Acceptance letters from N Georgia (UNG) Fall 2013

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Has anyone heard when acceptance letters will be mailed out??

If you hear anything, please let everyone know!!

I think they noted a deadline of July 5th for ordering uniforms online thru Meridys, not too far off at this point.

Oh no! I was going to order at the end of this month, but even at this point we'd barely have a chance to order and ten return them and order new sizes if they don't fit... Do you know if we can get a hold of the uniforms somewhere else?

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Oh no! I was going to order at the end of this month, but even at this point we'd barely have a chance to order and ten return them and order new sizes if they don't fit... Do you know if we can get a hold of the uniforms somewhere else?

I think if we go anywhere else they won't have the UNG patches on them. Guess we will have to use the advice of others from the past classes. Lol

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I probably went overboard in my NCLEX prep but didn't want to take any chances of not being prepared. I took the Hurst Review which I thought was a great content review and had several NCLEX books that I used. A friend who had taken the Sylvia Rayfield Review (which I've heard is also excellent for content) lent me the Insanely Easy books they give out at the review (for nursing and pharmacology). I studied my content, used the 35 page facts for NCLEX from allnurses, did tons of questions from the books that I used (PDA by LaCharity, Kaplan, Saunders, Lippincott). I honestly didn't feel prepared and thought that I'd failed the test but did pass, so apparently I was more prepared than I thought!

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Have you gone through orientation for the school (INTRO)? The reason why I'm asking is that I wasn't able to register for any classes my first semester before I did INTRO. The Nursing department will sign you up for your nursing classes but you will have to sign up for any other classes that you need to take on your own. And, it's sometimes hard to get into non-nursing classes. I'm not sure of the reason but they seem to have too many people who want to take the classes and not enough spots, so I would suggest that you sign up for the INTRO as soon as you can (if you haven't done it yet), as they let you register for non-nursing classes during INTRO. You'll be in class on Monday from 8-10 or 11, I'm pretty sure and will have lab/clinical on either Wed or Friday, so if you plan to take face-to-face classes, you'd need to schedule them on Tues/Thurs or evenings. I did my classes (history and global issues) that I needed to take online and that was helpful.

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Honestly, I don't know if I'd go up or down in sizes when ordering but wanted to share what my experience was ordering. I was on the bigger size (have lost quite a bit of weight since then) and was big busted with a very short torso but long legs and not much of a waist. I ordered a large top based on their recommendations and it was too tight and XL on the pants and they were HUGE.

I ordered my stethoscope at orientation (the price was reasonable) but you could order one just about anywhere. I ordered a Littmann Classic II SE, I'm pretty sure and it was around $75-80, not sure of the exact price. I ordered 2 complete uniforms but honestly wish that I'd only ordered one to save money. First year, you'll only wear it one day a week when you go to clinical and you'll wear your school polo shirt to Service Learning (volunteering). Second year, you wear your uniforms twice a week starting at the beginning of the semester. But, I took my uniform off and put it straight into the washer as soon as I got home and dried it and hung it up immediately so I wouldn't have to iron it, so really didn't need to 2nd uniform and could've saved on the expense. The lab coats run true to size and the polos did, too. I got the womens polo and it fit fine. I got my BP cuff from Meridys but you could get one anywhere.

They might've changed the rules about the white shoes, but I couldn't find a pair of nursing shoes that didn't look like big loaves of bread on my big feet and they were expensive and ugly to boot, so I called the nursing department and whoever I spoke to said that I could buy a pair of white athletic shoes if they had a very small logo on them, which I did. I got a pair of Nike shoes that had a teeny tiny logo on them and never had a problem from any clinical instructors about them. The male students all wore athletic shoes, so it shouldn't be a problem for the women, IMO. I would make sure before you buy them, though, as they might've changed the rules.

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Maybe the July 5th date is so it allows time for returns? I got an email from the school, it said some were finding pants were running small and lab jackets big.

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Maybe the July 5th date is so it allows time for returns? I got an email from the school, it said some were finding pants were running small and lab jackets big.

It's weird bc the order deadline is July 5th. Approximate Order Ship Date is Aug 9. And In Uniform Date is Aug 23. Hopefully it will give us enough turn around time if we need to return something. I ordered mine this morning so we will see when I will get them.

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The nursing department received all of my (clinical) paperwork last Wednesday so I'm guessing if everything was filled out correctly they don't contact you? Has anyone else turned in all their paperwork and heard back?

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This is my daily panic, that something isn't there or right and that they drop me. I would hope they would contact us, but who knows? Ms S is out this week.

The nursing department received all of my (clinical) paperwork last Wednesday so I'm guessing if everything was filled out correctly they don't contact you? Has anyone else turned in all their paperwork and heard back?
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This is my daily panic that something isn't there or right and that they drop me. I would hope they would contact us, but who knows? Ms S is out this week. [/quote']

Since we have about three more weeks before the deadline and Ms. S is out of the office I will email her first thing Monday morning to make sure I am all good to go. I think if something wasn't right they would email or call us and let us know! I hope.....

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The nursing department received all of my (clinical) paperwork last Wednesday so I'm guessing if everything was filled out correctly they don't contact you? Has anyone else turned in all their paperwork and heard back?

I was contacted by email by the Nursing Counselor that some minor stuff on my Medical Report form was missing. Since I'm out of the country, they've extended my deadline to Aug. 1st. :-)

They've been very accommodating with me due to my circumstances (I won't be back till July 29th.).

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I just received an email from Meridy's saying that my uniform order will ship in 12-14 days and to allow 1-4 days for shipping depending on my location in GA.

So basically 2 1/2 weeks before I get the uniform. I think that will allow me enough time to return them if anything is wrong.

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