New or Student Nurses-how long did U wait

jamieSN · Aug 12, 2004

I had my prereqs completed and waited approx 2 years, trying to get into this community college that is closest to me. Finally, I heard about a smaller but more popular school, much more expensive as well, and decided to apply there. I waited 1 semester after completing my app with them. they have a 3 year BSN program as well, where the comm. college didn't. It's ok if u don't get into your first choice of school, most employers don't care where u attended school as long as you have your degree. :nurse:

nursepearl · Aug 12, 2004

I waited one semeter at a community college. I hear that the wait is more in the two year range.

Good luck!

:)

ShellGVSU · Aug 12, 2004

I'm getting close to completing my prereqs and I know that getting into my first choice school (Baker U.)is next to impossible (they accept roughly 30-45 out of, say, 500). I am going to apply to my second and third choices (KU and WU) and their statistics are about the same. I am curious as to how long all of you had to wait before being accepted to your schools. I thought it a good idea to put my pursuit of nursing on hold until I had my children and now I think that was a mistake (the waiting, not the children:chuckle ) given the difficulty in getting into a program due to the massive amount of people wanting in also. I know that it is absolutely imperative to get top marks. I also know that people who have a 3.75 are being wait-listed and may not even get in because there are always students the following year w/ a better GPA. Due to the sheer numbers of applicants, what's the longest you've heard of someone having to wait it out?

Well I think that depends on your school. I applied to the school and I had to wait two semester before getting in. But I applied as the nursing school was trying to solve the problem of having too many applicants and not enough room. There was a lot of confusion about changing GPA and prereq specifications. At my school they used to just pick your name randomly and if you got in that semester you got in but if you didn't you automatically was in the next semester. But they have had a lot of trouble with the amount of students they have had apply. Which in this scenario as well a lot of students that had high GPA's thought this was unfair but just because someone has a high GPA doesn't mean they will be a good nurse, which this was an argument a lot of people had too.Also a lot more people are going into nursing because they think it will be easy to find a job they're not all doing it because it's in their heart to do it. But luckily after 2 semesters I will finally start nursing classes in a couple weeks, so I think everything will work out for you too. Just might take some time and some patience. :rolleyes:

Michelle

NurseBunky · Aug 12, 2004

It's good to apply to have more options on nursing programs you want to attend. I live in Georgia and was accepted into two programs and had to choose one. I ended up picking Gordon College b/c their pass rate was the best and they don't lose as many students as other schools. Be sure to do your reasearch and visit the colleges. You want to go to a school that has a high pass rate otherwise you'll have a nursing degree that you can't use b/c you haven't passed the NCLEX. I do know that out of 300 applicants only 107 were accepted at my school. That's pretty good for an ADN program. Good luck. Be confident. It will all work out!!!

RedSox33RN · Aug 12, 2004

The community colleges in my state have LONG wait times to get in - some don't even have waitlists, and make applicants re-apply each year. The private colleges are much more expensive, but have less applicants. I'm going to a private Catholic college. I got in after applying once, in December of last year (starting next month, the ADN program).

Do you have to have completed pre-req's? The only reason I ask, is because I have two left, which I'll be taking along with my nursing courses in the spring and next fall semesters. Don't wait to apply if you only have a few left. If you apply now and get on a waitlist for the next year, chances are you could finish or put a sizeable dent in your pre-req list.

I made the mistake 2 years ago of only applying to one place. Apply to as many as you can, even if you think that you may not want to travel such a distance or whathaveyou. Spots are much too hard to come by to limit your options too much.

Good luck!

mulliganj · Aug 13, 2004

Hello,

I am currently attending East Stroudsburg University in PA, and have tried for a year to get into their nursing program so now i am going to try to get in at a community college, I am so frustrated because everything I hear is that you have to wait a long timeto get into a nursing programor spendbig bucks to go to private school. Most of the schools just don't have the funding to have a big enough program to have more positions, so I am going through the same thingyou are. I'm not even sure what kind of nurse i wantto be yet. Well good luck.

NurseeTee · Aug 13, 2004

Let's see...I had to wait about...two weeks :).

I walked into the Admissions office of my school one day and started classes within a few weeks. That was four years ago, I understand they have a wait list now, but it's not that bad...maybe a semester. And it's a very good school.