Chamberlain college of nursing rejection

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Hi everyone,

So I applied to Chamberlain (Arlington, Virginia) and I was told my gpa was a little low (2.744) and was advised to write a letter to the commitee. The commitee was to review their applications on May 2 and I still have not heard back from my advisor. At this point I am getting worried. I was just wondering if anyone has ever gotten rejected from chamberlain and if they were able to reapply.

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IMO, you'd be better off going the community college route. If you're in Arlington, that'd be NVCC. Excellent NCLX pass rate. Plus, you'd save a ton of $$$, and job prospects after graduation are MUCH better.

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I was considering NVCC's nursing program...but I decided not to apply for it because it is an associate degree. I would much rather get a BSN.

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With your GPA, you might have difficulty getting into NVCC's nursing program. Nursing school is competitive, even at the community college level. Can you retake some classes to boost your GPA?

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IMO, you'd be better off going the community college route. If you're in Arlington, that'd be NVCC. Excellent NCLX pass rate. Plus, you'd save a ton of $$$, and job prospects after graduation are MUCH better.

Why are the job prospects after graduation better for an associates program than a BSN?

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Why are the job prospects after graduation better for an associates program than a BSN?

because the school offering the BSN is a "for-Profit" school i suppose.......

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Interesting. Around here chamberlain is very well respected and their grads find jobs quickly. Is it different in other areas?

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when I went to chamberlain's open house, they said a lot of their graduates get jobs fairly quickly since many of the places they send their students for their rotations, usually end up getting jobs there.

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Yes, that's exactly what I'm doing. Unfortunately, I didn't get accepted into chamberlain for their fall session...they suggested I take a full time schedule at NVCC for the fall semester to boost my GPA.

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Hi everyone,

So I applied to Chamberlain (Arlington, Virginia) and I was told my gpa was a little low (2.744) and was advised to write a letter to the commitee. The commitee was to review their applications on May 2 and I still have not heard back from my advisor. At this point I am getting worried. I was just wondering if anyone has ever gotten rejected from chamberlain and if they were able to reapply.

Hi jennyj1991! If you don't mind me asking, what score did you get on the HESI exam? I'm kind of on the same boat with you on the GPA and really nervous about getting rejected as well

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I attend NVCC right now just for my general ed and I'm always at the medical campus talking to the students, instructors, and deans and like someone else said, with that GPA it would be hard to even get in their program. They are VERY competitive. And with them you have to take the TEAS not HESI so you would also need to take that as well. Your best bet would be to take some classes at NVCC like pre reqs to boost your GPA. That way if you still want to apply to Chamberlain you will ahve knocked out some courses off their Course list and gotten a better GPA to get accepted.

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