Samuel Merritt ABSN Spring 2011

[Victory925]

Starting a new thread for the Spring 2011 SMU applicants for the Sacramento Campus and all others as well.

Post your stats, any other important information you might have heard about the applicants, questions, concerns, anything!!

My stats:

Already been in nursing school- Dropped OUT- UGH, why????? *I digress...

*Received a degree from Sac State already, Cum Laude

Science G.P.A.= 3.4

Overall G.P.A. = 3.5

Teas= 84.1

1 year of healthcare experience

1 year of nursing school experience

Multiple community involvement experiences- ERG's, Volunteer on Diversity teams, Church, internships, mentoring, tutoring

*Hoping that this may be the year because I'm going no where fast in my current job field and I want to return to a profession that I have a passion for and am good at!!

=)

[roni322]

Has anyone gotten another email update from SMU Sacramento ABSN program? The only one I've received was on August 9th.

[ilnurse15]

I talked to ------- this past Friday and she said that decisions should be made by the end of this week through Oct. 1st. So we should know soon

[iwannabnp]

ilnurse15,

Do you know if this is for the san mateo campus as well??

I am still taking one online prerequisite, pharmacology, and i was put on the waitlist for the fnp sac program but I cant help but wonder if they really wont let me into the absn spring star if i just have one last prerequisite to finish..

[mhfp]

So...does this mean they will start calling us, once they have made a decision? Or will they wait until October 1st to start calling? And, do rejections come in the form of a letter or do they make rejection calls too? Hmmmm....a stressfull next couple of weeks...

[MStar]

ilnurse15,

do you know if this is for the san mateo campus as well??

i am still taking one online prerequisite, pharmacology, and i was put on the waitlist for the fnp sac program but i cant help but wonder if they really wont let me into the absn spring star if i just have one last prerequisite to finish..

hi ilnurse15,

you should be fine for spring absn:

"final course grades

final grades are due to the office of admission by the end of december 2010" this is from the absn san mateo admissions counselor email from a while back and i also double checked with her via email to make sure. i'm also taking pharm and patho online this semester :)

[iwannabnp]

Whew!!! Thanks!! Do we know if San mateo is trying to let us know by Oct 1 as well??

[MStar]

Whew!!! Thanks!! Do we know if San mateo is trying to let us know by Oct 1 as well??

From the SM ABSN counselor "We anticipate sending out all decision letters by November 15, 2010." - but I'd love to see them let us know sooner :)

[ilnurse15]

You might want to call. I did and the information differed from what the Admissions office said. It might be best to get it straight from the admissions director for that cohort.

[roxy4140]

awesome thanks for the heads up!

[roxy4140]

ilnurse15-were you talking about the Sacramento campus??

[iwannabnp]

Ok...so just got a reply as to when San mateo decisions are expected to be made by...mid Oct.

[MStar]

Wow! That's way sooner then I was expecting! Thanks for the heads up :)