is anybody applying to umd and what are ur gpas

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I 've already applied to Umaryland (BSN program) and i have a GPA of 3.0. I am currently taking micro which im getting an A. This would raise my GPA to 3.05 . I had a B in A&P 1,C in A&P2,C in chem lecture, B in chem lab and my soon to come A in micro. I have 4 C's ,5 A's and 8 B's. im just worried because i don't know how they are going to calculate my chem grade( thats whether use the C from lecture or the B from lab). im taking A&P 2 over this fall and i just don't know whether they will use my old grade or hold on since im retaking the class this fall. Is any of u guys applying for SPRING 2007 and what are your GPA's? What do u also think about my GPA. I wrote an excellent essay and i have already had my instructors sent my recommendations. i've not heard from them yet and when i called they told me they have not started processing the applications yet.

I saw that too, but I can't believe that a med surg (adult health) clinical would only be 3 hrs a week. I think that is the time frame for the lecture for 330. If you notice the other classes such as 403 they break out clinicals and the times are listed as 7:00am to 4:00pm. That sounds more reasonable, but again doesn't look like much happening to first year. I see other posts about clinicals being all day affairs for each care component. i.e. maternal/child, adult health, psych, et cet.

Anyway, I'm sure you will get more detailed information during registration and I'll ask a bunch of questions next week. I'll post whatever I find out.

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Can anyone tell me about clinical days at UMB? How many days in each semester and what were the hours you were at clinical? Also, where were they? Primarily Baltimore or did some of you get more rural/suburban assignments? Did they try to match you up individually based on your interests and strengths or was it completely random?

Clinical days aren't set. There are slots made available at the beginning of the semester and the registration is done online. It's basically first in wins. Most of the favored spots (i.e. those close to campus or where most people live) are full ~2 minutes after registration opens. After that the spots go further afield based on what the professors were able to negotiate with different units at different hospitals. So once the list is made available you choose your top 10-12 sites you'd be willing to work on and then wait until the service opens at 6 AM at which point you submit your whole list and if you're lucky you get one of your top choices.

Regarding days and hours of clinicals. During the first semester you have 2 clinical .5 days (6:30 AM - 1 or 2 PM) followed up by lunch and a post-mortem. Second semester is all about adult health. I'm trying to remember if it is 180 or 200 hours but it's somewhere in that range. 2 days a week and the available courses are split into a long Monday and a partial Friday. That way all the clinical sites commit to either T/W or W/Th schedules. Start time is the same as first semester, but you put in full days instead of partials.

HTH, best of luck.

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That's really helpful. I will ask specific questions about that next week. It is helpful to know that way ahead because I have children to get to school and day care and 6:30 is wayyy early. School morning care and day care don't even open until 7:00 and DH goes to work-usually- at 5:00am. Problem here.

I guess if we go that route, he will need to be flexible and we may have to find additional child care options.

Thanks!

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I currently have a 3.57.

I also know of a girl who got a 2.4 who got in just because of this program agreement my school has with UMB.

What school is that??? What agreement? I'd like to be in on this lol

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chlRN2b2010 please post the information you get about clinicals. I plan on attending in the fall, but I haven't received much information yet. I was pretty content with waiting, but seeing that 6:30 start time got me a little worried lol.

I attended an info session in January, but they just kind of glazed over it, basically saying there were a variety of clinical sites and times. I didn't bother to ask more about it because I wasn't set on applying at that time.

If 6:30 is the only option, I'll just have to make it work. But even 7 would be a little better for me daycare/school wise especially when my hub.'s job requires him to be out of town.

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What school is that??? What agreement? I'd like to be in on this lol

You have to specify it when you apply as a freshman to UMBC. I know UMCP has a similar program because they're all sisters schools.

According to my sister, the Women college of Notre Dame has the same program but with JHU.

I was bitter but now that I'm accepted I don't care as much. lol.

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You have to specify it when you apply as a freshman to UMBC. I know UMCP has a similar program because they're all sisters schools.

According to my sister, the Women college of Notre Dame has the same program but with JHU.

I was bitter but now that I'm accepted I don't care as much. lol.

Interesting... I spoke to someone who just got accepted to UMB ... she was a member of the UMBC-UMB agreement.... out of her class of 40 who were in the program and were suppose to transfer to UMB only 13 got accepted!!!! She had a 3.8

I was thinking of going to UMBC or UMCP because of the agreement .... but it's not guaranteed that you will get accepted to UMB

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I graduated last December. Most clinicals in the second and third semester start at 0630. This is because nursing shifts shart at 0700. You need to be there before that to get your patient assignment(s) and be ready to sit in on report with the nurses at 0700.

Things sometimes change (not that much), but when I was there Adult Health was one long clinical day (supposed to be 12 hours but rarely had to stay that late) per week with the exception of one site that had two evening shifts instead. Pediatrics and OB were one slightly shorter (eight hour) day (still starting at 0630), each going for half the semester. Psych was one eight hour day per week all semester, hours varying a little by site.

In the last semester Community Health is one eight hour clinical day per week, hours vary alot from site to site. Also, in your last semester you do a 180 hour practicum, hours arranged by you and your assigned preceptor. This could include nights, weekends, whatever your preceptor is working. Most hospital shifts are 7a to 7:30p or 7p to 7:30a, but your preceptor may be flexible and let you work partial shifts if you want to.

As far as sites, as someone else said, it's first come first served online registration. However, if you don't get what you want, you can try to switch with another student. Just make sure all your ducks are in a row before registration day or you will be locked out of registering (CPR up-to-date, immunizations up-to-date, etc.).

Hope this helps.

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Thank you ac that was very helpful.

Are there any clinical days during the first semester? Do they hold an orientation for new students? Is parking terrible?

Sorry for all the questions, but I'm really excited to start and I guess a few new questions just popped into my head. I was patiently waiting for more info from the school, but it's helpful to know some things in advance.

Any information you have is appreciated. Thanks

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Thank you ac that was very helpful.

Are there any clinical days during the first semester? Do they hold an orientation for new students? Is parking terrible?

Sorry for all the questions, but I'm really excited to start and I guess a few new questions just popped into my head. I was patiently waiting for more info from the school, but it's helpful to know some things in advance.

Any information you have is appreciated. Thanks

There are only two short clinical days the first semester, during Fundamenals - and they are later in the semester. The first semester, you spend a lot of time in the labs at school.

If the uniform they sell at the bookstore doesn't fit you, don't buy it. You can get any white scrub top and iron on the school patch (from the book store) and any khaki colored scrub pants. You don't need it right away, anyway. (You do need a lab coat.)

They offer parking for $5 a day in the student garage which is several blocks away. That's where most people park the first semester because you will be on campus a lot. For big bucks you can park in a closer garage. Sometimes you can park on the street but you have to feed the meter every 2 hours.

Yes, they have orientation.

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Is there any subjects we should study ahead of time to give us a good start? I have heard that pharmacology is the difficult one during the first semester.

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Is there any subjects we should study ahead of time to give us a good start? I have heard that pharmacology is the difficult one during the first semester.

Review your developmental psychology (particularly Erik Erikson and his stages), they'll be useful in Health Assessment. Know your A&P and Microbiology, particularly the immune response, the inflammatory response, blood pressure & hemodynamics of blood, really all of the homeostatic mechnisms in the human body with a particular focus on the roles of the liver, kidneys (if you're looking to ease your transition into pathopharmacology), and the RAAS. Review and know all the cranial nerves, where they are and what they do. This will save you time when learning how to assess the different CNs in Health Assessment. Fundamentals is all about learning to think differently so I would recommend picking up a book on how NCLEX questions are created and how to break them down. Not necessary, but most people who did really well on the tests (read: high A's) had a better understanding of how to approach the questions than did everyone else.

Other than that, just relax and enjoy your time off. School will start before you know it and you don't want to be burnt out before the semester even begins.

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