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1. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2013

   aluflow replied to kmleonard4's topic in California

   Hi Matthew, congratulations on getting in! I have a quick suggestion though. The Facebook group for the ABSN Oakland class before me was called "ABSN Oakland Class of 2012" and mine is called "Samuel Merritt University - ABSN Oakland - Class of 2013"...

2. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2013

   aluflow replied to kmleonard4's topic in California

   Oh, and Saunders, yeah, that's a good one :-) I could name maybe four people in my class of 48 who have it already though. That's like three months from now! And after seven months of five-week terms, three months is basically forever.

3. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2013

   aluflow replied to kmleonard4's topic in California

   I think I meant to do that too, last summer, but I was taking prereqs into March! (long story). I'm not sure there's anything that could prepare you for the onslaught of work you get in the first few months. It's a very front-loaded program (these da...

4. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2013

   aluflow replied to kmleonard4's topic in California

   This is so great; I so remember what this was like this time last year! I'm in CaptainBW's class. Last year, I'm pretty sure they didn't look at applications until two or three weeks before they made their decisions and we started to hear back (in la...

5. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

   aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California

   They're at six different places. Kaiser is sponsoring us in Oakland, Oakland/Richmond, and Walnut Creek. We've also got people at John Muir in Concord/Walnut Creek, and at ABSMC's Summit and Eden. Not bad! I've been hearing about people doing their p...

6. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

   aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California

   I got one asking for a random assortment of transcripts, but not for my TEAS score. Weird, because I'd sent all of those as well! But then it turned out that one of my schools literally had not sent in the transcript I requested four weeks ago. Boooo...

7. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

   aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California

   Alright, I think I figured out what the books are for Oakland (except for two): Wong's Nursing Care of Infants & Children (9ed) by Wong and Hockenberry Foundations of Nursing in the Community: Community-Oriented Practice (3ed) by Marcia Stanhope ...

8. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

   aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California

   Ahh, noo pnlu007! But yay for Sika, if that's better for her...! I don't know. Sika, was that you who just joined the FB group? Did you find it okay? Katiebell, I am notoriously stingy when it comes to books. I think I'll be buying them on Amazon! Th...

9. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

   aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California

   Ahhh that's so much money! I should probably go for the bundle, but I have a feeling I'm going to buy them individually on Amazon.com. Wannabnurse, I don't want you to have to post the names of the books, but do you know where the list is?

10. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California

    Eastbay: I think volunteering is always a good idea. My application had something like a 3.6 GPA (3.5 for core science), TEAS 4 scores in the 99%, volunteering in a hospital for the past 5-odd months, plus current work as a TA for an anatomy class an...

11. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California

    Is anyone else anxious to enroll in classes? I just tried...and when it said "hey dum dum it's not time yet" I still added courses to my shopping cart knowing that it wouldn't let me enroll. So. Dorky. BUT - I went ahead and got my first loan for $25...

12. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California

    Blaah more moneyyys for blood-borne pathogens... Man oh man this loan stuff is annoying! I applied for the Sallie Mae one with my husband as co-signer and they just flat out said no. We're now using his parents as co-signers because my parents flippe...

13. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California

    I haven't heard anything about blood-borne pathogens? I did my CPR/BLS about a week ago - the Heart Start (I think it was) with this awesome guy...Ybarra? something? He was awesome! Wasn't strict, we all got out early...awesome. Thanks for pointing t...

14. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California

    also, i forget how many people from here are going where. someone was on top of that... i found it! tamosaur was on it. thanks tamosaur :) also i tried to edit this list for accuracy and oh my gosh i have no idea if it's right. for oakland: 1. c...

15. Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2012

    aluflow replied to wannabnurse81's topic in California

    Funny Fungus, I 'went around' that by adding my husband and then kicking him out after a few hours