Duke University ABSN Fall 2013

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Hey everyone! I submitted my application to Duke University's ABSN program for fall 2013 a few weeks ago, so I wanted to get some conversation started! Is anyone else applying?!

To all that were wait-listed, I had emailed my admissions officer earlier this evening and he just emailed me back saying that they will be sending out emails in 3 phases, the first being those granted an interview, the second is those wait-listed and the third for rejections so I guess we are lucky to be in the second group and not the third!

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@mrshamilton - thanks for the info. I wonder how big the waitlist group is and when/if we find out our final standing. Trying to be optimistic but I'm still crushed.

Also, congratulations to everyone who did get an interview! I hope we all find our path to our dreams!

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hello all. I have been following you all on here the past several days. Congrats to all of those who get to interview. I was waitlisted as well :( Does anyone know if we need to contact the admissions office to tell them we want to remain on the list?

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I am very happy and surprised that I got an interview! I am excited to go see the campus and to check out housing options.

Good luck to everyone else! I am kind of confused by how they are doing it this year I wonder why they changed it.

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From what I understand, we don't need to tell admissions if we want to stay on the waitlist -- only if we don't want to be on it. The school does have a ranked waitlist, but that is for students who don't get in after the interview process; that's what I'm seeing, at least. So, I'm not sure what the chances are for those who are waitlisted before the interview process. It does seem discouraging...

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Thanks, Mrshamilton for your update!

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Who knows how they choose people for interviews. I don't think my stats standout except for health care experience. Since graduating 5 years ago I have worked for one company in the health care field. My volunteer experience has nothing to do with health care. My gpa for undergrad was a 3.6. I speak Spanish and a little Arabic. I'm happy Duke doesn't require a GRE because my scores are way below average.

For everyone applying to nursing school good luck. I hope we find our place.

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Hi everyone! I have been looking at these posts for a while as well. I was also offered an interview. To give you a little about my background, I graduated from NCSU with an AG Business Degree in 2011 with a 3.81 GPA and will finish up a MA in Human Services in May of this year from Liberty University. I don't have any healthcare experience, other than having a disabled veteran husband, so Ive been in and out of the hospitals. I have worked in sales and agriculture since 2010.

I am very excited to go to Duke Days! Although, I am worried about financial aid and paying for this program :/ Does anyone know how loans work for programs that costs this much? I went to state on a full ride and have minimal loans from Liberty. I dont even know what kinds of loans there are for an ABSN or what the qualifications are. Andy advice would be appreciated. I look forward to see some of you at Duke Days!

Congrats to all that got invited and good luck! I think we all have fairly good chances. I was told that they invite 125 to interview for 70 slots. Not everyone will be able to afford it and others will accept offers from different schools. So I would say you probably have about a 70% chance of getting in if you were invited to an interview.... those are my thoughts anyway.

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JordanLeigh, those are awesome odds. I was told 170/400 for interviews, but 125 is even better. And actually, they'll probably accept around 90-100 people at first because people will turn them down and then they'll probably go to the second round (or waitlist) if they need to.

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HopefulNurse, Maybe it is 170... some in admissions told me 125 a few weeks ago, but that could have been based of last years numbers. They could have changed it. I hope its still 125 though!!

Does anyone have any info onw hat kind of loans we qualify for? Im getting depresed right now looking at things. Looks like a lot of private loans and I dont have the best credit (no credit cards or anything to bring it up). Plus, I dont know how comfortable I am taking our loans with HUGE rates to them. Any knowledge of this?

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JordanLeigh,

Have you looked at any of the Veteran services? I know that you are not the vet but they do have grants, scholarships for the dependents of vets (you served as much as he did). As far as the student loans that is anyones guess. I hope your husband is doing better with wounds. It is a continual healing process.

Good Luck,

Mark

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Hi everyone! I wrote a few weeks back, but didn't check for updates until today. I got an interview for duke days--but am in a dilemna. I live in Washington state! And I'm having to deal with 2 deadlines for other schools coming up (MGH, UW)---so will most likely put down a deposit on one....but that is a lot of money. Do you know if Duke does phone or skype interviews? I would really love to go see the campus and meet the professors, but I'm also concerned about financial aid. It is really frustrating that we have to choose our schools before knowing if we can even afford them. I already have debt from my last undergrad, so am not wanting to tack on a whole bunch more---since I want to get my masters in a few years anyways. Anyone else in the boat?

As far as my "bio" I'm a nutrition b.s. grad from oregon state university with 3.91 gpa. I was a student athlete in college and afterwards went on to do office admin jobs and eventually the peace corps in Peru---where I worked as a community health volunteer. I got my cna license last summer, but am actually working in a physician group practice in the quality dept.

My top choices are JHU (won't hear back until march apparently). I read on an earlier post someone saying they already had their interview with JHU back in october? Was that for the spring entry program? I've pretty much decided to not put a deposit down on MGH, as UW would be ranked higher in my mind and it's at my front door---so would be silly not to. So now it's just waiting on Duke, JHU, and upenn---although I'm also kind of discounting upenn bc of the price tag. Can someone just give me a million bucks so I can go where I want?! ha

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