I know that it's early, but I really wanted to get a jump on this. I have read the past two years' threads from start to finish and have seen the amazing support given by everyone involved. Considering how competitive it is for nursing school admission, it is extremely informative and heart-warming. I will be applying to all the schools in the Portland/Salem area to which I will qualify. This next year is going to be rough, but ever since I started on this journey I have loved every moment.
A little about me:
I am 33, married, no kids.
I live in Salem and have taken the bulk of my prerequisites at Chemeketa.
I have been working as a Dental Assistant for 2 years and feel that it is supremely unfair that many of the OCNE schools do not count dental assisting towards their "direct patient care" discretionary points. (I went to school for a year to become a dental assistant. I have dealt with medical emergencies, bodily fluids and have had my fingers in mouths on a daily basis! I'm grumbling, I know.)
I have a 4.0 GPA (so far) for all of the OCNE prerequisites (My single B in one of three Chemistry classes will haunt me when I apply to Linfield)
I am still one term away from finishing my prerequisites for the majority of the schools to which I plan on applying
I don't really think that I will be lucky enough to be accepted to any of the Portland-area community colleges due to my lack of necessary discretionary points (if any of you CURRENT students have found otherwise, I would be very interested to find out what you know!)
I will be applying anyway, because I know that I should at least make it onto a waiting list or two and as I have seen in previous threads - they do go through their waiting lists!
I sincerely hope that all my hard work will pay off and that I will be accepted SOMEWHERE
Again, I know this is early, but I look forward to seeing the responses from everyone!
If your immunizations were done in oregon, you might be able to track them down using the oregon public health website. There is a form you can fill out to request your immunization records: Getting Immunization Records
I recently needed my immunization records in order to photograph a surgery and called the Multnomah county health department and they were able to pull my entire records (including those in California) from a database and fax them right over to me.
I just want to add that Chemeketa DOES have a partnership with OHSU for RN-BSN, as well as the Linfield partnership mentioned, and University of Wisconsin. There are others, but those three are the main ones. Good luck to you all!
For those of you that interviewed at CCC- do you recall when they said they'd be notifying us of our status? I am almost positive that they said by the end of the month, but I wanted to double check.
I asked them at the end of my interview and they said they hoped to send the emails the first week of May. Last yeas I was told they received them around May 9th.
Omg yes this is killing me!!! I can't think about anything else!! Unless I'm preoccupied but then it just comes right back into my mind! ahhhh I hope we hear from them soon so I can stop checking my email every 2 seconds wishing I would get something, but then be too scared to look!! Haha
I hope we hear from them soon so I can stop checking my email every 2 seconds wishing I would get something, but then be too scared to look!! Haha
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Thank you, Kvedaa! This insight helps a lot. K_dazzle, I will probably have to do the same. Wish my deductible was not so high!