OCCC BADNAP 2013

okstategirl · Feb 19, 2013

Im sure it helps with having returned mail and all that too! Im banking on the 25th but certainly am not going to hold me breath hahaha!

lordizzy626 · Feb 20, 2013

Yeah, hopefully we do hear something soon so I can start looking towards getting all my ducks in a row. The same probably goes for everyone else. lol.. The more I think about getting into this program, the more it becomes appealing.. Ten months will fly by.. especially when we are that busy.. lol. The good news is that this program is A LOT of material, but I almost guarantee it is not highly complex material like the material presented in Neurobiology of Disease or Immunology. So it will digest nicely. :) IMO

ADB567 · Feb 20, 2013

This time next week we will hopefully all be telling each other that we got our acceptance email. If I don't get in, I will just go with my plan A (traditional fall program), but I sure hope this works out for me! I'm so ready to start nursing school and get back into the work force, this time doing something I enjoy! I just took a CNA course, so I'm already current on vaccines and CPR. I hope I don't have too many hoops to go thru before the program starts, because I'm busy finishing my prereqs. I ran into a nursing professor (I had her for pharmacology) and she told me how much better the BADNAP program is. Besides finishing earlier and being accelerated, she said she feels it is just a better program.

lordizzy626 · Feb 21, 2013

Well I would like to assume that if you have at least a 3.3 GPA and above, and you passed the TEAS decently, you shouldn't have much to worry about. I think the prereqs are CHEM I, Microbiology, Nutrition, A&P I AND A&P II? The rest, I think, would have been accomplished with a Bachelors degree outside the science field. Anyhow, I'm sure you'll be fine. :).. Now if your GPA is below a 3.0, and you are still working on completing prereqs.. that is a different story... :/...

ADB567 · Feb 21, 2013

My GPA is only a 3.12. I wish I could go back about 20 years and take college more seriously. I'm concerned about my GPA, but the admissions guy really seemed to think it would be enough to get me in BADNAP this summer. TEAS was fine (78). I'm finishing my last prereqs this semester (15 credits). I am thrilled about the last minute change in requirements. I have no idea how many of the 90 applications are 100% done with prereqs or still in progress, or don't even meet GPA/TEAS minimums. I think my chances are good, but who knows. I guess I won't have to wait long to find out, at least!

okstategirl · Feb 21, 2013

I wish I could go back also and be more focused! Im trying not to stress about getting in. I have all the pre-reqs done but only a 2.9 or 3 gpa. I guess the good news is if we don't get in we all have bachelors degrees so our "fall back plan" is nicer than most lol! Seeing as they changed the admission requirements due to the low number of applicants, I imagine quite a few of the 90 are still finishing up their pre's. That's just a guess, but it makes sense to me!

lordizzy626 · Feb 21, 2013

Sorry, I didn't mean to give you any negative feelings about your application. My statement was only a guess... Holy cow, 15 credits of science classes is a pretty heavy load. I know you are looking to get them all done, but at this point you really need to take quality over quantity.. lol. You are right though, we don't know how many applications were complete or still in progress. To be honest, I don't even really know about any last minute changes. I just started looking into this program a month ago. lol. So whatever the requirements are currently is all I know. From what I understand the changes made it easier to get in? I know they say this program is a beast, but I seriously doubt it will be harder than the semester I took Neurobiology of disease, Physics II, Cell Biology, and Parasitology, and worked 30-40 hours. lol. That was the worst semester of my life.. Serioulsy.. I think all the accepted people should get together and go celebrate by having a beer. Lord knows we won't have any time to do that while in the program.. haha

lordizzy626 · Feb 21, 2013

Also, I am pretty sure most of us will get through this program, then work while we go to school to get a BSN and possibly work towards the CRNA path or NP path.... Aim high folks!!!

ADB567 · Feb 21, 2013

Lordizzy, no need to apologize-- you didn't give me any negative feelings. :-) My 15 credits are not all science, thank goodness! I'm taking 9 of science and 6 of non-science that was not required for my bachelor's. I've been researching the programs since May of last year. Okstategirl-- you have nothing to worry about. I'd bet any amount of money you will get in. I agree with Lordizzy that if/when we get in we need to meet for a beer before the program starts and celebrate!

ADB567 · Feb 21, 2013

I do not plan on going for a CRNA or NP. I am 40-- by the time I got through all of that I'd either be in serious debt and/or approaching retirement age, haha! But seriously, I really want to be floor nurse. I spent so many years in management in a different industry. I "aimed high" for a long time, but happened to be in a field I didn't enjoy. I may go for my BSN, but have no interest in going any further. One thing I've learned, however-- never say "never!"

okstategirl · Feb 22, 2013

ADB, thank you. I sure hope we all get in! If we are concerned enough to search out an online forum we are all pretty dedicated....or smarter than the other applicants so just let us in!! Jkjk...kinda! Iwould be more than willing to go have a beer....and several if I dont get in hahaha! Hopefully I still get to have somewhat of a social life if I get in :/

lordizzy626 · Feb 22, 2013

Yeah, I am tired of waiting to find out whether I got in or not. haha.. I am sure I did, but it isn't official until you get that email. lol. Hopefully by next week we find out. That way we can plan to go get a beer or three sometime before the program starts. lol.. I talked to a couple people that went through this program already and they said that the program directors make it out to be scarier and more difficult than it really is. I mean, don't get me wrong, they said it was fairly intense, but these people still had weekend time to hang with their family.. Then again, they are both Science majors who graduated with B.S. in Microbiology and Chemistry.. so they are used to studying all the time. lol.. We'll have to wait and see!!! :)