is anybody applying to umd and what are ur gpas

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I 've already applied to Umaryland (BSN program) and i have a GPA of 3.0. I am currently taking micro which im getting an A. This would raise my GPA to 3.05 . I had a B in A&P 1,C in A&P2,C in chem lecture, B in chem lab and my soon to come A in micro. I have 4 C's ,5 A's and 8 B's. im just worried because i don't know how they are going to calculate my chem grade( thats whether use the C from lecture or the B from lab). im taking A&P 2 over this fall and i just don't know whether they will use my old grade or hold on since im retaking the class this fall. Is any of u guys applying for SPRING 2007 and what are your GPA's? What do u also think about my GPA. I wrote an excellent essay and i have already had my instructors sent my recommendations. i've not heard from them yet and when i called they told me they have not started processing the applications yet.

One question specifically re: the NET.

One of the study guides I saw had a lot of Algebra. You know, if X=a/23-17C, then c= ?

Would you say it had a majority of general Math(Mult/Division/fraction/percentages) or more Algebra? Just wondering what I should be practicing.

eri has a practice test you could take for about 10 bucs I think. I would advise you to purchase the review book. The math is pretty basic, I only got the .01 X .01 one wrong. I had a mental lapse for some reason. The reading comprehension was the tougher portion, I finished just at the bell.

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clhRN2b2010,

There is more general math on the NET. The algebra part came at the end of the math. It was just basic algebra, like what you posted. In fact, for me the algebra was the easiest and the fraction/percent/decimal conversion stuff took me longer. They will ask stuff like "7 3/4 is 25% of what number" or "Convert 128/25 to a decimal" Definitely the hardest part is the first 2 sections (MATH and then Science Reading Comprehension). As the test progresses you get more breathing room, as far as time, to answer the questions. As I said it's not necessarily "hard" but the time definitely made it stressful and like a race.

As far as your recommendation letters go, I would go ahead and submit the personal reference in addition to the academic ones. They will accept more than the two required and read them all. But don't submit too many. Amanda said to make sure to pick people who will sing your praises.

MZTwin

i honestly don't think anyone should waste extra money to buy the study guide for the exam. it's not as bad as everyone initially thinks. I just used the free study guide UMB recommends http://studyguidezone.com/pdfs/netteststudyguide.pdf

and the math and reading questions are EXACTLY the same format. I found a lot of the math questions being almost identical. Also, it noted that there will be 60 questions for the math portion... our answer sheets had room for 60 but there were only 30 questions all together.

Hi everybody,

I don't post on here too much, but I just got my acceptance letter from UMD-baltimore for fall 08 today :w00t:! I logged on hoping to find some info about their program and I noticed this thread. I have about a 3.68 GPA overall I believe. I had to transfer last fall because my hubby is in the army and we got stationed in MD, and I enrolled in AACC. Anyhow, when I attempted to combine the GPA from my first school and the semester at AACC 3.68 is what I came up with. I have a 3.5 science gpa, and I got a composite score of 84% on the NET. The reading bought the score down because I got a 93 on the math, which surprised me because it's not my best subject, and I got a 75 on the reading comp. I let myself get hung up on 1 question and ran out of time, big mistake. I ended up having to guess on the last 6 questions.

I didn't think I had much of a chance because I have also heard that the only people who get in have 4.0's, and I did o.k. on the NET but I knew I could have done better, but I didn't have time to retake it before the deadline. I'm not sure I would have gone through all that again for a few more points anyway. I did work hard on my essay and maybe that's what did it for me, or maybe I just got lucky and applied with a group that didn't have many 4.0's in it.

At the information session I attended in January they did say they were trying to move away from strictly going for the highest gpa and instead were trying to look at the whole application and gpa was just one part of it. I didn't really believe it at the time though lol. I just figured I'd apply and see what happens.

UMD was my first choice so I'm very excited, and I still can't believe it.

chlRN2b2010, I applied to AACC's program too. I don't know when they make their decision's, but I'm anxious to hear from them too.

Congrat's! AACC should be making decisions soon after Spring grades are in. Their orientation is scheduled for June 13th, so I would guess by the end of May?

It's great to hear your story. I am glad to hear that they may be looking at the whole package now. I was impressed with JHU for that very reason but just couldn't go there financially.

I GOT INNNN!!!!

I've been checking online everyday for the past 2 weeks! IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY! UMB's 2010 =) :yeah:

:up: Awesome! Now you can enjoy your summer!

To anyone on this thread...

Can anyone tell me about clinical days at UMB? How many days in each semester and what were the hours you were at clinical? Also, where were they? Primarily Baltimore or did some of you get more rural/suburban assignments? Did they try to match you up individually based on your interests and strengths or was it completely random?

Thanks a lot. I am planning on attending the info session in a couple weeks but anything I can get ahead of time would be helpful in my decisions making process.

Specializes in Solid Organ Transplant.

clhRN2b2010,

Since I don't start until the Fall I don't have firsthand experience about the clinical schedule. However, I did look at the Fall 08 lecture schedule and the fall 07 clinical schedule to get an idea of what to expect. The link below will take you to the class schedules at UMB's website. Hope it helps

http://nursing.umaryland.edu/admissions/schedules.htm

I've seen that, and unfortunately it still leaves me perplexed. Either the class #'s don't align or I don't see much clinical at all the first year. Where is the adult health clinical?

I was given a schedule from AACC that stated starting week 9 of each semester, Wed and Thur are clinical days and be prepared to be at your clinical site from 8-4. I know that the clinical hours are supposed to be the same for each program, but I don't see it.

This might be a question to cover at the info session. Thanks for trying! I would still like to hear from current or past students re: their experience.

Specializes in Solid Organ Transplant.

For the first year there isn't much clinical, as opposed to CCBC who starts clinicals right away. Although I haven't started yet I know people in the program. When I just went to the Fall 07 pdf. I found a clinical day under NURS330 (Adult Health). The hours where Mondays, 2:00-4:50pm. Granted, they may change, But I don't think they vary too much. In the third semester I saw clinicals for three of the classes. In fact, a comment that a friend of mine in the program said was that those last two semesters are insane because of the class/clinical schedule (i.e a large class+clinical load).

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