Accepted Temple U Accelerated BSN

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I was called last week and accepted into the accelerated BSN program at Temple University starting in the fall of 2008!

This is after I already made my decision to go to Holy Family University and was all set to go, did not need to do another thing but show up. Now I have to take two more prerequisites with labs this summer. I just jumped through those hoops last week and today to get my classes dropped/added needing three signatures from people that were impossible to find.

I will have to get all the paperwork re-done for Temple, physical, background checks, etc. I will have to quit my job, so am stressing out over when to tell them and still have not received anything in writing from Temple.

Going a bit nuts as now this is all happening so fast and is all a reality now. I am changing my whole life. Feel like I have taken the plunge off of the high dive. There is no turning back now.

If all goes well I will be a nurse by December 2009!

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:yeah:Congrats!!!!! It seems like I am going through the same thing I called Drexel last week, and they told me I was acceptedfor the Spring 2009, I spoke to my academic counselor and was given my student ID # but I have not received anything in writing. I am going crazy. Good luck!

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Good Morning Whitehat,

I got my letter yesterday I got into Drexel's ACE Program!

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Hey thats great!!! Drexel was my first choice but they turned me down.

I spoke with Temple yesterday and they said that I will receive a letter soon.

Now I am having cold feet! I feel like I am getting married or something. I guess I will be married to this career now. Ha.

Since everything is now set in motion I am worrying if I am making the right decision in my life. I have been working on my prerequisites for over two years now so this is not a fly by night decision. My sister and best friend are both nurses. I have been reading on this forum and others for years. I have worked in the healthcare field. So I know what I am getting into.

Someone asked me the other day why I wanted to be a nurse and I froze up and then started getting annoyed. I am tired of explaining my situation to everyone. After that crazy stressful time of trying to get into nursing schools I don't want to explain myself anymore. How come if you say you want to be a nurse everyone wants to know why?

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Hey Whitehat,

Don't explain yourself to anyone, prove it to yourself this is what you want. I have be going back and forth with this decision for almost three years now.

I have to know, for me that I am making the right decision and not for anyone else. At the end of the day you are the one that has to make your choice about school.

Do what you want to do for you? :wink2: Do worry being married to school for a while won't be so bad because when you graduate you can PARTY like a ROCK STAR!:lol2::lol2:

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Congrats congrats congrats! I say go for it and don't look back- the hectic scrambling now saves you a couple years in school.

Can I ask how your grades were? I think I remember that you and I have a similar situation- I got a 2.795 in undergrad with several Fs and so far have been getting As in my prerequisites (well, all two of them so far!).

I'm so anxious about it even though I know that does me no good- but in the last two months it just sorta dawned on me that kicking butt in my prereqs might not be enough to make up for my undergrad.

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In undergrad I graduated with a 3.21, I didn't get a bad grade until my Senior Year and that was in an elective(short stories). I had pretty good grade I made the dean's four times, so I did pretty good. My Pre-req GPA is 3.43 so far, I am taking A&P1 and A&P 2 in the summer so we will see. Thank you for your word of encouragement.

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I did really lousy for my undergrad (2.29 GPA!) long story, switched majors a few times and had to withdraw due to a near fatal car accident. Anyway this was over 16 years ago. For my prerequisites I have a 4.0 for 7 classes done within the last 2 years. I am taking two more this summer.

I think I did well on the interview and had a strong personal statement and application. Although I was not a first choice at Temple I was put on the waiting list and I got in because a few people declined and they had upped their enrollment from 12 students to 42 this year.

So I would definitely persevere in your efforts. Just keep trying and applying! I have heard to reapply if you do not get in to your top picks the first go round. Sometimes they will take you on a second or third try.

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Thanks- that's so, so encouraging. I can't tell you how stressed out I've been about my GPA and the competitive nature of nursing programs.

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CONGRATZ!!! Whitehat! im so happy for you !

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Congrats Whitehat!! :yeah:

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Hello everyone,

I just received a denial letter from Drexel Ace program and I'm really upset about it. I am also applying to temple and University of Delawares program, does any body have any advice about getting into these programs, my g p a was a 2. 7 and i was a biology major.

I haven't taken A&P yet, so i'm hopeing the A's boost my gpa. I was actually really wondering what does of you who applied and got into to temple wrote for your personal statement, i've never actually had to write one before and i'm nervous about writing this one. I would really really appreciate any ones advice. Thank you very much....

Sincerely

Desperate!!!! :crying2:

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