FIU - questions 2010

[on eagles wings]

Hi I was recently accepted to UM and MDC for Generic Nursing Fall 2010, however due to the current situation at my house, I may need to go to the closest college near my home, being FIU. I have a few credits to finish, including those 2 pre-reqs FIU asks for. I am SO bummed out because I was looking forward to Nursing school this year and now I have to wait for fall 2011--but that's life, lol.

So my questions are:

• How did you get accepted?
  
• What was your GPA? Were you a transfer to FIU or were you a freshman there?
  
• How much do they look at your essay?
  
• How was the Hesi A2 in terms of difficulty and how long did you study to get your score?
  
• Do you plan on working in the program? What scholarships were helpful to you? I also want to know what you think about the extra costs. For example, I know you need to have a PDA/ipod touch, etc. How much did you spend on books alone first semester?
  

Since I have a year before starting the program(assuming I get accepted), I plan on working a little to help the financial situation at my house plus be able to pay for these extra expenses I am sure will come about.

I am so nervous although I have gotten accepted to two other competitive schools. I was confident about getting accepted in those but I am having waves of uncertainty about this choice. I am totally lacking in confidence this time because I didn't have to take any exams for either schools. My GPA(right now) is 4.0, but after this awful algebra class I am taking now, I am expecting it to go a little lower, which is my biggest fear. I've heard FIU is like the most competitive of all nursing schools.

Well I appreciate any comments, opinions:twocents:, and most of all, encouragement. I am making this choice to help my family and I just feel uneasy and unsure all over again.

[hopefulUS]

HI :) I'm at the babysitting website, and this looks so great! Definitely something I would like to do. Do you have any idea of what kind of questions they would ask in the interview?

[on eagles wings, ASN, RN]

Ahh I am so sorry about replying so late. I am not sure about the interview Qs... but I think that there are certain "specialties" you can work under, for example "babysitter/tutor" and you can explain you are a natural born teacher and show a copy of unofficial transcripts. If you are a creative person, share some of your talents that you would like to teach with your kids, like if you like to draw you can teach the kids how to paint and stuff.... :)