monkeyduty

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1. How many times have you applied?

   monkeyduty replied to Sartorius1's topic in Oregon

   Are you sure it's your GPA that isn't getting you in? Have you talked to the admission counselor at the school to look over your application? You might just have to retake 231 for an A. I don't think they care much about an A in 233 (i.e., B is okay...

2. School giving me bad reputation...

   monkeyduty replied to patricianyc's topic in New Nurse

   well, i'm not sure what you consider *real* feedback but I can share with you that I know in my area the hospitals will be contacting my school about clinical experiences and you have references written by clinical instructors/preceptors they will be...

3. Getting ready for nursing apps again - Portland/Salem area

   monkeyduty replied to gardenstt's topic in Oregon

   don't forget MHCC has an part-time program that is relatively new and unheard of but is accredited. If your overall GPA is an issue, then you do have to be strategic to where you apply. Otherwise, I would apply to as many places as possible to incre...

4. Who is applying for Linfield this go around?

   monkeyduty replied to saribeari's topic in Oregon

   Have you made contact with ----, the admin adviser (is that really the correct spelling? adviser, advisor?) If you are concerned about your essays, it can't hurt to email her, ask for advice, and it will get your name in the door. Good luck. P.S. be...

5. Is Insurance required for Nursing Schools?

   monkeyduty replied to JWnurse2b's topic in Oregon

   This is an old post but maybe someone will find my input helpful: At Linfield, it is technically worked into your tuition. There's a pdf you can download and look at the breakdown and get financial aid/loans for that number. What happens is the scho...

6. Linfield College - Paying for tuition for accelerated program

   monkeyduty replied to Tobygo2's topic in Oregon

   Has anyone applied for the MedCAP loan at Wells Fargo? They said I qualified for a 6% rate which sounds pretty good nowadays but I was hoping that with my credit score at 741 I could get even lower. Does anyone know if I should push it or look somewh...

7. Accelerated program at Linfield

   monkeyduty replied to jessi76's topic in Oregon

   Taz, Where did you see this schedule for Resource Analysis Assignment? Have you already registered? I was under the impression that we would register on orientation day.... am I already FALLING BEHIND?!

8. Accelerated program at Linfield

   monkeyduty replied to jessi76's topic in Oregon

   Thanks barleynhops, you've been so helpful. One last question (i think): you said we needed a laptop - but is portability really essential or can I just have a home computer?

9. Accelerated program at Linfield

   monkeyduty replied to jessi76's topic in Oregon

   I will be living really close to school so I can walk. Does anyone know if you can get through school without a car? I would think transportation to clinicals becomes an issue without a car.... but it would be great if I could get rid of my car and a...

10. Accelerated program at Linfield

    monkeyduty replied to jessi76's topic in Oregon

    SD22 - Here are some easy ways to remember the geography around Portland - The Willamette River splits Portland from East and West. Burnside Street splits it North and South. From Burnside and north is known as the alphabet district (Linfield sits ...

11. Accelerated program at Linfield

    monkeyduty replied to jessi76's topic in Oregon

    Thank you for the book list, barleynhops, I've already started shopping. Did any of the students find any advantage to having Tabor's cyclopedic medical dictionary (or any text, for that matter) on their PDA? I have found great deals on used paperbac...

12. CNA exam study group

    monkeyduty replied to kamaboko's topic in Oregon

    For me, the written part wasn't the problem. Doing the skills in the time allotted was the problem for me and most of my classmates. I think you only need like a 70% to pass on the written part. If you had a text, I would go over the review sections ...

13. OHSU BSN PDX program applicants - 2010

    monkeyduty replied to jtpdx's topic in Oregon

    Wow, that was kind of my strategy too but I had no idea so few people applied. I got invited for an interview as well but have already been accepted into Linfield. Linfield Pros: 2 years (more time to work), Bachelors Degree, academic slant Linfiel...

14. Anything less than 4.0 GPA won't qualify for nursing?

    monkeyduty replied to kmdguy's topic in Oregon

    I still look at it too. It's nice to have an idea of what type of professor you will have. I'd be curious to know if there is another website that other people use.

15. Anything less than 4.0 GPA won't qualify for nursing?

    monkeyduty replied to kmdguy's topic in Oregon

    Yes, there are many ways you could make that work but you might not want to focus on the obviously medically related stuff - they like diverse students so if you focused on leadership, problem solving, organizations, etc, etc, things that you know an...