Samuel Merritt ABSN 2010 San Mateo

Were you accepted into the November 2009 SF cohort?

No, I recieved the 'little' envelope for my SF attempt. What's nice is that they included a very short form to fill out and send in if we wanted to have our applications put in the running for January 2010 in San Mateo or Sacramento (without having to submit another application fee). So I'm waiting along with the rest of you here. Luckily, I was accepted into the ELMSN Case Management program in Sac, so I'll likely decline the ABSN program if accepted.

Long story short: I've played the waiting game and I've seen both envelopes. The 'big' one is so much nicer! I hope you all get to recieve one of your own for whichever program you're waiting on!

How do you know rejection letters are in the mail? Thanks in advance...

I don't know when they'll be sent, I only know that those accepted/waitlisted into the November 2009 SF cohort received phone calls while the rest received letters via snail mail back in June.

would you say that if you haven't received a phone call by now, your probably not accepted?...or is it still a little early to tell?

No, I doubt any calls have been made (since no one here has posted yet). When I applied to SF, the application deadline was March 1st and they didn't start calling people until late June (~3.5 months later). The due date for the applications this time around was July 1st, so I wouldn't worry too much until maybe late-October (even early November). All the calls were made within the span of a week, I think.

Anyway, to put your minds at ease, I think the odds for acceptance here are pretty reasonable. For SF, there was only one program beginning in Winter with a total of 214 applicants for only 24 seats. This time around, there are four programs beginning in Spring (two ABSNs and two ELMSNs) totaling ~88 seats. Some of us applied to both an ABSN and an ELMSN program. If any of us are accepted into both, we have to decline one of them. I've already turned in my letter of intent for the ELMSN program, so I'll be one less person you'll be up against for a seat in the ABSN. I'm guessing there may be others like myself applying to both as well.

Good luck, and keep us posted on when the phone calls start rolling in!

Yea congratulations!!...And thanks again for all the info...The wait so far is just taking a toll on me...For now, you have helped put my mind at ease...And good luck with that program!

Awww, thanks so much! Good luck to you both! With all that we have to go through to get into this school, one would think we're applying to med school.

HAHA!...Its funny because i was originally pre-med, and decided last minute to apply to nursing school because i thought it would take less work to get in...Now i feel i might be biting off more than i can chew...Now i think i have a better shot at getting into med school in the Caribbean than i do getting into this program