gsg92

Hi, I'm currently an ABSN student at Samuel Merritt University (SMU), CA and I'm creating this topic to give prospective nursing students an inside scoop of what is currently going on at SMU. I strongly believe in transparency, especially when t...

Someone gave a great SMU review on reddit: To comment on people employed at SMU, a lot of people were being fired or let go at SMU during my 1-year program. After our first townhall meeting, our dean "left" the college, so we were left with...

Samuel Merritt University ABSN program 2022-2023 To whom it may concern - As a recent graduate of the SMU Accelerated Bachelor's of Science Nursing program 2022-2023, I'm writing this to provide an insight on the program so future students ...

SMU is going through a lot of management changes right now, so it's hard for even students to get answers, so feel your pain regarding communication... I personally decided not to work at all during this 1-year ABSN program, and I think it was a...

First off, the main benefits for having preceptorships was to practice hands-on skills and to demonstrate knowledge gained throughout the program in front of your preceptor and other nurses on the unit. I've talked to many new grad nurses and many of...

Update: getting close to finishing up at SMU. Some additional info: - Extra certifications will be reimbursed by the school - School is looking into extending clinicals in the student's department of interest during senior synthesis (not pr...

Hi, currently in the program. I considered working part-time when the program started. However, I'm glad I chose not to. Once clinicals start, you'll find it difficult to find time to study adequately for the weekly tests. It's not impossible to...

Depends on the program. You can put your preferences down, but clinicals typically occur every Thurs/Fri or Sat/Sun.

So far, clinicals have been OK. It has been a hit-or-miss in terms of which nurses are good at teaching and ones who don't care. To be fair, the nurse job is stressful and students often add additional pressures that can make certain procedures take ...

We currently do not meet on campus for lectures or clinicals. Lectures are all online now (recorded and/or live on zoom/webex). Clinicals are in a designated hospital and will be 1-2 times per week (Thurs-Fri, Sat-Sun). If 2 times, the clinicals will...

Update on tuition: SMU plans on increasing the tuition/fees for 2023-2024 by 5.0%. To compare, the SMU finance department stated that SMU has averaged an annual tuition/fee increase of 2.5% per year from 2018 to 2022 (below the national averag...

I don't know if SMU contacts references. I just remember coordinating with my references to submit their letter of recs to the specified link within the specified time frame.

HESI exit exam is a proctored, standardized test (like the TEAS) that will test you on material you learned during your section of classes. It's random and cumulative, and worth 10% of your overall grade. You'll do it at the end of the section (week ...

Non-clinical days: lecture recordings, taking notes on powerpoint, doing practice quizzes on quizlet/evolve, care-plan Clinical days: about 8 hrs of working in the hospital, then try and do a couple assignments afterwards Every week you hav...

@Absnnursingstudent123 I have friends doing the Sacramento and Oakland programs. This issue is affecting all of them. If this is your only option, then go for it. Just realize what you're getting yourself into

SMU ABSN cohort Fall 2022 representative here. Can attest to @coffeebeans assessment for the current state of the program. We just had a meeting to go over "alternatives to preceptorships" where they just had a Stanford hospital recruiter state that ...

Typical Week: you have two classes (1 5.0 unit class, 1 2.0 class) --> adaptive quizzes, HESI case study, test, clinicals per week Finals Week: up to 3 consecutive tests (HESI exit exam for 2.0 class, Test for 5.0 class, HESI exit exam for 5....

Hi, So I'm currently in the Fall 2022-2023 cohort for SMU ABSN program. Just wanted to put a few updates for folks interested in applying to the program in the near future: 1) Preceptorships are done, not going to happen. The school is ...

@elllly I would give the office of admissions a call 1 (800) 607-6377 or email [email protected]

@PseiKay not sure about that. I clicked the link provided in the email to access the letter on intent. If you're referring to the non-refundable deposit, then you need your SMU credentials to access SMURF. The SMU credentials will be in a separate em...

Your checklist and student ID will come in a follow-up email after you submit your deposit and letter of intent. It takes up to 72-hrs for you to receive the checklist email after you submit deposit/letter of intent. It's still early, so a lot o...

Just got my acceptance letter for San Mateo!

Hi, I'm currently preparing to take the TEAS test and I'm concerned that my score will not make the minimum requirement for Samuel Merritt's ABSN program (80% overall and 80% each section). I've been using multiple study sources including ATI and Mom...

Hey! Finishing up application for SMU ABSN Fall 2022 for San Mateo campus. Stats: 4.0 science GPA, 3.2 overall GPA 90% TEAS Experience working as an EMT and EDT