New OHSU Student - Advice?

punkdmunkey · Jul 14, 2009

Congradulations on your acceptance!

Sorry I don't know the answer to your question but I also have a question for you. I plan on applying to OHSU Ashland campus this January and I was just wondering what kind of GPA did you have? And did you have any volunteer experience? I am a sophomore this year and I'm really nervous about applying. If you can put my mind at ease, I would very grateful to you. Thanks.

LC5289 · Jul 15, 2009

I had lots of volunteer experience. I volunteered for about 4 years at a therapeutic riding center, at the emergency department at our local hospital, and Volunteers in Medicine for 6 months. I'd highly recommend you start volunteer in places like that. Also, I believe my GPA was a 3.7 or 3.8 or so. Not 4.0 like some! I have a lot of traveling experience unlike many so I wrote about that in my essay. If you have any other questions, just ask! So far I love Ashland and am really glad I am going to be going to school here.

RNmb · Jul 20, 2009

First off, Congratulations! I graduated from OHSU-La Grande in 2008 and though it was a great school, my advice would be to be ready to advocate solely for yourself. The instructors were great, but most also had other practices and I really had to work hard to have the experiences that I did. Learning the practical part of nursing was fairly easy, but I had to fight for which areas I wanted to see. Also, keep every piece of paperwork you have because it seems that they need it several times. I hope this doesn't scare you, OHSU really is a great school and the number one thing it teaches you is how to advocate, which is what a nurses needs to be able to do anyway. Good luck!