I'll be finishing up my pre-requisites this fall, and then applying in the spring for the Summer 2010 session. I still need to study for the NAT and actually take the exam and take a CPR course. I'm considering getting my CNA and trying to find work in healthcare to get my foot in the door.
I am so nervous about the whole process, nervous about whether I should try to work and go to school, and especially nervous if this is something I can handle. I am afraid of all the responsibility.
Anyone else planning for next Summer? What is your process looking like, what are your thoughts/feelings?
I just got a major tease... As I pulled into my driveway there was a huge manilla envelop sticking out of my mailbox. I went directly over thinking maybe... just maybe it was an acceptance letter... NOPE! Just some stupid mail for my mother in law who has never lived at my address... Grrrrr. No denial letter yet either.
Wouldn't they technically want to wait until after orientation. If orientation is mandatory and you don't show up, maybe you lose your spot. Then they will be able to contact the next person down on the list for the "no shows". Does that make sense?
I also got my letter today. I was 102 of 385 applicants and 96 got in... They also took the lower of the 2 possible ways to calculate my points... So now I know, they take the highest TOTAL Academic Aptitude over all points on the NAT but not the highest points from each area of the Academic Aptitude... Still there was only 6 people between 197.96 and 194.68... That's not bad... Hurry 6 more people decline your seats ASAP.
The letter also says there was an information session today at 10:00am... glad I got this letter afterwards... :hdvwl: Actually I had a 10:30 appointment with an advisor at Kent campus that helped me out a little. She IS letting me retake Sociology but only because I took it at another school and it was the same year they supposedly changed the rules regarding retaking passing grades... Yeah for me being old... lol I also am taking a different humanties course this summer... I probably don't need to do either, since I am so close in points but IF I don't get in Fall term, this gives me 9 more points for Spring Applications. If I only do Sociology, it would still boost me just over 200 pts. So why not give myself the extra wiggle room?
Got denial letter today, 97 on list. YES 97! I was the next one . Maybe there is hope. I hope :). I am keeping my finger cross. I guess I will know next week. My pts. 195.60.
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They also took the lower of the 2 possible ways to calculate my points... So now I know, they take the highest TOTAL Academic Aptitude over all points on the NAT but not the highest points from each area of the Academic Aptitude... Still there was only 6 people between 197.96 and 194.68... That's not bad... Hurry 6 more people decline your seats ASAP. 
. Maybe there is hope. I hope :). I am keeping my finger cross. I guess I will know next week. My pts. 195.60.
jkvanso
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No letters yet??? Strange.......