Applying to UCLA MECN to start Fall 2015?

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Hi! Is anyone applying to UCLA's MECN program? Last year I applied and wasn't accepted. I believe they accepted around 12%. They had 70 spaces down from 90 the previous year.

Specializes in Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner.
How important/heavily weighed is healthcare/volunteer experience? Are people accepted without healthcare experience?

I'd say it's pretty important. I don't think there's anybody without volunteer/work experience who got in. At UCLA's info session, the advisor said it was important. That being said, there's probably usually at least one or two people who get in without any.

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I have work experience as a 6th grade teacher and working for a wellness office with Chicago Public Schools, but I do not have any direct healthcare experience.

I'm considering a career change but am not yet set on my timeline - I am weighing the benefits of an accelerated BSN vs Master's Entry.

I have been accepted to an ABSN program at Loyola University of Chicago (~500 applications, 60 spots) and was wondering about UCLA, though it seems extremely competitive.

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I worked for an outpatient transplant center for a year and a half as an admin asst where I interacted with patients a lot and interact with physicians and nurses on a constant basis. Throughout undergrad I also volunteered to lead various health workshops for underserved populations. Is that sufficient experience? Or is it recommended to still do some volunteer work in a hospital?

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hey all... any of you submitted your apps yet?

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I submitted mine a couple weeks ago ? but unfortunately I got an email that for those of us who sent them earlier they had posted the wrong letter of recommendation form so I had to re-send the forms to my recommenders ? oh well.

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is there a required font?

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Specializes in Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner.

I used arial narrow when I applied last year.

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thinking about making my font size 11. @get2thechoppa, i PMed you.

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Hello everyone

I will be applying this year too. Got wait listed last year too.

Good luck everyone.

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hey, what other schools are you applying to?

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I'm applying to CSUN's ABSN program, CSULA, CSUCI, and CSUSM's ABSN program. How about you? ?

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Hello there! I was wondering if when you guys were filling out your application where it asked for junior and senior year GPA, if you guys calculated it as A(+/-)=4, B(B/-)=3... or if you guys counted + and - differently as A+ and A=4, A-=3.7, B+=3.4 and so on?

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