Is anyone confident about getting into Nursing School?

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I spend alot of time on here (more than is healthy, I am cutting back) and have noticed that no matter an applicants stats they seem to be bitting their nails waiting on Admissions to make a move.

I am just as guilty, I have competitive grades and TEAS scores, but even then I worry that they might not like my essay (spent alot of time on it and throughly reviewed it and my resume for errors) or that my letters of rec are not good enough (both from professors I spent alot of time with and have been my mentors over the last 2 years).

I really hate that this whole process causes so much doubt and dispair, it is so frustrating knowing that my best (well not quite my best, I might be able to do a little better on the TEAS, but there is nothing I can do about my GPA) might not be good enough.

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I was, then they changed the rules (don't really know what they are now, truthfully) and now I am not. I think a valium would be a good idea.

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I think everyone is a bit worried to some degree, but where there is a will there is a way, regardless.

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I am confident that I will receive my acceptance letter in just a few weeks. The college's program to which I am applying lets you know what they are looking for and provides a rubric for one to calculate one's points.

So I figure if I have near the maximum number of points (0.5 pts. less because I do not have a master's or doctoral degree) then I have a very good shot.

If I don't happen to get in, then damn, there were 100+ applicants who probably deserved it more than I.

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Im pretty confident Ill be receiving a letter in a couple weeks. my school goes by a points system and my points are 8 points higher than last summers cutoff. Lord knows anything can happen, but at this point im about 98% sure ive been accepted

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I was sOoper nervous, but I think that only goes to show how committed and invested you are in becoming a nurse. Someone with that much passion and drive will get in! promise :) maybe, apply to a few more schools to increase your chances...

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some days i feel confident, but then there are other days where i am really aware of the possibility that i might not be accepted. i applied to three accelerated programs, one traditional, and i am finishing up another traditional application this week. i was confident early on when i first submitted my applications, but now that results should be out soon, my confidence has gone way down.

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I think we are all in the same boat. Every semester something changes and we have to get all worked up all over again (it is a never ending battle of stress!). I cannot wait until I get accepted into a program and no longer have to worry about it! Why does applying to nursing have to be so stressful. I never had this stress or complications getting into pre-req classes when I got my BA. It's a whole new world of people changing careers.

Good luck everyone!

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.

My confidence is better now that I have tangible proof of my acceptance to 3 schools, but still waiting on 2 schools that if accepted would provide me an education that is much less expensive than the other three. But even before I heard anything from any school, it was hit or miss. I would have good days and bad days. Every year the stakes seem to get higher: number of applicants rise and so does the average GPA & TEAS scores of these same applicants. So it's no surprise that everyone gets on edge no matter how well they think they do. I envision a time when every applicant will have perfect 4.0 GPAs and 100% TEAS scores and admissions will evolve the way of interviews and other subjective factors. I want to get in and done with my nursing school before that happens.

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I'm fairly confident. I have been accepted to the school as a pre-nursing student, and I have a good academic background. I'm not SO confident that I just KNOW I will get in, but I am also not constantly biting my nails over it.

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I was just as nervous as you if not more. I was really stressing out, it was even giving me anxiety everyday! You know what made it better? Whats done is done, we get nothing out of worrying for these couple months that are left. We've handed our applications, put our hearts into it and now we can only hope for the best. Imagine yourself picking up that acceptance letter and every second you start stressing out about your grades, and the negative possiblities, stop yourself and think positive thoughts, or nothing at all. I've started doing that for the past two weeks and its calmed me down a lot. Hope that helps!

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I am also pretty confident that I will get in. I see that a lot of the other pre-nursing students on here have a much more detailed process of application than my school does. While I appreciate the simplicity of knowing pretty easily where you stand; I would much more prefer that we had to write an essay or have an interview as part of the process. I feel like you should have an idea of someone's character and wants before they enter a program like this. For example, if the first person who missed the top 50 has 0.003 less than the person before, but they have awesome work ethic and has very good person skills while the person who got in just before them is a know it all and has awful people skills. There is one person in particular I think to myself: If the nursing director could just talk to this person for 5 seconds they would know that they would drive everyone crazy! Haha :) Anyways, my school is simple. Take pre-requisites, TEAS, GPA in 4 classes and there is your score. If you have a 26 or above your most likely in. A 27 or higher you can be sure. Then again I could be applying this year with a group of geniuses that I don't know about!

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