Anyone applying to the Basic BSN Program at UM Fall 2009??

Thanks a million for your sound advise. I see and share your point. But, I do believe that the issue is closed to be solved becuase now exams are recorded, to prevent cheating. And also the report of last year board passing rate shows improvement. Hopefully those are good sings... Because it is in fact an expensive school!

Oh do you happen to know if there is any website that report the actual passing rate on the NCLEX, so I can visit it and find out a little more....

Thanks a million for your sound advise. I see and share your point. But, I do believe that the issue is closed to be solved becuase now exams are recorded, to prevent cheating. And also the report of last year board passing rate shows improvement. Hopefully those are good sings... Because it is in fact an expensive school!

Oh do you happen to know if there is any website that report the actual passing rate on the NCLEX, so I can visit it and find out a little more....

The NCLEX Yearly report and Quarterly report can be found in this webpage:

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/nursing/nur_edu_info.html

If I am reading it correctly, the % of Pass for the 2008 Year:

BARRY UNIVERSITY: 83.19%

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: 88.95%

MIAMI DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: 81.04%

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: 91.03%

I also got accepted into the Fall 2009 BSN at UM. Nice to meet you all...

Congratulations!!!!! It is so exciting to get accepted. Thanks for the info you provided, this certainly give me peace of mind.

Hey have you received the school of nursing packet yet??????

Well I have gotten a couple of letters in the mail recently from UM. I received one yesterday asking for $500 fee to secure spot in Clinical... Which 'nursing packet' are you referring to?

well thats how Gloria at UM calls it, but is that I believe the payment and some other details about the program and all that.

So far I have not receive it yet, so lets see if I get it like this week.

Thanks!!! If you know something new about the school let me know pls, I'll do the same for u

Hey Everyone,

I really hope that I can be accepted for Fall 2010 (seems so far away). My prereqs will be complete in Dec 09 and a pretty good GPA. Would any of you recommend applying from now for Fall 2010? I really hope to get the scholarship also. Any advice, wisdom, or sanity checks will be greatly appreciated!

This site is awesome.

I'm not sure if you can apply this early but I recommend you to call the school of nursing and talk to either Gloria or Yenesey. They really run the place, and know all the specifics of the program. I will also recommend you to go online to http://www.miami.edu and go to the school of nursing and under current student and check the student handbook. It has a great deal of info about the program.

Hope this helps!

Hey Everyone,

You all know that we have that "Mandatory" Orientation on Aug 23rd for the School of Nursing, are we suppose to wear our uniforms on this date? And is anybody going to the general UM Orientation on Aug 20th-21st?

I don't know about you guys but I am really excited to start this program!!!

Hey Everyone,

I really hope that I can be accepted for Fall 2010 (seems so far away). My prereqs will be complete in Dec 09 and a pretty good GPA. Would any of you recommend applying from now for Fall 2010? I really hope to get the scholarship also. Any advice, wisdom, or sanity checks will be greatly appreciated!

This site is awesome.

Hello Tatortots,

What they told us about applying early is as follows; "Apply when you have a few pre-reqs left to finish". I applied when i still had 3 pre-reqs left (my last semester). The Pre-Reqs GPA is a big factor in achiving acceptance into this program. So if you still have alot of classes left to finish, then I recomend you wait a bit because they wont have enough information to asses your application. Best of luck!

I am not sure if we are suppose to wear our uniform that day, but I don't believe so. And yes, I am going to the general orientation. What about you?

I recall the orientation day did not require uniforms (this was back in 05, graduated 07 before the new nsg school opened). Pretty much all of the faculty was introduced,the rules were explained, scheduling issues were resolved , a nursing fundamentals lecture was given, you actually recieved CEU's for domestic violence lecture, HIV, and medical errors. It was a bit hectic but exciting nonetheless:specs: , Im sure the system runs like a well oiled machine now. How I miss those days..

Thanks bluemartian, every bit of info helps. I am very excited about starting this program, but at the same time I feel as if I will be going be deployed into a War Zone for an entire year! I hope i just survive.