Any one waiting to Hear from Inver Hills?

[inpatientlywaiting]

Hi all!

I'm going kind of nuts here waiting.... I'm fairly confident I'll get in, my GPA isn't the best (still over 3.0) but I have 7 years patient care experience + some military. The problem is I'm a planner, and my hubby is thinking he's going to apply to the CRNA program soon. I'm trying to figure out finances, and if we're going to have to sell our place and move in with my parents while we're both in school.

It'd be alot easier if I knew if I had a fall start, spring start, or non at all:crying2:.

Intrested in hearing who (hopefully) my future classmates my be!

:confused:For those who like myself are wondering about their odds, I went to meeting and this is, in order of importance what they look at:

Direct patient care experience (at least 3 months full time)

NA-R course compleation

GPA/ Liberal arts courses compleated (I dont remember which comes first)

A&P compleated

Medical dosages and terminology compleated

I can tell you that when I applied before with out either A&P done, I did not get in (even with 6 years patient care experience):smackingf (sorry, I'm kinda liking these little guys...)

Good Luck to you!!

[MauriceRC]

Yep, I'm still waiting on Inver, too. I am so so so glad you posted information you got at their meeting! Did you go to the one yesterday? I tried to go but I couldn't get work off. I am surprised that liberal arts completion rank before A&P and I am SHOCKED you didn't get in last year with all your patient care experience. I've only got about 4 months full time experience.

What branch of the military were you in? Lately I've been looking into the army nurse corps but I have a hard time navigating through their website.

Good luck to you and your hubby in figuring out plans. Hopefully I'll see you in the fall!

[inpatientlywaiting]

I could be wrong about liberal arts or A&P first. Bottom line is that it's best to have all your classes done. About the experience, it kind of sounded like what they really wanted was to be sure that you knew what you were getting your self into (I think) I think they may have had a problm with people getting into the program and droping out because they found out how that nursing isn't a very glamorus job :wink:

I was in the Air Force. Every one has their opinions about branches, the Army will tell you that the AF is cush. Well I'l tell you this: they are absolutly right. Don't get me wrong, I lived in a tent in the dirt for 7 months, but I was on an Army base (Support for OIF in Kuwait). The Air bases had either hard trailers, or dorms. Most importantly though, I knew when I was coming home, I wasn't forces to go in the first place, and I chose to stay that long (most tours are 3 or 4 months). They treat their people better. Other branches look down on us because of our hotels, dorms, ect. but I would hate getting on a plane after a year, and told to get off because there was a problem with our replacements, and they don't know how long it would be. (it happened to our Army neighboors) Military can be great, but look in to all options. AF recrutiers can be a pain, because they usually don't havea problem meeting their needs. If you find a branch you want. don't give up on it because you get a bad recruter, just go to someone else. Good luck with everything!!

[wahwahgerman]

By talking amongst other nursing students, there isn't a lot of consistency on how people got selected into the program. Some people didn't have all of their sciences done and still got in, some had C's in a few classes, but everyone had the 480 hours of direct patient care experience and the nursing assistant certification. Of course, it's best to have all of your sciences done, biomedical ethics, med dosages (with a good GPA), but there were some students who were accepted before hey completed several of these classes. IH and CC both promote diversity and choose candidates accordingly. It also helps if you took your classes at the particular college you apply at, and there are extra points added if you have a previous degree of any type.

The only advice I have to offer is this: If you have a prior degree, make sure your GPA was within a high range, because it will be factored into the "scoring" they use for selection. If your GPA during your prior degree was not high and you feel it could hurt your chances, you can file a petition in efforts to bypass using this old GPA information before you apply to the nursing program to better your chances in the selection process. Hopefully that doesn't sound too confusing! We've been trying to figure out the selection method for years

[kirchnerfamily]

So....did you get in? Inver letters are out...

[inpatientlywaiting]

I knnow this is a year old, I've been away for I while. Nope, I did not. I was #3 on the alternate list in spring, but didn't get in... Reapplied to inver century and umn. I had 2 classes in progress last year, now I'm done, so we'll see. I also hear Umn looks at experiance. Fingers crossed...