Linfield Spring 2019

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Hello guys, I am planning to apply to Linfield for spring 2019 entry. I was wondering if anyone is planning to apply and what your educational background, such as, prereq GPA, science GPA, and healthcare experience.

For anyone who doesn't know, but was waiting to hear, they only took 4 people from the wait-list! Such a bummer to a lot of people, I am sure. I went ahead and withdrew my place on the list since I'll be attending a nursing program at Chamberlain University in Arizona starting in January. Good luck to all who got in and all who are still working to get into a program!

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Hello,

I’m interested in applying to Linfield for Spring 2020 and I was wondering if anyone accepted into Linfield would mind telling me if they got accepted with a pre req GPA of 3.4-3.5?

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Interested to see how you guys are liking the program? Also what is the schedule like? Any classes online? I’m a mom and really considering Linfield when I’m done with my pre reqs. Thanks.

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Hi all,

I was accepted to Spring 2019 at Linfield but ended up declining to go to PCC instead (only because I received the acceptance letter 2 days before fall term started at PCC). I am surprised there were only 4 people taken off the waitlist! I had a 3.91 prereq GPA and have 5 years of firefighter/EMT-B experience. I have heard the program is great, I have a few friends who are either in it or are alum. Typical schedule could be all day Monday on campus (lecture/lab), half the day Tuesday (pharm or patho) and same for Wednesday (usually lecture again). At least that is what my schedule had been this whole year more or less. Then clinical of course, which could be thurs and fri for 8 hours each or one long day (12 hours) on one of those days or even a Saturday. The schedules in nursing school aren't bad at all, it is just finding/making the extra time for the massive amount of studying, prep materials, papers (lots of papers...), projects, etc. I highly recommend applying to Linfield since they receive about 1/3-1/2 the applications when compared to OHSU and the other local OCNE programs, so your chances are better. Having a previous degree also helps a lot. And, if you have not already, I recommend getting some good volunteer time in prior to your application. That is a big one for Linfield. Message me if any of you have any questions! Good luck everyone! :)

Oh, and I am not sure about Linfield but each class is on campus but you do take quizzes and what not from home sometimes.

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Im currently in semester 1 at Linfield.

I like the program setup quite a bit. There are quirks that take some understanding and getting used to but every program out there has that. I personally don't have class Monday's, then I have class all day Wed/Fri then I am in a clinical setting Tues/Thurs. The cohort is split into 3 different class blocks so not everyone has this same schedule. I have 2 kids at home and it took some significant coordinating with my partner to figure out how to manage kid drop off times, class start times etc.

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29 minutes ago, FalconBlue25 said:

Hi all,

I was accepted to Spring 2019 at Linfield but ended up declining to go to PCC instead (only because I received the acceptance letter 2 days before fall term started at PCC). I am surprised there were only 4 people taken off the waitlist! I had a 3.91 prereq GPA and have 5 years of firefighter/EMT-B experience. I have heard the program is great, I have a few friends who are either in it or are alum. Typical schedule could be all day Monday on campus (lecture/lab), half the day Tuesday (pharm or patho) and same for Wednesday (usually lecture again). At least that is what my schedule had been this whole year more or less. Then clinical of course, which could be thurs and fri for 8 hours each or one long day (12 hours) on one of those days or even a Saturday. The schedules in nursing school aren't bad at all, it is just finding/making the extra time for the massive amount of studying, prep materials, papers (lots of papers...), projects, etc. I highly recommend applying to Linfield since they receive about 1/3-1/2 the applications when compared to OHSU and the other local OCNE programs, so your chances are better. Having a previous degree also helps a lot. And, if you have not already, I recommend getting some good volunteer time in prior to your application. That is a big one for Linfield. Message me if any of you have any questions! Good luck everyone! ?

Oh, and I am not sure about Linfield but each class is on campus but you do take quizzes and what not from home sometimes.

Wow thanks for all the info. I wasn’t going to volunteer but now I will when I’m done with my pre reqs. It’s really hard carving out time right now just to do one science class a term. So once I’m done with my sciences I will try and replace that with volunteer hours. The clinical sounds great 1, 12 hour or 2, 8s. Is that for Linfield or PCC? I like that there is some flexibility. I have no family in state to watch my son so it makes things harder but by nursing school we will probably utilize a daycare or a baby sitter.

The cc’s are so affordable but very competitive. It seems harder to get into a CC nursing program out here then an Ivy League. Congrats on that!

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21 minutes ago, OwDuff said:

Im currently in semester 1 at Linfield.

I like the program setup quite a bit. There are quirks that take some understanding and getting used to but every program out there has that. I personally don't have class Monday's, then I have class all day Wed/Fri then I am in a clinical setting Tues/Thurs. The cohort is split into 3 different class blocks so not everyone has this same schedule. I have 2 kids at home and it took some significant coordinating with my partner to figure out how to manage kid drop off times, class start times etc.

Thank you! Since you have clinical 2 days are they 8 hours long? Making 4 days work seems easier than 5. My husband would arrange his days off to be during the week when I have class and I guess I will have to figure out daycare or a babysitter for the other 2.

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1st semester our clinical hours are a 4 hour block. Following clinical there is charting to accomplish and things like that so you can plan for your clinical days to be 6-7 hours of time commitment. Following semester 1 we're going to be both on campus and offsite so its important to have a good family care plan going into it.

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