serasarah18

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1. Things to do before the real stuff begins

   serasarah18 replied to ams24's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I will be done with nursing school in May and looking back, I wish I looked over pharmacology in advance. I think you would have a huge advantage if you become familiar with these drugs before school starts. It is a big part of nursing as well.

2. Go for CNA or Volunteer?

   serasarah18 replied to SwampCat's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I would say CNA. I volunteered before and it's not the same hands on experience. However, I got my license with my first semester of nursing school. I didn't have to pay for extra, because my classes counted towards getting my license. With that said...

3. Johns Hopkins BSN/MSN Fall 2010 Anyone?

   serasarah18 replied to Protongirl's topic in Post Graduate

   Hey I also graduated from UCSD in 08! There's more people at Hopkins from UCSD than I expected. The change from San Diego to Baltimore is going to be significant. I'm still adjusting. I remember being in your shoes not to long ago. Let me know if you...

4. Hopkins Accelerated/Traditional Applicant

   serasarah18 replied to irvster87's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I think I found out less than a month after I sent my application. I turned my application after the due date for ED. I was going to do regular decision, but changed it to ED a week later so I didn't have to wait long in between. I think I got by dec...

5. Hopkins Accelerated/Traditional Applicant

   serasarah18 replied to irvster87's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Sera1987, it's only the people that applied for the bs/msn option that are interviewed. You can request an interview, but it's not necessary. All I did was send an application, spoke once to the admission office to change the status of my application...

6. Hopkins Accelerated/Traditional Applicant

   serasarah18 replied to irvster87's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm currently in my first semester at Hopkins and I remember going through this not too long ago. I personally chose the traditional program, because the summer in between the two years gives you time to gain experience. I've talked to some alumni th...

7. questions for nursing/pre-nursing students!

   serasarah18 replied to lovelylady42's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Yeah that's about the same for mine. I still couldn't afford all of tuition with financial aid. I had to get out my own loan just to cover tuition and luckily my parents are helping with everything else. My school is in Maryland, but I'm from Califor...

8. Preparing to apply to UCSF MEPN program... Any Advice?

   serasarah18 replied to Piggles10's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I was lucky enough to be involved with a medical brigade in Honduras. It was only a week and it made me realize how much I really wanted to become a nurse. I gained a lot of good contacts (Two of the doctors and one of the nurses wrote me a letter of...

9. questions for nursing/pre-nursing students!

   serasarah18 replied to lovelylady42's topic in Pre-Nursing

   It's a private school and an expensive one at that. I remember looking at data last week regarding areas/schools that has students with the most debt and this was rated one of the top ten most expensive schools. Luckily this is only a two year progra...

10. questions for nursing/pre-nursing students!

    serasarah18 replied to lovelylady42's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I chose the nursing school I will be attending in the fall mostly because of prereqs. There are just so many and this school had the least. When I applied, I was just so sick of taking classes that I just wanted to get into any school as soon as poss...

11. Can anyone explain quarter vs. semester credits

    serasarah18 replied to nnicolee's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I went to a school on the quarter system. Instead of 2 semesters within a year, it's divided up into three 10 week quarters (fall, winter and spring). So one quarter is a little bit less than one semester. I actually had trouble converting this into ...

12. What should I do? UC Davis student here...

    serasarah18 replied to lovenurses87's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I was in the same situation when I first considered nursing my sophomore year at UCSD. I was a psychology major and took most of the prereqs at a community college. It's a lot cheaper (it was only $80 total for a 5 unit micro class opposed to a coupl...

13. Anyone applying to the Duke ABSN program for Fall 2009 (c/o 2011)?

    serasarah18 replied to ybq2008's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Congrates SFChef! I'm glad everything worked out for you. You truly deserve it!

14. Johns Hopkins BSN/MSN 2009 Applicants!

    serasarah18 replied to karrie8o3's topic in New Nurse

    I was afraid of this too, but so far I feel like the people in the program want you to succeed. They have a high retention rate and I only hear positive things from the students. I've been reading the blogs and it gave me an idea of what kind of expe...

15. Been accepted for Fall 2009? Shout your good news here!

    serasarah18 replied to cpkRN's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I didn't even know I could apply until two weeks before the due date. I literally sent out my application the day it was supposed to be postmarked. I wanted to apply for Early Decision, but the due date had passed by the time I realized I could apply...