Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing (OHSU) Fall 2020

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Hi future nurses!! I just applied for OHSU's nursing program for fall 2020 as a transfer student. Has anyone else applied yet?

Was wondering if anyone wouldn’t mind sharing their stats and what other type of experience they have. Just wondering what other’s applications might have looked like? Trying to see what I can do to improve mine

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Hey there, I think some of already did but,

3.9 GPA

all required courses completed.

year of working as an EMT

6 years military.

spent a lot of time writing my essays and was very personal in them so they could really understand who I was as a person.

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59 minutes ago, Shanna028 said:

Was wondering if anyone wouldn’t mind sharing their stats and what other type of experience they have. Just wondering what other’s applications might have looked like? Trying to see what I can do to improve mine

I did not receive an invitation to interview, but here are my stats to put admissions into perspective

-4.0 pre-req and cumulative GPA
-All required courses completed
-100+ volunteer hours on the Mother-baby unit at OHSU
-Completed Nurse-Midwifery shadow
-Both Chemistry and humanities courses on my transcript

I, too, spent a lot of time on my essays. I believe they exemplified both my broad understanding of healthcare and the many facets that influenced my nursing pursuits, including my work abroad and in underserved communities with children and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. To be honest, I was rather surprised that I didn't at least receive an interview invite. I realize the competitiveness of nursing school, but short of paid healthcare experience I felt like I was a strong candidate. I know there is always next year, but I am pretty disappointed.

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31 minutes ago, Gee.All93 said:

I did not receive an invitation to interview, but here are my stats to put admissions into perspective

-4.0 pre-req and cumulative GPA
-All required courses completed
-100+ volunteer hours on the Mother-baby unit at OHSU
-Completed Nurse-Midwifery shadow
-Both Chemistry and humanities courses on my transcript

I, too, spent a lot of time on my essays. I believe they exemplified both my broad understanding of healthcare and the many facets that influenced my nursing pursuits, including my work abroad and in underserved communities with children and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. To be honest, I was rather surprised that I didn't at least receive an interview invite. I realize the competitiveness of nursing school, but short of paid healthcare experience I felt like I was a strong candidate. I know there is always next year, but I am pretty disappointed.

hey girl, if it makes you feel better, I also was not given an interview however I've been placed on the waiting list for one. But my first year of applying to nursing school was last year and I got rejected. this year I applied to my dream school again (not OHSU) and I got accepted. never lose hope and keep trying!! btw your stats are AMAZING. be proud of yourself

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6 minutes ago, mmrz99 said:

hey girl, if it makes you feel better, I also was not given an interview however I've been placed on the waiting list for one. But my first year of applying to nursing school was last year and I got rejected. this year I applied to my dream school again (not OHSU) and I got accepted. never lose hope and keep trying!! btw your stats are AMAZING. be proud of yourself

How do you know that you have been placed on the waiting list? Did they send you an email specifying this or did you receive the email where they said they are still waiting to see if people decline the interview for the possibility of being able to interview?

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1 minute ago, m.riordan said:

How do you know that you have been placed on the waiting list? Did they send you an email specifying this or did you receive the email where they said they are still waiting to see if people decline the interview for the possibility of being able to interview?

Oh yes that’s what they told me, I thought that meant waiting list haha, right?

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5 minutes ago, mmrz99 said:

Oh yes that’s what they told me, I thought that meant waiting list haha, right?

I'm hoping that's what it means!! I thought it meant everybody still had a chance but I'm going to think like that means we're on the waitlist haha

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49 minutes ago, Gee.All93 said:

I did not receive an invitation to interview, but here are my stats to put admissions into perspective

-4.0 pre-req and cumulative GPA
-All required courses completed
-100+ volunteer hours on the Mother-baby unit at OHSU
-Completed Nurse-Midwifery shadow
-Both Chemistry and humanities courses on my transcript

I, too, spent a lot of time on my essays. I believe they exemplified both my broad understanding of healthcare and the many facets that influenced my nursing pursuits, including my work abroad and in underserved communities with children and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. To be honest, I was rather surprised that I didn't at least receive an interview invite. I realize the competitiveness of nursing school, but short of paid healthcare experience I felt like I was a strong candidate. I know there is always next year, but I am pretty disappointed.

I genuinely believe having a medical license such as EMT, CNA, MA, ect. Goes a extremely long way in nursing/med school applications. I spoke to a nurse on the UofP faculty and she told me they place a lot of weight on people that have given direct patient care and have been responsible for patients lives/well being, vs volunteering at a healthcare facility.

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As someone who has been applying for the last couple of years and FINALLY received an invite this year, my heart goes out to you. Please hang in there and try again!

- 3.8 prerequisite GPA, all courses completed

- Prior bachelor's degree in International Studies

- Worked as an medical scribe (500 hours), EMT (a gazillion hours) and medical assistant (2,000+ hours)

OHSU is really passionate about community health and combating social injustices within our current healthcare system-- so, I think it helps if you can show a strong understanding of these principles. Working with an array of patient populations is always helpful in this regard!

I also agree with the advice to get a medical certification of some sort-- easiest way to get hands-on experience!

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Thank you all so much for sharing!! All of you seem like great candidates. CONGRATS to those who got invites? I wish you all the best. To those who didn’t, I’m in the same boat. Like all of you I have the grades, but I now realize it would be good to have some type of work in the medical field. This is my second year applying for nursing(1st time at OHSU) it’s pretty discouraging, but I guess there is always next year and now time to gain some experience.

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2 hours ago, Gee.All93 said:

I did not receive an invitation to interview, but here are my stats to put admissions into perspective

-4.0 pre-req and cumulative GPA
-All required courses completed
-100+ volunteer hours on the Mother-baby unit at OHSU
-Completed Nurse-Midwifery shadow
-Both Chemistry and humanities courses on my transcript

I, too, spent a lot of time on my essays. I believe they exemplified both my broad understanding of healthcare and the many facets that influenced my nursing pursuits, including my work abroad and in underserved communities with children and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. To be honest, I was rather surprised that I didn't at least receive an interview invite. I realize the competitiveness of nursing school, but short of paid healthcare experience I felt like I was a strong candidate. I know there is always next year, but I am pretty disappointed.

I’m confused on everyone saying they spent a lot of time writing essays?? On the application I sent in, there was no essay section? Not sure if only certain locations do this

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9 minutes ago, Shanna028 said:

I’m confused on everyone saying they spent a lot of time writing essays?? On the application I sent in, there was no essay section? Not sure if only certain locations do this

I’ve only seen the application for the Portland campus of OHSU, but the application included three 500 word essays and a few other shorter supplemental essay questions that asked about leadership experience, applicable skills and experiences to nursing, diversity, adversity, etc.. What campus did you apply to?

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