OHSU and other PDX area applicants for 2009

Hey siobhan0529 did you ever hear from Clark college?

so I just checked OHSU's website on their FAQ page and it says for the Standard BSN program, letters of notification go out June 1! HOLY COW that's a long wait!!! I'm about to go crazy waiting for the end of April lottery drawing at PCC!

While I find the lottery an odd way to accept students (being a school I would want the best and the brightest not the luck of the draw), with the new OCNE program, I will miss out on a lot of the previous medical field experience points. I have been in classes with people currently employed at hospitals, have a CNA or MA cert, things like that. So, even if I have a better GPA and a previous degree, they may get in before me based on the points. I figured I was willing to take a shot on the lottery this year. I'm not in a rush, other than a time limit on my A&P classes, which some schools limit to 5 years. I have until at least 2011.

The nail biting begins...

Thanks! That's good to know. I wish I could apply at some of the other schools like Linfield, MHCC or Clackamas, but they require a couple of other classes that PCC and OHSU don't require before applying such at Chem or the Nutrition class. We'll see. It's possible my hubby may be getting a new job that will take us to the East coast later this year, but the app deadlines are all due before we'll know our moving situation. So, if I don't get in and he gets a job, it's not a big deal anyway.

Ooh, good luck! I hope you hear something soon about the interviews. Keep us posted! I saw on my application status that OHSU received my essay (or statement of purpose). Now, I am totally freaking out about it because the type of word processing software I used I wasn't completely familiar with. The instructions said "single spaced". When I started, I thought it looked double spaced so I changed it to what I thought was single spaced and I think I may have done that wrong. I am worried it might have some effect on their decision, as if they may say "denied, she didn't follow the instructions". Can't June come quickly please???