MSC Students or Grads?

UGAmommy · Aug 28, 2009

Hey there! I am actually not the answer you are looking for but I have a question. I applied for the January WR program. Do you mind teling me what you made in your AP classes and TEAs to get excepted to the program? I am just so in the dark about what my chances are. THANKS!

GaNsgStudent · Aug 29, 2009

they don't look solely at grades. they look at how many prereqs you have taken, your teas test scores, and the number of ppl that are actually applying to the program. i didn't have all a's, but i did have all of my prereqs done and i even completed some of the prereqs toward my bsn. i had a pretty high score on the entrance test as well (can't remember what it was at this time). they told us that about 400 applied to the program when i got excepted so i guess having all your prereqs completed goes a long way in their eyes. you could consider taking a class like dosage calculations. i think that also shows them your seriousness. it is very competitive to get in so do any little extra thing that might help you get in.

UGAmommy · Aug 30, 2009

Thanks so much! I actually have a Bachelor's degree from UGA but I am currently a teacher. I have completed all the math and English core and AP I and AP II. Hopefully that will help. I have not taken micro yet though. Maybe that will help? I am SO nervous about the test though, especially Chemistry and Physics type questions. I bought the study guide but those sections seem so difficult to me. Are there a lot of questions from those sections? Do they give you the formulas for velocity, mass, moles, etc or do they ALL have to be memorized? Sorry I have asked SO many ?'s. I really want to get in and I am so nervous now.

GaNsgStudent · Aug 31, 2009

the few questions that i did have regarding physics and chemistry were pretty straight foward and not that difficult to figure out. i don't remember using any formulas, but i know that the test changes so i can't say definitively that you won't have any formulas to remember. i am in my first quarter (third week) now and i am so glad that i had all the prereqs out of the way. we have had so many assignments and readings to do that it would be so hard to keep up with another class while juggling these two. i loved micro, but it wasn't an easy class and i know i would do poorly if i had to take it with nurs 1110 and nurs 1111. everyone is different and you may be up for the challenge, but i wouldn't recommend it. that's just gonna be something you have to decide for yourself. good luck and don't be so anxious cause anxiety can trip you up just as much as not being prepared for something. i'm sure you'll do great!

UGAmommy · Aug 31, 2009

Thanks so much for answering my questions. Can I take micro anytime during the program....other than with the NURS 1110 and Nurs 1111? I have been looking at all these perodic table questions, questions about atoms, etc and they are way over myt head :) I work full time and have a 16 month old so it will be difficult but hopefully doable!

GaNsgStudent · Aug 31, 2009

you can take micro pretty much anytime during the program as long as you have all of your prereqs completed and have taken the regents' test before you actually enter into nurs 2215. i think that course is taken the last semester before graduation so you would have time to complete it. good luck cause its gonna be so hard to work full time and go into this program. the nursing program itself feels like a full time job. :uhoh3:

UGAmommy · Sep 1, 2009

Oh I definitely am not gonna work while in school! I wouldn't survive, ha ha.

UGAmommy · Sep 1, 2009

what are the hours of school? clinicals?

GaNsgStudent · Sep 3, 2009

the hours are really unpredictable. just when you think you know where you're supposed to be they pop up and tell you that you have to be at another spot on a day you thought you had off. the only constant is we have lecture time on tuesdays for both classes (8am-1230) and my particular lab times fall on mondays for one class and fridays for the other.

UGAmommy · Sep 3, 2009

GaNsgStudent~

First, I just want to thank you for chatting with me about school. I know I have so many questions. I want to get in soooo bad and I get more and more nervous by the day. I think the lady I talked to, the Nursing Coordinator or something, said that there was about 160 applicants this time. I was glad bc I know the August pool is a lot more. However, that is over 100 that won't get in. I want to know!!!!

Do you know how long after the TEAS we find out if we are excepted?

I have the ATI study guide and practice tests. I have taken the practice tests in the ATI book but not the 2 online yet. I am saving those until closer to the exam. I also dowloaded some study guide from McGraw-Hill or something. Did you use a study guide? If you did use the ATI one, did the sample tests look like the real thing. I am most worried about science, then math....

Again, thanks a million for always writing me back. you are a big help :) :bow:

GaNsgStudent · Sep 3, 2009

you're very welcome. i was in your shoes not that long ago and i had all the same questions that you are having. i didn't purchase the study guide, but i did take the two online tests. they were really similar to the actual test. the math on the test wasn't all that difficult. it didn't go into calculus or anthing like that. it was pretty much basic algebra and math (addition, multiplication, etc.). there were some word problems, but it only required basic math to solve them. i think i took the teas in march and got my acceptance letter in april. you should probably expect to hear something about a month after the last available test time is completed. if you have the ati study guides then you should do fine. take the practice test online to get a feel for how you're doing then brush up on what you miss and take the 2nd practice test. the tests are a pretty good way to gauge how you're gonna do on the real thing. i actually made higher on the teas than i did on the practice tests. i found that the practice tests were a little harder so if you do well on them then you should do great on the one that counts! good luck and let me know if you need anything else. :)