Anyone getting ready to apply for Fall 2009?

Savvy20RN, BSN, RN · Apr 23, 2008

Yep, I'll be finished with pre-req next spring, but I'll start applying this Fall for Fall 2009. I can't wait to start nursing. I could have entered the program this Fall, but I didn't want to take an accelerated Human A&P class during the summer because I almost failed the class last fall. It sucks but I rather pass the class this fall than fail it over the summer and have to take it over anyway.

renebean319 · Apr 23, 2008

I'm getting ready to apply for fall 2009 as well. i already have a bachelors of science in another field, so i only have to take anatomy&physiology/microbiology parts 1 & 2 which i'm doing in the fall and spring and the TEAS test.

surggirl · Apr 24, 2008

Well, this looks like MY kind of thread. I"m hoping to make it into the fall '09 class as well.

I cannot apply until mid January though:down:

I passed the NET a few weeks ago because I had to wait another 6 months if I did not pass it, so I needed to leave time to get another try in before the deadline to apply.

I am studying MEDS and MATH FOR NURSES book I found at the college bookstore, and also a study guide for beginning nursing students. It teaches you how to THINK about the questions you will face from first quarter on.... I thought I would do these books while I wait.

I've been a surg tech for almost 10 years and I have to say, that even though everyone thinks that I "have it" hands down over everyone else, I don't think so. Surg tech is not hands on, patient care, the way nursing is.

I think it will still be difficult, and a totally new way of looking at everything. I may stop scrubbing during my schooling and work as a tech in the ICU at a hospital somewhere to get experience in IV's and nursing skills.

We just hired a surg tech turned nurse at our surgery center that was able to do that based on her medical field experience and she said it was a very good thing to do!

Lets keep in touch and supporting and praying for one another. That's a good thing to do too!! :up:

editor2rn · Apr 24, 2008

I'm also applying for Fall 2009. I have A&P II, micro, and pharmacology left, and I've finished all of my coreqs for the ADN program. I have a few degree options here--ADN, BSN, alternate master's. Many have different prereqs. So I plan on enrolling in prereqs for an accelerated BSN program while I wait to hear back from the ADN program.

Good luck to everyone! :up:

amillender · Apr 24, 2008

I am getting ready to apply for NS in fall '09. Finishing up pre-reqs! SO excited! Good Luck to everyone joining me at the same time.

Angela

PreRN Katie · Apr 24, 2008

I live in the Atlanta area and there are so many nursing programs here it doesn't make any sense. They all have different pre-req requirements, different extrance exams, and different criteria for where you have to be in terms of having your pre-reqs done before you apply. I remember that at least one of the schools here requires an interview, but i can't remember which one. Maybe Uni of West GA I think. For those of you in cities with numerous choices for nursing school, how do you decide which programs to apply to when they all have different pre-reqs? Most have the same basic ones (like A&P I and II, Micro), but for the ones that have some that the others don't (ie Psych, Sociology, Nutrition, Chem I and II, etc) do you just do all of them to give you a broader range of schools to apply to?

I'm in the Atlanta area too and getting ready to apply to a bunch of places for Fall 09. Like you said, each school has different prereq requirements, so I'm trying to take as many as I can for the schools that I'm really interested in, even if it's only for one particular school. That and a lot of them will allow you to substitute them in as "elective" type classes. For instance, GA Highlands doesn't require you to have Chem 1 like some other schools, but they will allow it to take the place of Nutrition and some computer class. Which schools are you applying to?

GaMBA · Apr 26, 2008

Hi Katie,

I didn't know about the substitution thing. That's great! At least that way the classes dn't go to waste should you not go to the school that has those prereqs. Right now the schools at the top of my list are the BSN or accelerated BSN programs at Uni of West GA, Kennesaw State and Clayton State. I might add Ga State to that list eventually. I'll also apply to Emory and Mercer (Ga Baptist), but will more than likely only attend those (if accepted) if I get a scholarship of some sort. Or a really gracious donor! I have been thinking about just getting a service cancellable loan though for those schools, but I don't know. That's a lot of money to owe on top of student loans I already have from another degree.

As a backup I'll also be applying to ADN programs though I haven't decided exactly which ones yet.

noneil680 · Apr 26, 2008

Hi Carine. I live in Ga and would like to be able to begin NS in Fall 2009. I plan to enroll in at least one pre-req this summer and start applying like crazy once I find out what all the deadlines and requirements are for the programs I'd like to attend. More than anything I'll be praying every step of the way!:heartbeat I'm also thinking about taking a CNA course this summer (it's 11 days) and becoming a CNA to get my feet wet in the nursing field and to see how I like working with patients, nurses, docs, families, etc. I want to go into this whole process with my eyes wide open and see if I'm really cut out for this. I'm excited about starting this journey and seeing where it'll end up...

I am currently in a CNA class, although ours is a full standard semster of 4 months! If I could go back in time, I would not have taken this class. I thought the same thing, that it would help me get some experience, but it didn't! Our clinicals are obviously at a LTCF and all you do there is change diapers, baths, showering, pretty much all it is personal care. I was expecting clinicals to be in hospitals so I could really get some significant experience (although now I realize that wouldn't make much sense for schools to do that because of what the job entails.) I regret it completly and dred going to clinicals. I really do not enjoy being a CNA and doubt that I will even waste my $90 dollars to become certified at the end of the semester! Again, everyone is different but I found this class to be a complete waste of time! And CNA's have horrible job! I love the personal contact, spending time with the pt's, talking to them, giving back rubs, making them laugh, ect., but cleaning up urine and feces ALL DAY is not fun :crying2: ....I would have dropped from this, but didn't want to get a W on my transcript. I wish that I would have taken this time to work and save money to actually pay for RN school! This is my opinion, but felt I should share!

Nikki

GaMBA · Apr 27, 2008

....i would have dropped from this, but didn't want to get a w on my transcript. i wish that i would have taken this time to work and save money to actually pay for rn school! this is my opinion, but felt i should share! nikki

hi nikki, sorry to hear that the class isn't what you thought it would be. we've got some semester long (and more expensive) cna programs here as well but when i heard about the shorter, cheaper options that's where my focus went. from what i understand, at least here in ga you have to do the clinicals portion of the cna cert class in a ltc facility, which rules out the typical hospital (unless it has an affiliated ltc). cleaning booboo and peepee all day definitely doesn't sound like my cup of tea but on the bright side, if you can get thru that you can make it thru just about anything. if you go ahead and get certified at the end of your course at least you'll have the cna certification to fall back on should you need a hospital job. i know that several hospitals near me are looking for cnas. that would get you away from the ltc environment and might provide an opportunity for you to get tuition assistance or reimbursement for nursing school should you decide to pursue it. best of luck in whatever you decide! :heartbeat

DESTINED 2B NURSE · Apr 27, 2008

Hey everyone,
I'm still fairly new to this site. I haven't posted much, since I just joined, but I've been reading lots and lots - even before I joined.
I just wondered, are any of you getting ready to apply for Fall 2009? I'm working on finishing up my first degree, and planning to apply to an accelerated program to get my BSN in two years.
I'm volunteering at a local hospital, reading books (have any of you read Tilda Shalof's Story of a Nurse? It's really good!), and getting some early studying in for the Anatomy and Physiology class that I need to do next semester as a pre-requisite. I need to apply this winter, but I'm just trying to get an early start on things, especially in the summer, while I'm not at school (working, though).
For those of you that are getting ready to apply, what are you doing to get ready?
I just thought we could support each other while we're working out way through the application process!

Hi Carina,

I'm new here also. I actually meet with a Nursing Counselor Tomorrow to discuss my academic plans. I'm registering for the CNA program Tomorrow and I'm going to knock some of the pre-req's out this summer. So, yes, I will be applying for Fall 2009:nurse:

PreRN Katie · Apr 28, 2008

Hi Katie,
I didn't know about the substitution thing. That's great! At least that way the classes dn't go to waste should you not go to the school that has those prereqs. Right now the schools at the top of my list are the BSN or accelerated BSN programs at Uni of West GA, Kennesaw State and Clayton State. I might add Ga State to that list eventually. I'll also apply to Emory and Mercer (Ga Baptist), but will more than likely only attend those (if accepted) if I get a scholarship of some sort. Or a really gracious donor! I have been thinking about just getting a service cancellable loan though for those schools, but I don't know. That's a lot of money to owe on top of student loans I already have from another degree.
As a backup I'll also be applying to ADN programs though I haven't decided exactly which ones yet.

Sounds like we're applying to the exact same schools! I go to Kennesaw now and I love it...tough nursing program to get into but the nursing dept. people have said the accelerated one isn't quite as competitive. I would like to apply to West GA but I think you have to take pharmacology to apply and at KSU that's solely a nursing course (can't take it unless you're accepted into the program) and I am not driving all the way to Carrollton for one class:bugeyes:.

GaMBA · Apr 29, 2008

sounds like we're applying to the exact same schools! i go to kennesaw now and i love it...tough nursing program to get into but the nursing dept. people have said the accelerated one isn't quite as competitive. i would like to apply to west ga but i think you have to take pharmacology to apply and at ksu that's solely a nursing course (can't take it unless you're accepted into the program) and i am not driving all the way to carrollton for one class:bugeyes:.

i didn't see anything about pharmacology in the west ga nursing website but i'll double-check. i've heard nothing but great things about kennesaw state. everyone who's gone there--for anything--absolutely loved it. it's good to know that the accelerated programs are not as hard to get into as the regular ones, even though they sound a lot tougher with the constricted timeline. but hey, anything worth having in life takes determination right?! :rolleyes: do you know anyone who's been in ga state's nursing program? i don't seem to hear much about that one, and the little i've heard has not been all that positive.