Palomar Fall 2023

[TouchTheSky333]

Hey there you guys

I wanted to make this thread specifically for the Fall 2023 cohort to see if anyone has gotten accepted yet

[HighTideNursing]

following, I have not heard yet ?

 

[Teine684, LVN]

I also applied and according to the email from the Nursing Department, we should receive an update by mid-March, Lord willing. 

[lalaachala]

What do you guys think the cut off point will be now that they will pick top 26 students and 10 lottery? In the last semesters they picked top 36 students and the cut off point was at 83-85. 

[Teine684, LVN]

Hi lalaachala,

Congratulations on being selected to SWC!???

To be honest, I'm kinda anxious on being accepted. I'm trusting that when it's my time, it'll be God's timing. His timing is always perfect.??

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lalaachala said:

What do you guys think the cut off point will be now that they will pick top 26 students and 10 lottery? In the last semesters they picked top 36 students and the cut off point was at 83-85. 

Who knows!

I think the point average will be a little higher just based on a few of the people in my application session (a few of us are in the 90s)

Given that Mira Costa has gone full blown lottery and many students will be applying to both, the average range is going to jump up because those who would have been accepted into MC through merit/the points system will take spots at Palomar.

I love the compromise that Palomar has reached to be more educationally equitable and increase the diversity of students because it doesn't penalize those of us who have worked  to "play the points game" whereas Mira Costa almost seems to be trying to reduce their workload by doing a complete lottery....IF they wanted to they can set up a program/script to pick before looking/processing applications & then ensure the applications that were randomly chosen meet their minimum criteria. (I don't know their process- it was not communicated to me)

With Palomar it sounds like they are verifying each application is complete, assigning points, then determining top spots and THEN doing the lottery.

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I'm crossing my fingers that I have 91 points & it is enough.

[HighTideNursing]

It's hard to wait! Looking forward to mid-March! God has a plan ❤️

 

[lalaachala]

@Teine684 Thank you! ☺️I feel relieved that I know that I will start school next semester. Although, I prefer palomar/miracosta since it is much closer to home. 

 

@fantasticachica I thought the same thing!  Palomar will definitely be more competitive now that miracosta is doing lottery seats. I have about the same points as you and I'm just trying to stay positive. I wonder if this is going to be a thing in the future for other ADN programs.  
 

[guest1205434]

... the waiting is the toughest bit.

I'm over here, like "the ring" .. 7 days.....

I've been house sitting and have taken an interest in clearing the yard to exhaust the anxiety. How is everyone else handling the wait?

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[HighTideNursing]

fantasticachica said:

... the waiting is the toughest bit.

I'm over here, like "the ring" .. 7 days.....

I've been house sitting and have taken an interest in clearing the yard to exhaust the anxiety. How is everyone else handling the wait?

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Girlllll, I almost spit out my coffee on this one haha! I am checking allnurses, email, smam mail, and FB multiple times per day hoping for an update. So...I guess you can say I'm handling the stress of waiting pretty well LOL. 

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Heidi Ortiz said:

Girlllll, I almost spit out my coffee on this one haha! I am checking allnurses, email, smam mail, and FB multiple times per day hoping for an update. So...I guess you can say I'm handling the stress of waiting pretty well LOL. 

I don't feel so alone now!! I had that moment of "I'm sure neurotypical people are handling this juuuust fiiine"

We are halfway to the middle of March..

... the wait til May though, pretty sure I will either languish and not be able to do anything or my whole house will be reorganized. Haha!

[HighTideNursing]

Sooo hard to wait!