Any Fall 2008 UCLA - MECN Program Applicants out there?

kathliz · Mar 6, 2008

UCLA Nursing 08- I just took a peek at what is going on over at the UCSF thread and I see what you mean. Lots of angst just like here with some hearing and others still waiting to hear. Sorry for the whining- it is sort of part of my genome :). Still hoping for good news but will know better next time if I need to reapply- will send out more than just one app.

oh my gosh, i got on the waitlist. honestly, this is about as much as i expected. my number is somewhat high, so i am definitely hopeful!! i left a message for shelli asking how many people were actually accepted out of the 55 spots, to get a better feel for where i stand. anyways, the letter came in a tiny envelope so my heart had already sank...at least this is SOMETHING. (i don't know whether to put a sad or smiley face, so i'll stick with :stone)

Congratulations Lucy! :yeah:

If you have a high waiting list number (I am assuming this means that you are toward the TOP of the list) then I am sure you will get in because many will decide on another program. Here is the sad story. Most people apply to several schools. Some students will be accepted by every program while most of the rest will get rejected by ALL of them. I played in the band at UCLA many years ago so I knew many people. So many of them struggled through their difficult science majors. When it came to applying to medical school I found that they were accepted by most of their choices or rejected by them all. Of course, the rejected ones were totally crushed - four years of hard work and a lifelong dream down the drain. :cry: I wanted to go to med school too, but I gave up after my sophomore year because I had poor grades. I never thought I would see the day when nursing school became as competitive as medical school.

Kathy

odamae · Mar 6, 2008

Yup, I am totally dumbfounded to learn how competitive nursing has become, at good programs at least. I was not accepted to medical school my first try- I was actually an older applicant with work experience and a "rebirth" with better grades and MCAT scores (I repeated all the core science classes and got in the 99th percentile on the MCATs). So I know there is life after rejection. I truly believe, where there is a will, there is a way. Hang in there Kathy!

NSFA08 · Mar 6, 2008

got my packge today. I'M IN !!! It was postmarked for 3/4/08. i live in the valley, so i'm not sure what the hold-up was...

UCLA Nursing_08 · Mar 6, 2008

Yup, I am totally dumbfounded to learn how competitive nursing has become, at good programs at least. I was not accepted to medical school my first try- I was actually an older applicant with work experience and a "rebirth" with better grades and MCAT scores (I repeated all the core science classes and got in the 99th percentile on the MCATs). So I know there is life after rejection. I truly believe, where there is a will, there is a way. Hang in there Kathy!

The competition for nursing school is very overwhelming. Odamae, now you know what I meant when I made reference to the UCSF thread. So many stellar students and oddly enough, the superb students are being turned away by top schools.

Hang in there Kathy, Oda Mae, Lucy001, and others. Many of us are waiting to hear from other schools so I'm sure that most of you will earn a seat in the class. CSULB begins reviewing their application in mid-April so many of us won't hear from them until May or June. I know someone who was at the bottom of the waiting list at a nursing school and somehow made her way to getting an official admissions letter from the school.

I wish SON could just send out the congratulatory, rejection, and wait-listed letters simultaneously.

ucla_hopeful · Mar 6, 2008

After seeing all your posts I rushed home from work....doesnt look like the word "rush" is in my mailmans vocab.

He hasnt hit our building yet!

I must go back to work an make the day pass quickly.

Congrats to alll!

Send me good vibes

kathliz · Mar 6, 2008

Oda Mae,

Thank you for your understanding. I really, really hope that UCLA says YES to you. If I may ask, why aren't you re-applying to med school? Have you had a change of heart or is the program (school, residency, etc) too long? If you were accepted by a medical school at one time you do not have to worry about UCLA accepting you! You should be a shoe-in with your great science grades. :anpom:

I am now 49. I made the decision to apply to nursing two years ago. Since then I have been going to school year-round to complete pre-requisites. In fact, I have completed just about every strange pre-requisite that some of the schools are requiring. I have been an accountant for twenty-five years and I will have to honestly say that I have not enjoyed one day of it (though I haven't hated it). I need a purpose in life. I have never raised any children. Healthcare has been my lifelong dream. I don't consider myself "old" and the mirror doesn't reflect it either, but the B-Day on my driver's license tells me otherwise. I plan to be a nurse or at least teach in nursing school until I fall over dead. :prdnrs: Where there is a will there is a way and I will never give up.

Kathy

kathliz · Mar 6, 2008

UCLA Hopeful, I am very hopeful that your good news comes. Don't ask me to send you any "vibes". The vibes that emanate from me are usually not good. :weathercloudandrain

I'm thinking of detouring home before going to class tonight. I don't think I will be able to conentrate until 10PM.

WHEN we all get in let's meet up to celebrate! :chrs:

Kathy

kathliz · Mar 6, 2008

got my packge today. I'M IN !!! It was postmarked for 3/4/08. i live in the valley, so i'm not sure what the hold-up was...

CONGRATS NSFA08!!! :yeah:

If folks are getting good news today maybe there is hope for me.

odamae · Mar 6, 2008

Kathy,

I am actually a little older than you (although I have been told I am "well-preserved"). It is a consideration to go the medical route and I may still do it if this does not work out. Nursing right now is more appealing to me with what is going on in medicine and healthcare in general- the life of an MD is not what it once was and specialties are at saturation levels. Nurses truly are on the frontlines caring for patients which is why I wanted to go into medicine in the first place. It would also be a dream for me to go into academic nursing being I have several years of basic research and publications in scientific journals. I also love teaching having been a TA and taught CPR courses.

For better or worse, I chose to go into research because of my personal situation. This program or one similar would be an ideal pathway back into clinical medicine for me. We'll see.

I have fingers, toes and eyeballs crossed for you- I think you will be a GREAT nurse!!

Going home for lunch to check the mail:bowingpur

Oda Mae

lucy001 · Mar 6, 2008

wow, odamae and kathliz, you both sound like fabulous applicants! my fingers are crossed for both of you. nsfa08, congratulations!!! you've defied the odds and gotten a letter today... now everyone still waiting can be a little more hopeful.

i received a call from shelli and she told me that 60 people were offered admission and there are spots available for all of them. i think this means that for every person who declines, the waitlist will be bumped up one. (yay!)

hatingthewaiting · Mar 6, 2008

where is the mail?!? usually, the mail is here by about 1 pm. however the mailman has been conveniently late for about a week now!! i have an orientation for my new job today at 3 pm and it's across town, so i gotta be outta here no later than 230 pm and that's sorta pushing it. ugh!! the waiting is terrible.:sasq: :anbd: :hdvwl:

oh well, hopefully all of us on here will get the coveted "big manilla envelope" :plsebeg:

i thought this was cute, maybe it'll entertain you til your mail comes

:dancgrp:

hatingthewaiting · Mar 6, 2008

Well the mail came and I got nada, zip, zilch!! No acceptance, no denial, no waitlist, nothing! So the torture continues yet another 24 hrs :eek:

I'm central Cali, so maybe it'll be here tomorrow