No Luck for Me :(

Fiona59 · Apr 20, 2005

My heart feels for you. Now step back and breathe. Is there anyway for you to find out why you weren't accepted? Do your grades need a bit of work? Can you take any classes to help on your next application? Volunteer work somewhere?

I know how you feel, I was accepted one year but couldn't take the spot and when I applied the next year I wasn't accepted. I went the LPN route and love my job.

Life's strange, things happen for a reason -- unfortunately we don't get a game card to follow along to...

No shame in not being accepted -- more rejection than acceptance letters these days.

Now go do something nice for yourself and hold your head high!

z's playa · Apr 20, 2005

I'm so sorry :icon_hug:

Please don't be hard on yourself and like Fiona said. Hold your head high. This isn't the end of your dream. Just a stone in your path, so walk around it and carry on the same road.

Z

sheleighcakes · Apr 20, 2005

I know exactly how you feel. I went through the exact thing last year. But I looked at it as time to gain experience. I worked as a CNA, finished my prerequisites and got into UP this year. Nursing school is extremely competetive right now! From what I can understand, most schools are getting so many applicants that they are cutting off at 3.7. I know it's hard to look on the bright side, but just do what you can to make it through!

ashbowlen · Apr 20, 2005

Thanks guys. Its so nice to hear about people who have been in my shoes. I felt like the only one rejected, eventhough there are so many, everyone around me that I know has been excepted on the first shot. My GPA is a 3.4. I'm going to take a few classes over and try to boost my GPA. I have a few plans but I am going to wait till I get into my advisors office next Tuesday.

My biggest question at this moment is whether to try and get any type of job at a hospital or get my CNA and then work somewhere. Any suggestions? thanks

cougheat · Apr 20, 2005

Hi,

I also got a rejection letter from Linfield, however, I did get alt.listed from OHSU, GO FIGURE!!!! It is a bit frustrating and with the time spent on the application, the 'subjectiveness' of the selection, the lack of knowing what exactly makes one competitive, and the 'no further information' that I felt they failed to provide.... Need I go on. I have never received a rejection letter before, so I am not sure what exactly they are like, but Linfield's seemed a bit snobby. I have a BS already w/a 3.56 cum. GPA, and have worked in the veterinary medicine field as a Registered Technician for 10 yrs., the list goes on...So, from the rejected standpoint must I leave w/this quote:

Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. -Calvin Coolidge

ashbowlen · Apr 20, 2005

i wish i knew more of the criteria from linfield. i didn't find out until about 2 weeks ago that a friend of a friends dad is the director of the linfield nursing campus. i also have a degree as of this spring in community health education! plus in my essay i wrote about a life experiance that my advisor said would help me get into school. doesn't it make you wonder what people have in their essays that make them so much more qualifiable? i wounder how many people were turned away.

i am a very strong believer that everything happens for a reason and i will never give up! i have wanted this for too long to quit now!

i hope but a whim of luck that ohsu works out for you.

i wish i would have looked at this site years ago, i have learned so many important things and i just started looking. :)

txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Apr 20, 2005

Im sorry you didnt get in.. But pick up and keep on going . Apply everywhere to broaden your options. Good luck to you ...

FutureRNMichael · May 21, 2005

i wounder how many people were turned away.
i am a very strong believer that everything happens for a reason and i will never give up! i have wanted this for too long to quit now!
:)

i heard pcc accepted 40 or 50 people this year from 900 applicants... not the greatest ratio.

Antikigirl, ASN, RN · Jun 1, 2005

Yep...as of now I have 5 CNA's that have applied to nursing school at PCC. One made it first year trying..the others are 2 in their second year of trying..1 third year!

So very sad indeed...great gals with the knowledge and skills they need (I had a hand in that being a PCC grad and knowing what they should be exposed to and when!). Three of them are going to apply for RT..they will also be great in that, but they can't wait forever...most want families and get a start on their lives! I can't blame them!

And it is a lottery! That ticked me off from my time there too! I worked my self wary being a 4 point student only to perhaps loose my spot to a C student??? You would think best grades should win? But I don't darn the C students pre nursing school...saw them excel once they were in the program and were A+ all the way! (just needed to be in their chosen field to get the drive!). But still...I think it should be merit/grades vs lottery! Oh well!

And 50 out of 900...very typical..I got in luckily first try, and it was 1500 to 50!!!!! Boy did I get lucky!

nurseby07 · Jun 4, 2005

I disagree about the grades vs lottery. I have a 3.8 in all of my pre-req's but my ridiculous first years of college from 12 years ago had all but killed my chances of getting in anywhere. After two shots I finally got in to PCC!

I think that they should require a cna (or equivolent) and that preference goes to people who have done their pre-reqs at PCC. At the hospital where I work I have run across so many students who had never even set foot on PCC soil before applying and getting in to the program while I have spent thousands of dollars at the school only to have been passed up.

I've never won anything in my life and I dropped to my knees in thanks for this great chance. FINALLY!

Any advice on how to work/parent AND go to school?? :rolleyes:

Yep...as of now I have 5 CNA's that have applied to nursing school at PCC. One made it first year trying..the others are 2 in their second year of trying..1 third year!
So very sad indeed...great gals with the knowledge and skills they need (I had a hand in that being a PCC grad and knowing what they should be exposed to and when!). Three of them are going to apply for RT..they will also be great in that, but they can't wait forever...most want families and get a start on their lives! I can't blame them!
And it is a lottery! That ticked me off from my time there too! I worked my self wary being a 4 point student only to perhaps loose my spot to a C student??? You would think best grades should win? But I don't darn the C students pre nursing school...saw them excel once they were in the program and were A+ all the way! (just needed to be in their chosen field to get the drive!). But still...I think it should be merit/grades vs lottery! Oh well!
And 50 out of 900...very typical..I got in luckily first try, and it was 1500 to 50!!!!! Boy did I get lucky!

jbeck817 · Sep 7, 2005

I went to Linfield (TWICE! got a BS and a BSN) and it's not that great. After graduating and working, you meet the nursing instructors for other schools. One finds out that Linfield gets only about half the med-surg experience compared to other schools. I think that Linfield is an overpriced graduate degree prep school. I am planning to get my master's, but c'mon folks you gotta work that student loan off somehow............:smackingf