MUSC ABSN Fall of 2015

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I know this is still a little early, but I wanted to go ahead and make the thread so all prospective students could prepare. My credentials aren't nearly as good as a lot of people who have applied, but I felt like it was worth a shot since MUSC is my last chance at a BSN before I just do the ADN and bridge to BSN later on.

I should have right at a 3.1 at the time of my application. Made a C in Anatomy, a B+ in Physiology, and a B- in Chemistry. Microbiology will be in progress next semester, and I made pretty much As in every other non-science pre-req. I'm hoping that my volunteer and work experience will buffer my low GPA and grades :)

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Tellytubby - A B.S. in Animal sciences and a B.A. in Philosophy; 3.67 GPR; some experience working as a tech in a hospital. Sorry for the late response. Good luck everyone!

Ps. Does anyone know the Facebook page for this Fall's class?

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Here you go ilikeearthtones MUSC ABSN Fall 2016

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Randibi07 Hey I'm in a similar boat do you mind messaging me? I wanted to know that they told you and what your stats were! I'm super worried and I have to make a decision quick about an ADN program I just got accepted into.

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Summer Wertz if you don't mind me asking what you got in certain aspects? I'm applying for the Spring 2015 term. Very worried about my gpa and other parts of the application. I was wondering if they told you anything helpful when you called in?

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@carusomk:

I have a 3.1 GPA and over 100 hours of volunteer and work experience. I don't have a degree of any sort. They told me I scored perfectly on every part of the application but that my GPA just wasn't high enough compared to the competition. If you don't have at least a 3.5 I recommend saving the $100 application fee and applying to other programs. I'm starting Trident in the fall and I'll try to do my RN to BSN online at MUSC, USC or Francis Marion. That's a cheaper route for me to go anyway.

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@SummerWertz

I'm in the same boat. I spoke to someone today about what they look at and 75% is grades. She told me to focus on volunteer/work hours and my reference letters. But because my gpa is the same as yours I worry, that it would be a waste of time to apply :(

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May I give you some advice... Military or job clinical experience is the best thing you can have!! They will tell you GPA BUT THERE ARE 5 extra points for military/job clinical exp that I didn't even know about. And this is apart from volunteering...

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My cGPA was 3.57. I was accepted as an alternate. I got all of the points for my resume and volunteering. Shadowing counts as volunteering as well. I had been CPR certified which is a plus also. There were people who had a lower GPA 3.0 and 3.1 who got in to the program ahead of me because they had clinical experience And military. I got a call back 3 days after they were accepting people and told I was accepted if I wanted the spot still!

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Also apply for spring semester! It has a lot less applicants! I can not wait for AUGUST í ½í¸

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It is a point systems d I don't know all exactly it's like 20 points for cGPA 10 points for science GPA 3 points for volunteer I think 3 -5 for essay and the resume

i do believe that's about it but then you get a extra 5 points if u have clinical/hospital or military experience

This may not be perfect but it's close I know!!

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I just got in!!!!!

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