OHSU ABSN 2013 Applicants

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I didn't see a thread.....although it is quite early yet for some to be thinking about the upcoming application session. I am a senior at Marylhurst/PCC, will be graduating Spring 2013 and applying to OHSU, Duke, and John Hopkins this Fall.

Anyone current students that have advice? Anyone who just applied have any tips for the application? Anyone else applying?

Good Luck to those taking Summer courses!

Specializes in Pediatrics, Women's Health, Primary Care.
I'm in the Summer 2012 cohort. They were only able to accept 32 in the fall due to student:instructor ratios set by the OSBN. Also, in the 3rd/4th terms you will attend classes with other cohorts and there are only so many clinical placements so they were not able to accept more people.

As far as wait listing goes, I was on the wait list prior to getting in. You will not find out your position. I think last year they had at least 80 or more on the wait list. I ended up getting a call the first few weeks of May and offered a spot. We also had one of our classmates get a call about 3 days before orientation. So don't count it out wait listers!

Thanks for posting this info: we love getting to hear from current students :)

Called today and spoke with admissions about the question they had regarding my application- and was told that I was a strong applicant- YAY?!

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Specializes in ED, Home Health, Rehab.

Wait-listed. This is pretty bittersweet, I difficult not knowing one way or the other being an out of state applicant. I need to plan!

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@garciwarsi, thanks for posting. Would you mind telling us newcomers what your schedule was like the first couple of terms? It would be great if I could do a little planning ahead. Good luck to everyone waiting.

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I cannot believe I just found this board... I'm so happy to hear that I haven't been the only one obsessing over OHSU admissions for the past 4 months!

I just received the email yesterday confirming my admission into the Fall 2013 cohort! I am beyond excited, but also curious to hear more from current AccBac students about work load, schedule, and simply how comfortable you feel learning all there is to learn in only five quarters? Thanks!

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Okay, so schedule for first term. So you will start out taking Health Promotion with an associated "clinical" component (this is basically down in what we call the ADB Building. It's our skills/simulation center. It is at the bottom of the hill, corner of SW 1st and Arthur). You will also be enrolled in the first half of Pathophysiology and Pharmacology.

Orientation will be a whirlwind of information, but don't worry as you enter the first week things will become much more clear. If I would say one bit of advice: be adaptable and okay with sudden changes or uncertainties around assignments and dates. Just go with the flow of craziness. The instructors fully understand what we are going through and are willing to work with us to accomplish everything.

I hope you have the same instructor as I did for both patho and pharm. While she is the toughest instructor I have ever had for a college class, she is by far the best. Wonderful teaching style, so dynamic.

So back to schedule, we had health promo MW in the mornings, Patho- Monday afternoons, Pharm- Wednesday afternoons. Patho and Pharm are 3 hour lectures. We then had clinical skill lectures Tuesday, Thursday, and Fridays. However they would only be 4 hours each day. So you are either in the morning group (9-12) or afternoon group (1-5). All these seem long, but we would get a 10 min break every hour, which was nice!

Patho/pharm will take up the majority of your time! So much information to learn and you will definitely have to do some self-learning outside of class for certain topics.

Let me know what other questions you have! I'll be happy to help if I can.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Women's Health, Primary Care.

How has fiancial aid been- any scholarships or specific things that we should be applying for now?

Parking seems to be another struggle for some-- what do you suggest?

Any general wisdom and advice is welcome :)

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In my experience, financial aid has not been too helpful. I mean they will obviously know the basics, and can point you in a certain direction. You might fill out the scholarship application specific to the school of nursing, but not sure if you will get anything as it was due march 1st.

Parking, eek! So there are lots that you can park in with a parking permit, but those prices are outrageous. It is also not a guarantee that you will get a permit if you apply for one. There are pay to park areas along the streets that you could use, those prices are the same as what you would pay along the streets in Portland. $1.50ish an hour I think. Personally, I purchased an annual trimet pass. The passes run from Sept-Aug of the following year, prices change but this year I paid $318 (as OHSU students we get a discounted rate). When I came in June, they prorated the rate for the time until Sept, so it was about $75 or so from end of June-beginning of Sept when I could then purchase the full annual pass. I live in Beaverton and take the bus/max to get where I need to go. If I have class for only a couple of hours I will drive up to school and pay for parking. The parking pass has more than paid for itself, at least in my case.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Women's Health, Primary Care.

Good to know about fiancial aid, as that is one concern I have since I already have quite a bit of debt from my first BA. I plan on applying to the HRSA scholarship and a few others, but I have to wait until we get the official acceptance letters in the mail as proof.

I knew parking was a nightmare, and have heard others discuss tri-met. I have considered biking part way and then taking the tram up to the hill, I am coming from the Milwaukie region.

How have your clinical experiences gone- do you have a lot of choice in where you are placed and do you feel that in an accelerated program you have gotten a lot of clinical time?

Sorry for all the questions-- but I am eager to plan and to get going :)

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There are plenty of people in our program that bike! There is also a bike valet at the bottom of the tram, free I think. They can also do bike repairs down there, not sure about the cost of that.

Up until this point, I have one more term left, I have not had enough clinical time. But I think that is just the nature of the program. We weren't in the hospital until the 2nd term. During that term we were on the floor 1 day a week, about 8 hours. You will take acute care either 3rd or 4th term and you will be in the hospital 2-3 days depending on your placement. Either way about 20 hours a week. I'm sure i'll feel better after I get through my placement during my final term in the summer. During the final term you will complete 300 hours at your placement. I have been very lucky to get every placement choice I have requested. Others in my class have not been so lucky, but have had at least one placement where they have interest.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Women's Health, Primary Care.

I realize that I forgot to post that I was accepted into the Fall cohort for the ABSN program! YAY!

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I realize that I forgot to post that I was accepted into the Fall cohort for the ABSN program! YAY!

So exciting .. big congrats to you :-)

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Just out of curiosity/planning for worst-case scenario... is there anyone out there that this is their second time applying? Were you accepted, waitlisted or denied last year, and how did that change this year? I'm on the waitlist, which I think is a pretty good accomplishment since I only had 3 of my prereq classes completed at the time of application. I figure there's always a chance, but if not, I'll be re-applying next year. Does anyone have any insight on doing a second go-round?

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