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where have you guys vanished to? everybody taking a break from the site? anyone starting this fall? next year? i start in fall of 09 and wanted to get in touch with those taking patho this fall. hello!!!!!!!!!!!!:uhoh21:

Is there a wait list for OU? An entrance exam?

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AMAC8487, are you talking about OU'S 2nd Degree Accelerated Program or the regular one? The accelerated program requires goal statements and interviews, but I don't think it is a requirement for the traditional BSN program. I'm not sure, but I think this may be where the confusion is coming from.

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I'm talking about the regular program, not the RN to BSN. I'm thinking about going right for the BSN.

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Ahh yes, I was talking about the traditional Program... but if you were also, yeah I still never had to do it.

I applied in winter of 2007, and I am set to start Fall of 09.

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Hey guys, I just randomly found this forum. I, too, have been accepted into the September 09 second degree program. I'm currently just taking nutrition and patho, shouldn't be too bad.

And in response to why some people had interviews and others did not. My friend that is in the program now said that a lot of people were failing out. When she got accepted, OU didn't necessarily interview everyone. Now, they want to interview people to make sure they are there for the right reasons and to see if they are willing to make the right sacrifices. Hope this helps

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Christinajoy,

I am not yet allowed to respond to PMs. I didn't want you to think I was ignoring you so I thought I'd respond here.

I started my personal statement explaining why and how I made my decision to go into nursing. In that section, I gave some personal story of a family member and talked about my experience as an undergrad as topics. Next section was about my volunteering and shadowing. I didn't have a lot of experience in that specific area but I just kind of tried to highlight my strong points and why I thought I'd make a good candidate. I continued to talk about what I was doing now; where I lived, talked about working full time, and how my degree (BS in psychology) would contribute to the nursing field. I finished explaining and showing them why I thought I would succeed. And obviously, don't forget to thank them in the end. I hope this helps.

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Thank You so much, Thats what I did so far talked primarily about the same things you talked about. so I think I am ready to submit the PS. Thank you for your help

Christinajoy,

I am not yet allowed to respond to PMs. I didn't want you to think I was ignoring you so I thought I'd respond here.

I started my personal statement explaining why and how I made my decision to go into nursing. In that section, I gave some personal story of a family member and talked about my experience as an undergrad as topics. Next section was about my volunteering and shadowing. I didn't have a lot of experience in that specific area but I just kind of tried to highlight my strong points and why I thought I'd make a good candidate. I continued to talk about what I was doing now; where I lived, talked about working full time, and how my degree (BS in psychology) would contribute to the nursing field. I finished explaining and showing them why I thought I would succeed. And obviously, don't forget to thank them in the end. I hope this helps.

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Hello!

Any word on Fall 2009 2nd Degree Nursing admission? I had my interview end of July, but have not heard anything from OU yet. Any word on this....

If I'm understanding correctly it seems that after getting the off campus pre-reqs and having an interview a little over a year would go by before you actually started the program?! :eek: Interview in 7/2008 for fall 2009 entering class???

Is this assuming that it would take a year to complete the on campus "nursing course" sequencing courses (patho, pharm, nutrition)?

None of this is adding up to me. Guess I could call their nursing office and ask. Or attend an info. session.

At this point if there's a year time lag between being accepted into an accelerated BSN program and starting the program I'm seriously considering applying to PA programs and getting on the local ADN wait lists just to see. And applying to out of state MSN-entry programs.

Just curious, why are you all choosing the Oakland program vs. other local programs (ADN and BSN). :confused:

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Hi guys,

I am suppose to start in Winter 2010 since I'm still finishing chem this Fall... Thx for all your info about the interview process, I'm starting to feel a little less nervous about it... at least temporarily :)

I do have a question tho.. **What was your GPA??**

I am at around 3.4 hopefully 3.5 after this semester and I just want to know that they don't expect us to be at a 4.0 level -because this is just not going to happen in my case ;/

Thank you all again and congrats to all who already got in to the program.

KK

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If I'm understanding correctly it seems that after getting the off campus pre-reqs and having an interview a little over a year would go by before you actually started the program?! :eek: Interview in 7/2008 for fall 2009 entering class???

Is this assuming that it would take a year to complete the on campus "nursing course" sequencing courses (patho, pharm, nutrition)?

None of this is adding up to me. Guess I could call their nursing office and ask. Or attend an info. session.

At this point if there's a year time lag between being accepted into an accelerated BSN program and starting the program I'm seriously considering applying to PA programs and getting on the local ADN wait lists just to see. And applying to out of state MSN-entry programs.

Just curious, why are you all choosing the Oakland program vs. other local programs (ADN and BSN). :confused:

There are a few reasons I chose OU's accelerated BSN program. The first being that they accept during all three semesters and their program is only 12 months long. That is a pretty big upside when, for example, Wayne State only accepts in January and their program is 16 months long. Secondly, OU's prereqs were exactly the classes I already had. I graduated from Michigan State and they did not require labs with their anatomy and physiology classes. I would have had to retake both of those along with micro (no lab) to even have a chance to get into Wayne, OCC, etc. And lastly, I thought that it would be more time efficient to wait a year (08-09) and complete the program in a year (09-10) than to go to say MCC, complete their program in 1.5-2 years and have to go back and complete a bachelors (minimum of 2 years). I also didn't like the way that OCC, MCC and Wayne sorted applicants. At Wayne, if I remember correctly, they sorted you into 6 groups. In the end, since I didn't go to Wayne and took 0 classes there, I was in group 6. I just kind of thought with all of this, OU made a lot of sense.

The year long gap is because OU has wait lists applicants. The three online classes do not take a year, in fact, you can finish them all in one semester.

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Hi guys,

I am suppose to start in Winter 2010 since I'm still finishing chem this Fall... Thx for all your info about the interview process, I'm starting to feel a little less nervous about it... at least temporarily :)

I do have a question tho.. **What was your GPA??**

I am at around 3.4 hopefully 3.5 after this semester and I just want to know that they don't expect us to be at a 4.0 level -because this is just not going to happen in my case ;/

Thank you all again and congrats to all who already got in to the program.

KK

I had a 3.5 with one retake. I was told by Dr. Penprase that as long as you have over a 3.0, you have a fair shot as they don't sort by GPA. They look into a variety of different things: GPA, interview, personal statement, experience, etc.

And just a heads up, I haven't seen anyone talk about this but the first thing they have you do is write a 10 minute essay. It caught me pretty off guard so I just wanted to have you be a little more prepared than I was. Hope this helps

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Another one? Is is pretty much the same thing as your personal statement but shorter version??

BTW thanks so much for mentioning it...

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