Meaganrhoades

All that worrying for nothing. Ha!

I hope so. I truely feel that you are good as well, but I know that me telling you that doesn't help much. I am going to try and not worry about it or get on here much anymore until we find out if we are in the program or not. I just needed some moral support I suppose, and family and friends can only help so much in that category since they aren't directly experiencing the stress/anxiety of the whole situation. Sometimes you just need support from people who are in it with you to say it will be okay and give you an "atta boy" or "atta girl" I guess. I know I will continue to need in once in the program and I will am more than willing to be supportive of you and everyone else once we are in as well. (see how I am saying "once we are in" *wink) So Thank you! I appreciate all the help on here.

Oliver12343, I wish I could message on this thing but I don't have enough posts yet apparently. 4.0 and 90.7. So I need a 3/5 on essay? Uggggg....

Happy Holidays! The essay has me nervous. I had a prompt that I didn't go over beforehand because it was the one I didn't want to get (classic avoidance hee hee). It was very difficult to put in the standard 5 paragraph essay format, although I did it. I felt it was a disastrous essay, but I always expect the worst and hope for the best (classic coping mechanism). I did finish and had time to proofread but it just seemed all over the place, like my paragraphs didn't flow smoothly. I felt I had a pretty solid chance of getting accepted into the program with my GPA and TEAS scores, but after the essay I am not so sure. Kind of gut wrenching after all the hard work that goes into everything, then to feel that it can be taken away because of a two paper (very subjective) essay. So here is my question, not that it really matters at this point besides perhaps giving me piece of mind...If we have a strong GPA and a strong TEAS score and completely BOMB the essay is there still a chance we can get in? Has anyone else ever been in that situation? I looked on past posts and cohorts and couldn't seem to find anyone in a similar situation. Mostly, it appeared that the essay tended to help out people that had less than ideal GPA or TEAS scores.

I looked back at April 2018 cohort and acceptance (or not) was posted on dec 21. Keeping fingers crossed that we don't have to wait until Winter break is over to find out if we're accepted into the program.

Thank you for all the advise and tips. If someone gets a chance, can you clear some things up for me? I have an appointment with the writing center tomorrow, but have been wondering about this for days. Driving me nuts. In the outline that is circulating that lays out the format for the essay it says "citation #1, #2, etc.... This is the outline that past students said they got from the writing center in regards to what is expected on the essay. Do they expect us to cite sources? OR does that just mean refer back to one of the points from our thesis? Did you cite sources? Do we have access to the internet or just Word? Did you have citations memorized? Hope this question makes sense. If so, do we need a reference page? Do we need a title page? I thought an essay and a research paper were two different things, but that essay outline has me questioning everything. Ha! I feel like I am making this much more difficult than it needs to be. Thank you!

I HATE computerized test. I took my TEAS in L.A. because it is written and you get an actual calculator in your hand to punch away at. I was able to write all over the test, scribble, underline, doodle. I finished all the sections but reading with at least 15 min to spare. I think I had 5 min left over in reading. This was my first attempt and I found it MUCH easier than the ATI study guide info (which has lots of errors). The ATI computerized practice exams were very helpful though. I ended up making a 90.7 and there is NO way I would have made that if taken on the computer. I am sure this info is a bit late, but perhaps it will help others in future cohorts.