Mercer-GA Baptist Fall 2020

[aarrington5]

Hi everyone, just wanted to start a new thread for the upcoming Fall 2020 cohort. I am applying next month and wanted to know if anyone else has been accepted and see you guys's stats. I wish everyone the best!

My current transfer and science GPA is a 3.0

My overall GPA is what I'm mainly nervous about which is a 2.6 ?

[NurseAE2022]

5 minutes ago, JerseyGirl201 said:

CONGRATS to everyone who has been accepted! Do you guys know how many seats are available/still remains for Fall 2020? I just finished my application and I'm wondering if I should even get my hopes up or be realistic about applying this late.

sGPA: 3.4

GPA: 3.85

TEAS: 97.1

You probably will get in with your stats. I don’t know how many seats are left but they have 110 seats in total for Fall 2020.

[JerseyGirl201, BSN]

14 minutes ago, NurseAE2022 said:

You probably will get in with your stats. I don’t know how many seats are left but they have 110 seats in total for Fall 2020.

Thank you for that information, your response and encouragement! I will come back and update once I hear something. With nursing schools (especially my home institution) I have learned that nobody is safe so I'm just a little worried.

Thanks!

[JerseyGirl201, BSN]

I'm sorry, I have one more question for those who have been accepted. Do you know if they have a strict acceptance? Meaning if I was offered admission for Fall, could I put it off until Spring? Mercer is my second choice and although there is a lot of appeal in starting nursing school in 10 weeks vs 7 months ... my home institution is about $3,500 a semester! If I am accepted to my home school I would not find out until November so I'm wondering if I could shelf the acceptance and see if my school comes through and if not bite the bullet on the tuition and start Mercer in January.

[NurseAE2022]

5 minutes ago, JerseyGirl201 said:

I'm sorry, I have one more question for those who have been accepted. Do you know if they have a strict acceptance? Meaning if I was offered admission for Fall, could I put it off until Spring? Mercer is my second choice and although there is a lot of appeal in starting nursing school in 10 weeks vs 7 months ... my home institution is about $3,500 a semester! If I am accepted to my home school I would not find out until November so I'm wondering if I could shelf the acceptance and see if my school comes through and if not bite the bullet on the tuition and start Mercer in January.

Unfortunately Mercer only does fall admission and I don’t believe they allow people to push back their admissions offer. You would have to reapply.

[JerseyGirl201, BSN]

18 minutes ago, NurseAE2022 said:

Unfortunately Mercer only does fall admission and I don’t believe they allow people to push back their admissions offer. You would have to reapply.

Thank you for that information!

That just made my decision a lot harder.

[MeganAmara]

What is the other school you applied 2?

[JerseyGirl201, BSN]

6 minutes ago, MeganAmara said:

What is the other school you applied 2?

I applied to seven programs actually, but GGC was the program I was giving priority to.

[Jessica234]

Hello! Do you guys have any idea when we will receive our financial aid award letter?

[MeganAmara]

1 hour ago, Jessica234 said:

Hello! Do you guys have any idea when we will receive our financial aid award letter?

My financial aid advisor said it should be at the end of May.

[Jessica234]

For those of you that have orientation today let us know how it goes!

[NurseAE2022]

7 hours ago, Jessica234 said:

For those of you that have orientation today let us know how it goes!

Orientation was pretty good!! There was a lot of information. They discuss the program overall which included uniforms, program expectations, books, credentials, clinicals and so much more. We learned about student organizations and we got to talk to the student ambassadors so that was cool.

[Snl]

9 minutes ago, NurseAE2022 said:

Orientation was pretty good!! There was a lot of information. They discuss the program overall which included uniforms, program expectations, books, credentials, clinicals and so much more. We learned about student organizations and we got to talk to the student ambassadors so that was cool.

Did they say anything about how classes will be held for the Fall? If we’ll be more online?