FALL 2020 Johns Hopkins MSN: Entry into Nursing

C1979 · Mar 9, 2020

Same here. I spoke with admissions this afternoon and was told that my application is currently being reviewed with the admissions committee and that I should hear back this week with an answer. ??

meow333 · Mar 9, 2020

I got accepted last Thursday around 3:30 pm PST. It seemed they do send out in batches. Hope you all get good words this week.

peachavocado, BSN, RN · Mar 11, 2020

I have a hunch they're waiting to send out rejections by the end of this week in bulk. I'm not holding out for an acceptance.

Good luck to everyone. Congrats to everyone accepted. Onward!

C1979 · Mar 11, 2020

You never know. Maybe they are leaving the best for last. I messed up in undergrad (like royally) but I’m not losing hope. Don’t give up.

peachavocado, BSN, RN · Mar 11, 2020

Same, I'm a nontraditional w an abysmal undergrad GPA. Hoping JHU Nursing will value students with a growth mindset. I like your attitude @C1979 ??

C1979 · Mar 11, 2020

mine was abysmal also. Trust me. Hopefully we both get accepted and then we can laugh about our experience later on. Stay strong!

FutureRNNursing · Mar 11, 2020

6 minutes ago, lavieenrose said:
Same, I'm a nontraditional w an abysmal undergrad GPA. Hoping JHU Nursing will value students with a growth mindset. I like your attitude @C1979 ??

I’m a nontraditional who graduated with BS in Biochemistry. 3.2 GPA overall. I participated in many clubs & organizations, some of which held leadership positions for multiple semesters. I think I’ve been super well-rounded! No GRE score submitted which may have helped? An beautifully written LOR from an MD and 2 from my professors. Going on 3 years of being a medical scribe, with about 6 months (and counting) as a trainer & site coordinator, so about 2500+ hours of experience under my belt.

I’ve been questioning & doubting myself as an applicant quite a bit... but don’t give up. Think about all your hard work & dedication you did to get here. Applying & putting your name out to a topped ranked nursing school is an accomplishment in itself. It’ll be worth it. I hope we hear some news soon! ?

C1979 · Mar 12, 2020

I totally get it. Applying to any top notch school is super stressful. I have my doubts too. At the same time, I know that the grades I got in undergrad I would NEVER get now. But, gotta think positive and whatever will be will be. I hope so also...for everyone.

OTheRN, BSN · Mar 12, 2020

6 hours ago, lavieenrose said:
I have a hunch they're waiting to send out rejections by the end of this week in bulk. I'm not holding out for an acceptance.
Good luck to everyone. Congrats to everyone accepted. Onward!

Hello guys,

So a friend of mine called the admissions office and she was told that they are still working on the applications they received in January and February because they extended the deadline. Therefore acceptances will continue to be rolled out.

However if you applied by the Jan 1st deadline, you should have heard back.

Good luck to all still in the race??

C1979 · Mar 12, 2020

That’s interesting. My application got verified on February 12th. I wonder why they extended the deadline? Hmm ?

botmann · Mar 12, 2020

I believe JHU's SON is truthful about its holistic view of their application process. As someone who did get accepted, I do not think I was anything near a runaway superstar candidate. I have no idea what is a traditional candidate, thus I cannot say where I fall.

I'm an older student, thus things will be slightly different than many of you. I graduated in the middle of my high school class, with about a 2.33GPA; no AP or honors classes. I went to a local community college. I transferred to UC San Diego with a 3.33GPA; I did a bad semester where I had a below 2.0GPA. Graduated UCSD with a 2.795GPA with a quarter below 2.0, and failed the same class twice (I eventually got a B in it). I went to a different community college about three years late and got a certificate in paralegal studies and got a 3.95GPA; I was thinking about going to law school. In 2013 went back to school to create new opportunities for me because I did not like my career path; original for computer science/programming and later switched to "prenursing". After my bachelor's, I only went to school part-time. According to NursingCAS, I had a post-bachelors undergraduate GPA of 3.79.

In my career, I worked in the insurance industry; I worked in annuities. I hold a license to work in annuities and health. After that, I had crappy jobs that any moron could do. I also got a license to work as a CNA because some nursing schools wanted it in their applicants. I also got a job as an on-call CNA in a skilled nursing facility at a senior community for retired military officers and their spouses; I work almost exclusively in the memory ward dealing with dementia, Alzheimer's, and PTSD. At the time of application, I had only worked as an on-call CNA for about six or seven months.

As for the my application, I did talk to one of the admission directors about my situation such as not interacting with any of my managers in over ten years since I've been working grave/nocturnal shifts. I got letters from three professors that I had more than class with--math, Chemistry, and anatomy. I got a friend who has been writing books for over twenty years and a graduate literature student to help with my essays. I got a family member who is a human resource manager to help with my resume.

Probably one thing that is slightly unique to me is that I was a human dissector for my local community college for four semesters and arranged with a view an autopsy with county coroner. This was part of application addendum.

botmann · Mar 12, 2020

FYI, I got an email today that the March 26 Accepted Students Day has been canceled because of the COVID-19. They're planning to do it via virtual seminar thing. They're also extending the commitment date to April 15.

JHU the day before announcing they're canceling all their in-person classes while they transition them to online. For graduate students, labs, clinics and so forth that have to be done in person, will be continued.