ABSN Duke Fall 2010

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Hi All!

I have decided to take the plunge and leave my career as a mental health therapist to gain a BSN in Nursing and hopefully move straight into MSN program. Is anyone else applying to Duke in the Fall??:yeah:

Sorry if I wasn't clear. What she actually told me was that no one had even seen my file yet because I was an automatic interview (People that met a certain GPA and GRE were automatically invited to interview). I'm pretty sure most of us were automatic interviews, right? On the other hand, the applicants that were not automatic HAVE had their files reviewed.

I suppose it would have been more accurate for me to say that the admission's committee would not be sitting down to review the files in order to make decisions until after all the interviews are complete.

As far as interviews, I don't know whether or not the faculty members conducting them are even on the admissions committee. All that I do know is that I was told the interviewers are conducting blind interviews and therefore will not have reviewed the files. They should have nothing but our name, phone number, list of questions and an interview evaluation to fill out.

I hope this helps.

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Hey tigers, what's up? Question, once we get in :) , anyone know what a typical day would look like? I know it will vary semester to semester based on when clinicals are, but I'm trying to figure out hypothetical pre school scenarios right now for my daughter. Any idea what time round about we'd need to be on campus or at clinical location? Any thoughts ideas would be appreciated. I'm planning on asking this question at Duke Days this week of course but would love some insight before then if possible. As always, thanks!

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Rubypie - I found this schedule online but, it's a little outdated:

http://nursing.duke.edu/wysiwyg/downloads/ABSNCurriculumSchedule.pdf

I'm sure that your question will come up at Duke Days, though!

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Thanks AG! 7 am it is then! Oh boy...

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Its 9.45 AM (central), I guess in 3 hrs from now, some one in this group will be completing their telephone interview???

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My thoughts on the blind interview is that there is simply too much information and too many applicants to expect the interviewers to be super familiar with everything in our file. Chances are, they may be glancing at it as we talk... and if anything stands out- it may be addressed. Or it's possible that items in the folder have already been reviewed and "scored" or noted.

Maybe I'm alone on this- but I think 25-30 minutes is ample time to recap the highlights of Why Nursing and Why Duke. I've been working on distilling my personal statement into a tight story- beginning middle and end.

:lol2:

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Probably we will know a little bit more about the interview in the next 30 mins.

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Yes! I cannot wait to hear how the phone interviews went for everyone!!

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Who in our group was going to interview already?

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Eagerly waiting for some one to post their comments about their interview.

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Do you have someone specifically in mind that you're waiting on? Because I don't think anyone's mentioned that they had scheduled a phone interview for today. I could be wrong though.

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I dont know any one who scheduled for today, but today is the first telephone interview date. Just hoping for some one who reads this thread to give their experience.

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