How many times were you rejected before getting into nursing program?

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ADN or BSN?

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I was kind of a lucky fellow. I decided to pursue nursing school and only had enough time to get the prerequisites completed for only the one school in my area (ADN). I applied to the one school and got in on my first try.

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Specializes in Psychiatric RN & Retired Psychiatric CNA.
I was kind of a lucky fellow. I decided to pursue nursing school and only had enough time to get the prerequisites completed for only the one school in my area (ADN). I applied to the one school and got in on my first try.

This was my route as well. I actually was going to school for a tech degree but after learning about the Neonatal specialty and NICU nurses/Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, I knew there wasn't any other profession I would rather be in. I spent a year finishing pre-reqs and now I'm in clinicals. Also my degree is ADN.

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ADN, I got in on my first try. What got me in was my high GPA and high NLN score.

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I applied to two ADN programs and was accepted into both. The BSN programs I would have applied to had later application cycles and I would have had to wait out longer waiting to start the BSN program.

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Zero. Actually, maybe less than zero, because I applied to college early admission and was accepted in November of my senior year of high school, started the next September,

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Specializes in mental health / psychiatic nursing.

I applied to 5 programs and was rejected by 1, wait listed for 2, conditional acceptance by one, and full acceptance by one. I applied to a mix of ADN, BSN, ABSN, and DEMSN.

So even though I was rejected I still only went through one round of applications and am currently attending the program that fully accepted me (ABSN).

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i applied to a program in march and didn't make the lottery adn. then i applied to another school in september and i got in also adn.

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BSN - only program I applied to and accepted 1st application.

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Got accepted into my first adn program back in 2011, but failed my first semester . I wasn't taking school serious ( i was young, and didn't want that responsibility on me), now I'm a little older and applied to a bsn and got accepted, I'm starting on the 17 my first semester. I'm planning to give my all.

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Specializes in ED.

I knew exactly what school I wanted to go to for my BSN so I never even considered applying anywhere else. I was not even given an interview the first application cycle, though I was not finished with all of my prerequisites. The next year I was accepted after having finished all my prerequisites. I also used the time to complete my upper division non nursing coursework which is making my life a lot easier now.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

I applied to three ADN programs got accepted to two, rejected by one.

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