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@Royalblue30 They will send you an email soon with all of the information for orientation, purchasing scrubs, etc. We started beginning of January and have our first day of clinical tomorrow, so about 5 weeks after you begin.

Congratulations!! How exciting! The onboarding process is pretty straight forward, there is just a lot you have to complete. As it gets closer to the start date, you will receive all of your onboarding info/clinical compliance paperwork. You will have to complete a physical, ppd, background screening, fingerprints, drug screen, immunizations, etc. This all gets uploaded to a site called Castle Branch and you will receive an email on how to set this up. I recommend getting your scrubs as soon as they send you the information, because shipping times are definitely delayed.

Congrats on your interview! When I had mine it was a couple different professors on it plus the dean. Just be yourself and be prepared to answer questions like why nursing and why now. They also asked me about some of my undergrad classes like chem and anatomy. We are currently on campus 2 days per week, and the other 2 we are online. We have off on Fridays (but doesn’t mean you won’t be busy doing work!). We have 3 classes right now and start clinicals in 2 weeks.

Hi everyone! It was nice to meet you all on the orientation (I’m assuming LOL). Should we make a facebook group or something so we can all stay in contact/work together to get prepared? -Hunter

Has anyone figured out their financial aid/loan situation if that is how you plan to pay for tuition? I am trying to figure out how to get this done and feel like I am getting no where, and it's getting very close to our start date.

@ilr19 not a silly question at all!! Luckily I am on my parents insurance for another year, so at some point I will have to get my own during the program. I am sure there are some resources the university can give to help figure this out. I’m also interested in knowing more for the future!

No, I emailed someone this week when I accepted the Winter offer and she said we would be receiving detailed info the end of the week. So hopefully tomorrow!

@Nursing27 me too! Not what I was expecting at all. I’ll be commuting about an hour west, I live near Forked River currently. What about you?

@Nursing27 @ilr19 Welcome!! Looking forward to starting in the next couple of months, and glad we can all connect here

@Nursing27 @ilr19 Attached is the group I made for the Winter 2022 cohort!

Hi everyone! I know I met a few people on here who were originally offered acceptance into the May 2022 cohort for the Thomas Edison State ABSN program, but were offered a spot in the new Winter 2022 cohort starting January 2022. I just wanted to make a group for all of us planning on attending!

@Nursing27 congrats!! I actually got an email yesterday saying that they added a Winter 2022 cohort starting January 2022, and they offer me to switch to start sooner if I wanted to. I did accept so now starting January!

@Nursing27 Congrats! I was also recently accepted into the May 22' cohort for the ABSN program. Looking forward to meeting everyone in the Spring and learning more about the program!

I took my TEAS over the Summer I believe in June, and I scored a 70% which just meets the requirement. I booked my exam quick and only had a week to study. I think you should be fine! As long as you do well, and submit your application before the February 1st deadline you’ll be okay. I know it’s rolling admissions but they definitely will save room for those who apply closer to the deadline. For my personal statement, I made sure to answer all of the questions that are listed on the BSNA page but I also tried to personalize it as much as I could. I also brought in life experiences to show how I knew I wanted to be a nurse, and explained my ethics in regards to school and goal setting for my dream career. You can also Google some tips those were helpful too!

Thank you!! I was definitely shocked how quickly everything happened but so thankful. I’m so happy to have found this forum, I’ve been researching a ton. I submitted my application on 7/15 and then about a week later I heard back about my academic evaluation status. All of my courses transferred over fine except my nutrition, but I just submitted a course syllabus and it was approved. So that added some time, and around 8/23 is when I was officially complete and my application was pushed to the nursing committee. It was about a week until I received an email for interview time slots, and got my acceptance this past Monday. My overall GPA was a 3.7 and I’ll list my pre req grades below. AP 1: B- AP 2: C+ Chem 1: B+ Micro: B+ and the rest of the prerequisites are mostly A’s and a few of B’s I read on the website that applications are reviewed all year and interviews are scheduled as well, so I guess it’s sort of a rolling admissions type of thing!