing book and do the practice tests. Know that book! Make sure you get plenty of sleep the night before the test/essay. Don't put off studying until the last min.

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Hi CaptCrzy,

Thank you so much for your tips. I've been studying the ATI book for awhile now, and many others told me the McGraw Hill book was better (in terms of the science section and going into depth). I'm hoping the ATI book will be enough.. *fingers crossed

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

Congratulations nissy_nc and cappuccinespresso!

I guess we will all meet on Nov 30th.

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

Hey lynn_08,

That was the only book that everyone I know used. Most of my friends got scores from 85-95% overall, so I think you will be just fine. Best of luck to you.

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I didn't even know this thread existed! Congrats to all that got accepted to Cohort 33. I also got accepted but will be declining the offer so hopefully if anyone got an "alternate" status that you get my spot!

@lynn_08: The ATI book should prepare you enough for the TEAS. Make sure you do the online practice test as the format is very similar. I also used the McGraw-Hill's 5 TEAS Practice Tests and "Cracking the Nursing School Entrance Exams (Graduate School Test Preparation)" Princeton Review. I studied for about 4 weeks before and got 86% (my reading comprehension score brought me down because I started to run out of time and had to rush through the end). It's been a while since I've taken any of these courses so I really needed to brush up on the material. I felt that doing a lot of practice tests helped me out a lot.

For the essay, not really much you can do in preparing for it. Just know how to write an essay with the 5 paragraph format. Do a quick outline of what you'll discuss and you should be good to go. Just watch punctuation and spelling.

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The results for my cohort is suppose to be out today. I was wondering when NU emails you, do they let you know if you got accepted into the program or do they tell you the results are up on the student portal? I'm afraid that if it is only available on the portal that we won't be able to check it until Sunday night because the portal will be down for maintenance at 4.

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@Sammin: I first got an email saying I got an acceptance notification from the National University Nursing department. Then another email (which was sent to all the applicants) that we can check our admission status on SOAR. A few hours later, I got an email (sent to Cohort 33 accepted students) about the orientation and compliance packet. Hope that helps! Good luck again!

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I got in!

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Actually cappuccinespresso and CaptCrzy, I wont be attending. I am deferring till the next cohort. We had an unexpected death in the family and my orientation fee went to cover some of the funeral costs. I cant collect the 2500 by the time orientation rolls around so I am going to wait till April which will give me enough time to have the funds without causing a burden on my family. Good luck all of you who got accepted. For those who didn't, don't be discouraged, I was denied my first try at NU but on my second try got in, keep trying to improve your teas and essay score.

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congrats everyone cant wait to join you all in April. Please keep incontact as you all will have a few months of experance on me.

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Anyone here apply for cohort 34 that starts in April? I took the TEAS/ essay Nov 28. My score was an 88%. How did you all do? Congrats to everyone who was accepted for cohort 33!

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@nissy_nc Condolences to you, and I hope we still get to see each other once you start in April! :)

@MarineWfe09 88% is really high! :) Good luck and I hope you get in to Cohort 34!

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