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I applied to UNC Chapel Hill's 24-month BSN program for May '08. I was told by someone that admissions notifications will be sent out anytime between mid-March and April 15th (which incidentally is not a whole lot of time considering one would start the program approximately one month later).

Anyway, I know of one person who has already received their notification. I myself have not and am therefore getting more anxious as each day passes. I was hoping other people on this forum might be in the same boat as myself and can tell me whether or not they have heard anything from UNC?

Thanks!

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I applied to the 14-month and am in the same boat as you. The person you know that got in - are they already a UNC student? If so, that makes a difference. If not, now I'm even more nervous!

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They were not a UNC student. They were a 2nd degree seeking student and that person was actually notified that they did not get in. Wasn't not sure if that was good news for me, since I have (as of Saturday's mail) still not heard anything.

Btw, thanks for the reply.

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Wow, that's actually really weird that they were already notified that they didn't get in. I spoke with someone yesterday and she told me that they were hoping to mail out notifications this week. I have a friend that is a junior at UNC and she found out last week that she did get in. But I think current student selection is a different process. The big thing I'm confused about is how they say they will issue notifications of acceptance directly from the school for "the most highly rated applicants". Does that mean that if we're waiting to get the official letter from Undergrad admissions we didn't get in? Or maybe we did, we just were rated a bit lower than others? hmmm...

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mmm, not sure? where exactly did you read that at (your quote)? I've combed through the Nursing school's website, but I must have missed that one.

From my understanding, the nursing school notifies undergraduate admissions who they want to admit/reject and then undergrad admissions sends out notifications. I graduated from UNC several years ago and that is how it worked back then, things could have changed though.

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Follow the link:

http://nursing.unc.edu/admissions/application/prtbsn_instructions.html

Read under "Outcome Notification" under the "Transfer/Readmit" section.

This is what I'm basing my previous post on. It's all very vague and confusing though. Let me know what you think or how you interpret this.

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Thanks for the link. I think "the most highly rated applicants...ect" just means that they will offer admissions/acceptance to those applicants who they deem most qualified out of the entire applicant pool. And I do think they send their admissions decisions to undergraduate admissions, who then notify the applicants. Hope that makes sense?

Curious if u have completed all of your prerequisites before applying? I am currently taking my final prereq and I fear that may make me less competitive. I read through the transcripts from the chat sessions available on UNC's website. Although it is not yet required to have all prereqs completed prior to applying, I got the impression that it definitely could be a deterrent. Anyway, I also read that if one is rejected they have the option of getting feedback from UNC to see if they have an honest chance of being accepted if they reapply, meaning getting initially rejected may only be an issue of not having all prereqs completed.

When you spoke with that person, did u get the impression that they were actually mailing out the remaining notifications this week? Or just sending their recommendations to undergraduate admission, which would take more time for us to get?

I'll be sure to let you know if I hear anything.

Good luck, btw.

Thanks!

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I know what you mean about the pre-req. thing. I'm currently taking MICRO and I am certainly nervous that it could be a minus on my application. I have a few friends that were rejected last semester from the 24-month and they met with someone in nursing that confirmed that not having their pre-reqs finished was the factor. Though, from another friend I know, that is not the case 100% if the time because she was still working on 2 pre-reqs when she applied.

I got the impression that she hoped they would be actually mailing the decisions this coming week. But she emphasized "hope." So the undergrad office may drag their feet a little, I think is what she was suggesting.

Good luck to you too!!! I've got my fingers crossed for us both!

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Thanks for the info.

Your friends who were rejected due to incomplete prereqs, were they advised to reapply? Or did they reapply and get accepted their 2nd time?

Keeping my fingers crossed for u as well.

Thanks Again!

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I'm not sure that they chose to reapply, but one of them I spoke with said a friend of hers was in the same boat, reapplied and was accepted. So.... who knows! Hopefully we'll both hear something this week!

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I applied to the 14 month program and am still waiting to hear. It is driving me crazy!!! I was still taking one prerequisite when I applied last semester and was "waitlisted" (but being waitlisted at UNC is basically being rejected since almost everyone who gets in there goes). I was told the only reason for this was that my prerequisites were not all completed.

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CarolinaGirl84,

I can relate. These days I am pretty much camped outside my mailbox.

When you were initially waitlisted, did u meet face to face with someone from the Nursing school? I am curious to hear about that process and what they informed you about your options should you reapply? I am worried that my one remaining prereq will be a negative and I want to weigh my options should I not get in this round.

Thanks and good luck!

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