FREE TUITION - FREE BSN - University of Arizona

ajwildcat · Mar 10, 2009

Chinook~

It says I cannot PM :sniff: Can you send me a PM with your email address...and I will email you??

chinook · Mar 10, 2009

I imagine they are flooded with phone calls right now, and all the while trying to determine admissions of two programs. I had a hunch it would take longer this year because it was so competitive with so many more applicants per seat.

Grrr...

cardiacRN2006, ADN, RN · Mar 10, 2009

Chinook~
It says I cannot PM Can you send me a PM with your email address...and I will email you??

I think you need 15 posts-you're almost there!

Guys, I feel for you. It sucks having to wait.

dmskoka · Mar 10, 2009

EARLY NEXT WEEK!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

thanks for calling.. this is so hard. the other schools want me to start doing things and I am still waiting on this.. This is a pain.. oh well guess it will be worth it if I get in

dmskoka · Mar 10, 2009

I imagine they are flooded with phone calls right now, and all the while trying to determine admissions of two programs. I had a hunch it would take longer this year because it was so competitive with so many more applicants per seat.
Grrr...

or maybe they are deciding to take more.. they did say 3-4 weeks at the meeting but I was hoping we would hear early espec when they said here this week

dmskoka · Mar 10, 2009

just realized this is going to cost me 350 dollars. The other school that I got accepted at wants their deposit by Monday. I was hoping to hear from Arizona before that so if I got accepted wouldn't need to send in a deposit!!!

chinook · Mar 10, 2009

Ouch. But for a free BSN, it's the price you pay. That's how I justified the cost of my suit.

giardiafan · Mar 10, 2009

Sigh. The suit you can continue wearing. The deposit money for another school...once it's gone, it's gone. Big difference. I am now in the same boat. My backup school accepted me two weeks ago, and needs to know ASAP. I have to send in $500 by Monday as well to guarantee my seat. I asked for an extension, but their admissions staff knows the game. Balk and delay until hearing from the first choice institution while keeping everyone else in a holding pattern.

I'm gonna call UofA Thursday and "encourage" them to get results out earlier...

dmskoka · Mar 10, 2009

Ouch. But for a free BSN, it's the price you pay. That's how I justified the cost of my suit.

yep thats what I keep telling myself. I have now paid 2 schools..driven/flown to 2.. and will add one more to the list.. along with all the fees to apply... part of the game I guess... still wish that I could get some back.. I do see the schools point of view. They need to finalize.. but I wish they all responded at the same time.. would have been so much easier..

dmskoka · Mar 10, 2009

Sigh. The suit you can continue wearing. The deposit money for another school...once it's gone, it's gone. Big difference. I am now in the same boat. My backup school accepted me two weeks ago, and needs to know ASAP. I have to send in $500 by Monday as well to guarantee my seat. I asked for an extension, but their admissions staff knows the game. Balk and delay until hearing from the first choice institution while keeping everyone else in a holding pattern.
I'm gonna call UofA Thursday and "encourage" them to get results out earlier...

thank you !!! I have a sneeky feeling that they will probably tell us by the end of the week. I am sure that they are sick of everyone calling...

chinook · Mar 10, 2009

I didn't mean any offense, GF. It was offered as a consolation- a very weak one, apparently. Many of us had to book last minute plane tickets from thousands of miles away and buy suits. If you get into the program, you can say your BSN cost 3 years and $500, or another $350, or the cost of a suit and a plane ticket. :loveya:

If I would have known that there were only 48 seats this year, I would have had a better backup school plan.

Dmskoka, you've been accepted to great schools! You'll have your BSN next year from one of them.

And you're right, it's all part of the game, but you're playing it smart and doing the right things.

My suit was so cute, too, I wish I could wear it again; but I'm right in the middle of shedding the leftover *chub* from the last baby, so it will not be of any use to me in the future.

:offtopic:

(But hey- that's a perk of nursing- no suits required!)

w2bhappy · Mar 11, 2009

Just joined this site and so glad Im not the only one going through this, not to wish the suffering and agony on anyone else, just really wondering if Im the only one freaking out about what to do. Flew out from Oregon to realize about the cut. Luckily I did apply to NMSU as a last minute move so UA wasnt the ONLY school I put my app into. Ever since getting home from the interview Ive been spending all my time online and on the phone to figure out a backup plan. In the meantime, Ive spent $150 and alot of time to apply to Colorado and even if I do get in, I dont know if I can afford it. Missed alot of scholorship deadlines and so forth. Makes it such a pain with all the diff. deadlines and start dates. Not to mention different requirements for each school. Then....I get a big envelope in the mail today with YOUR IN on front from UA. I think I was accepted into the college in general, not necessarily the program. I only know because this is not the first time this has happened.