JuicyJ95 BSN, RN

So, I have been considering traveling for awhile now. I have been a nurse for about 4 years, and I have 2 years of MICU/STICU (float) experience, and a year (gonna be closer to 2) of CVICU experience. Most of my experience comes from a Level I trauma...

First off, good on you for getting your life together! For some of us, that didn't happen right away! Secondly, always be honest. I'm not sure what you have in your past, but as long as it's not abuse, recent drug charges, maintaining a drug traffick...

Not gonna lie, I'm pretty discouraged 😂 This school I felt really good about.

Hey man! You feel comfortable sharing your stats? I'm genuinely curious, even though I know it's a holistic approach! Feel free to say no too, I totally understand.

Seems only one person in this forum has... Though I haven't even gotten an email about a virtual session. Seems kinda weird that nobody else has gotten an interview invite here.

None of that negative talk! Gotta stay positive! 🫡

If they are only taking "top of the top" right now, then only one person in this forum got a phone call... hardly think that's the case. 😂 I would say they probably have a lot of apps to go through and the list is probably pretty long. I'm sure they ...

Congratulations man! Haven't heard anything yet myself, but fingers crossed!

I don't mind. So, my BSN GPA was 3.72. My experience is 1.5 years MICU, 1.5 STICU (Concurrent), and 1.5 years CTICU (Current). I was wound care and code committee (MICU/STICU), Unit Based Council (CTICU), Preceptor (All), volunteer experience i...

I tried to keep it as short as possible, and I even had a bunch of my coworkers and CRNA's read it to make sure they didn't "lose interest" halfway through. 😂 That was my biggest concern with the length of it. Every other one I'd written was one page...

I think my personal statement ended up being 4 pages. I used transitions for each question and felt I was concise and thorough.

I am curious where everyone took some graduate level courses at. I thought my science GPA would be higher, but Nursing CAS gave me a 2.67!! So, I feel I may benefit from a class or two. I feel specifically Advanced Pathophysiology and Pharmacology. T...

Nice! Did they ever discuss the application process, what the school seemed to key in on in terms of applicants, or how they are liking the program?

Did you apply this year or did you get accepted last year?

Well, good luck to everyone! It'll be a tough selection but everyone deserves to be there! I was reading last year and it seems interview calls came out around late March.

Well, the deed is done! I applied and will now be dying until I hear back! HAHA

I'm applying this year as well, feel free to DM me and I can give it a look. Otherwise, I suggest NursesTeachNurses. It's a website where current CRNA's, SRNA's, etc. will do transcript reviews, personal statement reviews, etc.

As far as I've read back in previous years, I believe calls come out after the deadline, but before the second deadline. I could be wrong though, if anyone gets a call let us know!

Totally kidding with you, I suppose that's not easily read over text. 😂

You got into 2 schools that you didn't even research and the rest of us are out here making a career of this... I'm both impressed, and mad. HAHA

Yeah, so once you apply you can download the application once it is verified and see your GPA calculations. So, I applied earlier this year to a program and my sGPA was only taken from 3 classes and mine was 2.67! So, I know each program does their o...

I hope so too! Though, like I said my sGPA was pretty surprising when I entered it into Nursing CAS so, I am going to apply when I finish an undergraduate Chemistry class to boost it over 3.0. I have no doubt you will get an interview though! Hopeful...

Don't quote me, but I would check UNE (University of New England) Online. They have some science prerequisites I am taking to boost my sGPA and maybe they have a good statistics course you can take!

Thanks! I worked MICU/STICU (floated between the two) for 1 year and 3 months, got my CCRN & TNCC there. Then I went to CTICU and have been there for over a year. It'll be 2.5 years in CTICU if I get in for the May program. While I was there, I g...

I will be applying! Arguably my top school, but now that Nursing CAS has exposed my science GPA I am skeptical. I'm going to try and do 1-2 undergraduate science classes to give myself a boost.