National University San Diego

[navyvetRNdreams2b]

Has anyone had any luck with applying at National University for their nursing program? I applied back in Oct 06 and have been waiting to hear from them. They are supposed to notify in 3 months. I have called and called and written email upon emails with no response really. Please, if anyone has applied and received some sort of letter, I would greatly appreciate your reply.

Thanks

[twilight_saturn]

I emailed the nursing department yesterday asking when they started sending out emails...no answer yet...did anyone else try emailing them? I really want to know!

[hiphippo]

no email for me either! this wait is killing me.. =/

[twilight_saturn]

Hey Sakura, I don't know if you are still reading this board but what was your prerequisite GPA?

[twilight_saturn]

Hi everyone waiting for acceptance letters! I called someone just now...she is out of the office but had a voice mail message that has answered all of my questions. It says that they just finalized all the scores and letters will START going out Monday.So, everyone don't fret yet!! NOTHING has been sent out yet and we all have come close to the end of our wait!! You will all get letters sometime next week!

Sorry Sakura, I am great at getting the information I want to find out the things I need to know. :trout: One thing I can't figure out is why you felt the need to fool us? After your first post I felt like something is wrong...For one, you received your acceptance email too soon and two, your GPA is too low to even be looked at by National. I am glad I saw through that...

[hiphippo]

thanks twilight for all your information!! That relieves some stress for me. As for sakura, if it really was a joke, that sucks.

[SakuraK]

twilight,

i wouldn't be so cruel to do something like that. pasted below is the email that i received.

monday, october 19, 2009

dear student,

congratulations! you have been accepted into the nursing program at national university! official acceptance information is on the way. however, we have a situation in which a few spots have become available in the upcoming january 2010 cohort. currently, you are scheduled in cohort 22 which will begin in april 2010.

we would like to extend an invitation for you to begin the nursing program at an earlier date with our 21st cohort which has a start date of january 4th. this would allow you to start the program at national university 3 months earlier than expected.

if this is something you are interested in, please contact margie prugalidad at [email protected] or 858.521.3906 for more details. there are limited spaces available and this invitation is extremely time sensitive, so please act fast. priority will be given on a first-come-first-serve basis. we must receive your reply/decision no later than friday, october 23rd.

additionally, if you choose to take this early start opportunity, you must be available for an all day nursing orientation to take place on friday, november 20th. all forms and information you will need to have with you on orientation day are included in this email as attachments. please scroll below for instructions and information regarding these forms and documents required.

please note that as a nursing student, your immunization requirements and physical examination must be current. take the time now to bring these up to date. some of them, such as hepatitis b, require several months to complete. you must have at least begun this series before the day of your orientation.

lastly,prior to your orientation session please review information contained on the hipaa (health insurance portability & accountability act) website.the link is provided below. you will need to print the final page of the module, sign it and bring it to orientation. http://health.ucsd.edu/compliance/hipaa_educ_ucsd_prov_module_finalv2.pdf

we are very excited to offer you this opportunity and look forward to hearing from you soon!

best regards,

the department of nursing at national university

[email protected]

16875 west bernardo drive

suite 150, room 103

san diego, ca 92127-1674

since the email, i've been busy with the all the paperwork that i have to turn in at the mandatory orientation on nov 20. and you're right, those stats i've posted are a bit low, but i do have the tendency to underestimate myself and my performance on things. either way, good luck to you guys.

[twilight_saturn]

Sorry Sakura, I contacted other people today and was told the same thing. Nothing has been sent out yet. I hope you can understand my hesitation to have believed that you received something so soon. Sorry and congrats, but I am still really confused as to why they would tell me that nothing has been sent out yet. First off, they said that letters will be sent out starting this Monday, not emails. Second, they just finalized their 50 people. It looks like they send out invitations to the January cohort before the acceptance letters. I don't see my actions as being cruel but rather taking the side of what people at National said to me than an anonymous person on this forum. Obviously, for some reason or another they left out the part where these January invites were already sent. Congrats again for going into the January cohort and sorry for the mix-up.

[hiphippo]

I guess you're just one of the lucky ones sakurak. As for us, we're waiting anxiously as you can already tell. It's hard to figure out how they're doing these acceptances. My GPA is a 3.0 (don't think its that high) and I've never taken any of my prereqs over. My teas score is average though and not sure how well I did on the essay. To me, not that great. I'm not good at timed essays either and I'm not sure how well I got to the point on my essay. Ugh, who knows! I just hope I get accepted. :anbd:

[twilight_saturn]

I think it will always remain a mystery as to how they send out acceptances...My GPA is a 3.53, TEAS: 85.3%, and I dunno about my essay...there are times where I thought I probably didn't even answer the question correctly! There is just no correlation...it's driving me nuts! But if anything screwed me over...it was the essay!

[h0n3ybee]

hello all,

The job market out there is extremely brutal. I still do not have a job and have applied to every hospital in san diego and have gotten as many certifications as i can. I do hope the economy gets better. most of the hospitals in san diego are on a hiring freeze. UCSD cancelled their october new grad program. scripps had 6 new grad positions open and over 1000 applicants for july. most of the people from my cohort who did get jobs were lvn's who were able to switch into a RN position and had externships from a hospital and got hired. some moved to other parts of california. I am hoping to get an interview from Sharp for the january/ february program.

here's my advise to future students: try your best to get an externship if you don't already have a job in the hospital.while you are on the floor during clinicals talk to staff and possibly the nurse manager. the only difficult thing is national does not have a externship program and they do not help you get one either. so you have to do everything yourself on top of going to school.

good luck all and dont ever give up:) i am still hopeful that i will get a job after all this hard work.

[prettyinpink57]

Thanks honeybee! Good luck with your job search and keep us updated, we appreciate it! :)

[SakuraK]

Twilight- I wasn't calling you cruel. I was saying that I wouldn't be so cruel to mislead anyone, especially people who could soon be my peers. Sharing my good news and estimated stats, I thought, would make people more excited and self-assured of their acceptance. I did not intend to make people nervous wrecks. And given the information you were told, I do understand your skepticism of my acceptance. However, your post was a bit uncouth. Anyhow, your stats are strong and I'm sure you got in.

Honeybee- Thanks for the info, I'll be sure to follow your advice.