OU Accelerated BSN May 2011 Start

[juliaann]

So, is anyone else in this awful waiting period hoping to hear about acceptance from OU? I applied to the Tulsa campus, but I know admission decisions for the Tulsa and OKC campus were made at the same time, so I figured between the ~400 of us maybe some others read this board.

We all got the e-mail saying acceptance decision letters would be starting to arrive Feb. 14th...of course, that was before the snow those first two weeks of Feb. Has anyone heard how long they might be delayed now? I sent an e-mail to the ABSN Student Program Coordinator on Monday (the 14th) asking that question, but did not receive a response. I don't want to call and be a bother, but I'm so anxious (you'd think I would have been able to relax by now since I put my application in in frickin' September, but these few days have been killing me)! Maybe someone else has asked this question or called and gotten a response?

If nothing else, I would love to meet some other applicants (especially to the Tulsa campus) that read AllNurses! If anyone else is out there...what's your previous degree in? Why nursing now? Any health care experience? Did you apply anywhere else? Let's be friends and try to find ways to make time go by faster! :)

[TenliW]

Hi! I just discovered this forum! I am starting at OUHSC in Oklahoma City at the very end of May (or is it the first day of June?). The program is 14 months long and ends in July 2012. Is anyone else on this forum going to be in my class??? I'd love to get to "know" some people a little bit before class actually starts. I'm super nervous!

Also... is anyone looking for a roommate? I'm moving from the Dallas area to OKC!

Hi Christina10483!

I just discovered this forum and am starting at OUHSC in OKC at the beginning of June as well- so I think we will be in the same class! Im super nervous as well and have no idea what to expect but Im ready to get the program started! When are you moving from the Dallas area? I just moved up to OKC with my husband last August from the Colleyville area.

[Christina10483]

TenliW-- Hi!! You just moved from the Colleyville area? How crazy! I'm in Southlake right now, and I grew up in Keller! What is your name? Send me an e-mail -- [email protected]. Where in OKC are you living right now? I'm so super nervous about school, and about moving to OKC, but I'm sure it will all be fine. That's cool we're in the same class!! What brought you to OKC in the first place?

[OSUshane]

Unless things have changed (which they haven't, though they did oust the lady stealing book money [did I just post that for the entire world to see? oops]), do not expect a call from the bookstore. In fact, don't expect ANYTHING remotely close to customer service from the bookstore. We had 10 people try to explain to the bookstore staff that ABSNs are different from traditionals after being told we were ordering our caps/gowns too late, despite having emails saying we were still well within our time limit.

If you want anything from the bookstore, you have to stick to them like white on rice.

I'm not exaggerating when I say it took 10 people. After about ten people went in there with the same story, they finally started handing out tassles.

Here's another story for ya: for those of us who actually bought the cap/gown (the "absolute deadline because we have to order these ASAP" deadline was over a month ago), we received an email from the school (not the bookstore) last week saying they're in, but when people went to the bookstore they were told the packages were not even ordered yet. This is further complicated by the fact that they weren't even letting people have copies of receipts, mind you. I had to say, "Umm, then you're giving me a copy of that receipt, but I'm not leaving empty handed knowing how you guys conduct business."

Oh, and about scrubs: we were told we'd have them by the start of school. We were wearing regular clothes to lab for weeks, though, because they didn't arrive in time.

Teachers are understanding of the bookstore issues, though, rest assured.

For you OKC'ers, I've been told the issues are minimal with that bookstore.

[RNBSN1000]

Are our books/scrubs in yet?