OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012 - Page 14

Got my letter *finally*...denied. Not even waitlisted? Would anyone mind posting their gpa's? I have a 3.8 in my pre-reqs and a 3.5 overall...thought my letter was strong, obviously not enough so. Just want to get a feel for what I'm up against next year. Best of luck to those that got accepted, only wish I were joining you

4.0 in pre reqs and 3.75 overall (with bachelor's degree) - waitlisted.

pnlu007 - Thank you for sharing this information with me about Linfield. I'm leaning towards staying in Portland to attend Linfield. Johns Hopkins is a wonderful school, but it's hard for me to rationalize spending $50,000 more to go there (with moving costs and higher costs of living, etc). I think it's smarter for me to spend less on my bachelor's and then go to a spendier institution for my master's/doctorate. I'm still on the fence though. Tomorrow is the accepted students day at JH, so I'm hoping I will have a better idea overall of what I want to do. If I do stay, I look forward to meeting you also and either way, how exciting to start a nursing program in which we'll be an RN in less than two years! Not to mention, looking forward to a Portland summer :-)

alkalinetreeo - I have a 4.0 pre-req gpa and a 3.7 cumulative gpa along with 6 months of volunteer experience at a clinic in Portland. The more experience you can get the better. Also, I took 3 classes over to raise my grades from B's to A's. From the looks of it, a 4.0 pre-req gpa is pretty standard. Best of wishes to you in the future and let me know if you have any other questions!

embrace change- let me know how you like JH when you visit!!

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smallyfry....waitlisted with a 4.0 on prereq and prolly like a 3.65 overall...a bit of volunteering...i think my essay was good, but didn't have a strong, community-focus...i think that would have been good to have.

I was wait listed also with similar background. I have been accepted into a few other programs so am really unsure on what to do at this point. What are other people thinking? I wish they could give us our rankings to make the choice easier....

One thing I've heard about Linfield from a lot of people is that the curriculum is very reading and writing based. Personally, I don't like writing papers and don't feel like it helps me learn things better so Linfield would be a frustrating experience for me. For others, it's probably excellently suited to their learning style.

Also, I've heard that OHSU has a nearly 100% completion rate for it's nursing programs and Linfield has an 85% rate. This may only be a RUMOR, but you could ask to confirm. Those statistics can be interpreted in a number of ways but with how expensive school is, it's only an investment if you actually finish. Maybe worth asking about JH too.

Also, when I was looking to apply outside of Portland (where I have friends) my brother, who had a former roommate in an Accelerated program, had an astute comment. He said that you basically have to study all the time in an AcBac program so you won't be able to go out much. Your old friends will forgive you for this. Making new friends in a new city will be harder.
... that said, your cohorts probably do become a lot of your social life either way, so I don't know if it makes as much of a difference.

Good luck with your choice!!

Congrats Ohgoodness, Midwife22 and rmfornursing (and tigerlogic)!

I'd love to talk but I don't have PMs on here yet. E-mail me at zeebee.beezee@gmail.com?


As far as GPA, I think my pre-reqs were 4.0 and my overall was 3.8.