Applying to UCLA MECN to start Fall 2015?

Get2theChoppa · Oct 6, 2014

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.

sadiemonster · Oct 6, 2014

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.

mvaughn001 · Oct 6, 2014

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?

dcwang · Oct 8, 2014

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

ElizabethH736 · Oct 8, 2014

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.

dcwang · Oct 10, 2014

is there a required font?

Get2theChoppa · Oct 11, 2014

I used arial narrow when I applied last year.

dcwang · Oct 11, 2014

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

Arisulin · Oct 13, 2014

Hello everyone

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

Good luck everyone.

CURIOUS90 · Oct 15, 2014

hey, what other schools are you applying to?

ElizabethH736 · Oct 15, 2014

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

Malpirez · Oct 19, 2014

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?