important question..please please help!

[futurenurse85]

hey. i applied to UTMB for the fall 06. i was just looking at their website and i realized i have not taken the life and physical science elective :uhoh21: . i applied to UTMB at the last minute so i didn't know that this was required. examples of the life & physical science elective include like extra chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy, pathopysiology. im crying hysterically right now..im so angry at myself! do you know if there is any way i could call the school tomorrow and tell them i failed to mention on my application that i'm going to take pathophysiology over the summer. i'm either going to take patho or geology. or is it possible that i could take patho during my fall semester there? if you attend UTMB or know anything about this, PLEASE let me know!! ugh i dont know what to do and i could seriously kill myself for this..everything else is in order but this . i worked so hard on my grades, my personal statement, and references and i will be so angry if i don't get accepted b/c i didn't mention on my application that i plan on taking the class over the summer...i need your advice please! thank you in advance!!

[Elizabeth Hanes, BSN, RN]

I don't attend UTMB, but maybe this advice will help. If I were you, I would pick up the phone and calmly call the advising office for the nursing program. Ask if you can make an advising appointment. (I find it's usually easier to deal with these issues in a face-to-face meeting.) If they ask for more details, tell them you've already applied, but you want to make sure all you meet all of their criteria for admission. Chances are, they'll be happy to talk with you, either in person or on the phone. The key is to be calm and articulate.

If they look you up in their system (assuming your information has been entered already), they will tell you either you're lacking a course, or you're OK. If you're lacking the course, tell them you plan to take it in the summer. See what they say.

Good luck!