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!
I plan on accepting CCC but I would like to see the other two school's responses first. At least OHSU's response because I don't plan to go to PCC at all now that I got into CCC. But for the ppl who are going to decline do it ASAP so others will get their call soon. :)
I don't know. I think if you want to go to CCC you would probably want to answer right away. Hopefully those that are on the wait list and don't want to go to CCC will decline sooner than later. I feel ya. The waiting is killing me too.
I was wait listed at Clackamas. Since I accepted Mt. Hood I will have them take my name off wait list. Planning on sending the email or calling this weekend. So that is one less person on the wait list! I have heard the same things about schools going through almost their entire wait lists so that is encouraging.
I know! Hopefully I'm not at the bottom of the list! I'm actually happy to be on the list. It's relieving to at least have a chance still.
I wonder how long until we hear from OHSU. I knew that someone had mentioned an increased cohort size earlier- to increase diversity. I just don't know exactly how much longer its going to be. Obviously at least a couple of days since they notified everyone.
I have no idea. That's a good question. Mine just said that we would be notified through e-mail if a spot becomes available. It also mentioned that they could not tell us where on the list we were. I assume we don't need to do anything. Maybe I will call on Monday to verify.
JaymeeL
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missjordie the deadline to send in acceptance is May 16th at ccc.