]Hello all! I wanted to start a thread for any of us who may be applying to the Mount St. Mary's College Accelerated BSN program in Los Angeles, for the Summer 2008 or Fall 2008 cohorts.
]I'm applying for Summer 2008 (to start late-May) and am finishing one of the Religious Studies pre-reqs as well as Public Speaking. I just bit the bullet and submitted the online application this weekend, now just need to order all the transcripts and get those rec's in.
]Good luck to any other hopefuls out there, MSMC isn't my first choice, but I hope it will be one of my options in any case If you're also applying, make yourself known...we can suffer the pressures of waiting for notifications until December, together!
thanks for the continued advice, it's much appreciated. we'll just have to figure out how to do that yahoo group thing.
mnicole-
well like asherah said, go to an info session. since you are still in undergrad, definetly try working all your pre-req's in, the mount has some specific ones like so try and get those done and make sure they meet the requirements. if your gpa isn't up to par...take more classes to bring it up, you need min 3.0.
also, be careful as far as when you have taken your core pre-reqs since those need to be done within 5 years of starting the nursing program. other tips, volunteer or get some exposure to the field if you haven't already. but basically, if you meet criteira, your application (essay, grades, etc) will get you in for the interview, that is where you need to sell yourself.
have you heard anything yet about registration? i know they said they were going to email us the info on how to do it, but i havent gotten any email yet... just wanting to make sure i'm not the only one!!
No, I haven't received an email either. They said if we've already used webadvisor then we are halfway there. Tanesha said not to worry too much since everyone is taking the same classes it's not like we won't get in to a class.
First off, contratulations to everyone who is attending MSM this year!
I am still working on pre-requisites and am hoping to apply to a whole bunch of California schools in 2009.
Can anyone clarify for me if General Chemistry fulfills their chem requirement? Some nursing schools want the integrated "Chem for health sciences" and others allow General Chem.
I was wondering how the interview process was and how you prepared for it. I was also wondering if they give situational questions, or just basic questions such as, "why do you want to become a nurse?" or "What does a nurse do?". Thanks!
I'm not sure, the chemistry i took in undergrad was for science majors, but if you go to the nursing page on MSMC, and find the articulation agreements for other colleges, you can see what the equivalent is.
First off, contratulations to everyone who is attending MSM this year!
I am still working on pre-requisites and am hoping to apply to a whole bunch of California schools in 2009.
Can anyone clarify for me if General Chemistry fulfills their chem requirement? Some nursing schools want the integrated "Chem for health sciences" and others allow General Chem.
Thanks!
well the chem i took was gen. chem and i had no problem with it satisfying the requirement. but leslie (lilly1980) is right on - just take a look at the articulation agreements, and it will show you what courses work!
I was wondering how the interview process was and how you prepared for it. I was also wondering if they give situational questions, or just basic questions such as, "why do you want to become a nurse?" or "What does a nurse do?". Thanks!
Honestly, I didn't really prepare too much besides reading over what I put in my personal statement/essays. I was just myself (as corny as that may sound), I was a nervous self, but myself. I interviewed with Mary the director of the nursing program and she asked me mainly all the questions that were asked on the application essay. At the time of interview she hadn't read my essays or rec letters but other staff looked over them and 'scored' them as to whether I should be interviewed. I'm sure at some point after the interviews she read everyones letters and essays.
Not really any situational questions, I got a point blank are you competitive question. They try and foster a group environment not every man for themself. So I told her I am competitive with myself, I like to challenge myself but when I told her I regularly participated in study groups that seemed like the type of attitude she was looking for and wants in their nursing students.
My interview probably lasted around 45 minutes, it was longer than I expected, but it didn't seem long, we were just kind of talking. (I guess maybe that was a good sign?)
that "are you competitive" question was definitely the one that threw me for a loop too! i had NO idea what to say, but i pretty said the same thing - that i hold myself to a pretty high standard, but that i do like working with people when everyone pulls up their end of the deal (to which she replied that everyone in a program like this usually does!). the rest of the interview for me was pretty much the same also - we talked for quite sometime and that really eased the tension...mary is SO nice and not scary to talk to at all...when i first walked in she said "you're not nervous are you? cuz you shouldnt be!" and from that point on i felt totally fine...the rest of the questions were along these lines...... "how did you hear about the program", "why do you want to be a nurse", "are you ok with not having a life for the next year", "does your family know what kind of commitment this is going to be and will the be supportive of you during this time?", "What do you do to deal with stress?"
hopefully this, too, gives you a bit of a heads up on what to expect when you apply!
so i got the note telling me to register for courses, and i went ahead and did so, but wasnt able to register for the last one (45B) cuz it would give me more than 18 units, and the system said that i cant register for more than this online. so i emailed back the registrar's office asking them what to do, but havent gotten a response.....
i didn't get a note about registering, was it an email from tanesha? i wonder if i should email her. the last couple emails on both my personal and msmc email was about email access.
I just bit the bullet and submitted the online application this weekend, now just need to order all the transcripts and get those rec's in. 
If you're also applying, make yourself known...we can suffer the pressures of waiting for notifications until December, together! 
lilly1980
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flyingfish-
thanks for the continued advice, it's much appreciated. we'll just have to figure out how to do that yahoo group thing.
mnicole-
well like asherah said, go to an info session. since you are still in undergrad, definetly try working all your pre-req's in, the mount has some specific ones like so try and get those done and make sure they meet the requirements. if your gpa isn't up to par...take more classes to bring it up, you need min 3.0.
also, be careful as far as when you have taken your core pre-reqs since those need to be done within 5 years of starting the nursing program. other tips, volunteer or get some exposure to the field if you haven't already. but basically, if you meet criteira, your application (essay, grades, etc) will get you in for the interview, that is where you need to sell yourself.
good luck!