Direct Entry of nursing Fall 2018 at Simmons

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Hi everyone,

I didnt see a forum for this so I thought I would start one. I applied to Simmons College Direct Entry for fall of 2018. I was reading older threads and it seems like people dont hear back until mid january

18 hours ago, futurenp4life said:

I'm in the same boat. I've been waitlisted for the 2020 and also wondering what are my chances of being accepted from the waitlist. Did you apply to any other schools?

I'm thinking we will hear back late March-early April based on some previous years' posts I've come across. I applied to a couple of direct entry programs on the West coast as well as an ABSN program as a fallback option. I've only heard from Simmons (waitlisted) and UTK so far. What about you?

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21 minutes ago, paige428 said:

I'm thinking we will hear back late March-early April based on some previous years' posts I've come across. I applied to a couple of direct entry programs on the West coast as well as an ABSN program as a fallback option. I've only heard from Simmons (waitlisted) and UTK so far. What about you?

I hope we got are able to get in Simmons from the waitlist. I got accepted at Regis college. I also got accepted to a ABSN program in another state. I'm hoping we can here something from Simmons. It makes sense that we might hear back late march/early april because I'm sure folks will need to send in the tuition deposit by April.

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33 minutes ago, futurenp4life said:

I hope we got are able to get in Simmons from the waitlist. I got accepted at Regis college. I also got accepted to a ABSN program in another state. I'm hoping we can here something from Simmons. It makes sense that we might hear back late march/early april because I'm sure folks will need to send in the tuition deposit by April.

It’s always good to have options! And I agree, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that we’ll get pulled from the Simmons waitlist! I wish they had more info about the number of people on the waitlist / how they choose people from the list. A lot of schools re-review all of the waitlist candidates before choosing one or more of them, but I can’t find anything about it on the Simmons website ?

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6 hours ago, paige428 said:

It’s always good to have options! And I agree, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that we’ll get pulled from the Simmons waitlist! I wish they had more info about the number of people on the waitlist / how they choose people from the list. A lot of schools re-review all of the waitlist candidates before choosing one or more of them, but I can’t find anything about it on the Simmons website ?

Ikr. I wish someone could tell us more hoe Simmons waitlist works. The only thing I can think was to call Brian the director and ask him but idk how that may look lol. Maybe one of us can be the brave one and call directly and ask. I do want to mention that based on the previous forums and threads some people do give up their seat so we might have a chance. I wish they let me know the latest by April because I have to put a deposit down by May for another school.

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7 hours ago, futurenp4life said:

Ikr. I wish someone could tell us more hoe Simmons waitlist works. The only thing I can think was to call Brian the director and ask him but idk how that may look lol. Maybe one of us can be the brave one and call directly and ask. I do want to mention that based on the previous forums and threads some people do give up their seat so we might have a chance. I wish they let me know the latest by April because I have to put a deposit down by May for another school.

Yeah, good call... Maybe I'll contact one of the admissions advisors instead of Brian so that it comes across as less desperate (hopefully)..?

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1 hour ago, paige428 said:

Yeah, good call... Maybe I'll contact one of the admissions advisors instead of Brian so that it comes across as less desperate (hopefully)..?

That sounds good. Keep me updated.

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