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Hey Guys!


So, I took the HESI yesterday and got a fairly good score. Got 90% in Vocab., 81% in reading (which sucks lol) and 94% in math and overall 88%.....I could've done better in reading....ehhh but I guess I'm fine with it considering the fact I only studied the day before and had a minor surgery last week....so let's see what happens as the waiting game begins now

Hey,

Yeah I got a call on sunday as well and interviewed yesterday.....to be honest, didn't seem like an interview to me :~....let me know how yours goes.....also, did you hear anything else about the starting of the program or when they'll let us know if we're accepted or not ?

Thought I would put my 2 cents in, though I am mostly a lurker on this board I had an interview. I was super nervous. I was told they would be mailing out letters around October 1st. I was asked why I want to be a nurse, and I was told about what the hours of the program are like, and hours of clinicals, etc...and they want students to know it is extremely fast paced (of course, it's 51 weeks!), you can miss 3 days at most (although if I was in I'd make sure I miss NO days ). They just want students to know how much work it's going to be and make sure people are serious about dedicating themselves to it. Especially since it's a new program for their school, they don't want to pick just anyone I'm sure. My HESI scores are really high so no problem there, my college coursework grades are good... but I was just so darn nervous in my interview! *sigh*.... We will see what happens. I think it went well though! I mailed out a nice thank you letter as soon as I got home. Does anyone else have anything to say about their interviews?

LOL, well I didn't want to jinx my interview, hope I didn't just jinx it now! Eek! Good luck on yours tomorrow And good luck to others who are waiting to interview! Not too many questions. They did not say anything about the price, but I didn't ask, although during my very first visit to Kaplan with an admissions rep I was told that they would have financial aid for the program. So that's good! Hopefully it's still around 26k like I had heard from reading stuff online. The interview was short, but I'm sure they just try to do what they can cuz I bet they have tons of people applying for it. All I know as far as length goes is it is 51 weeks long. I wish a current/first student(s) of the program would chime in haha.

I'm hoping my previous experience helps. I've worked in a derm practice and about 30 yrs ago, as a CNA in a hospital.

this past weekend, I finished a clinical med assitant course at delta college in stockton and started my externship at an ambulatory care clinic. that should take me till mid-october.

luck to all - and ashlie, do good, okay!

Ash: Oh no don't be scared because of me!!! Think happy thoughts!! I did complete a medical assisting course at another school and an externship at a specific office for a certain hospital (that's all I'll say ) but never found an MA job. Everyone wants "experience". I want to be a nurse anyway though. They (Kaplan) seemed to like the fact I have all my JC RN prereqs done. But just like you said, I cannot sit waiting around forever to get into a nursing program....the soooner I get in the better, plus I think if I can be an LVN first it'll make it that much easier to bridge in the future, and it will be better for the experience. If I have LVN experience, then finish classes for CSUS, that'll make me an even better competitor for LVN-BSN.

Plaza: Good luck to you as well! It would be neat if all of us on this thread were accepted, we could form a study group perhaps!