kangaroo621

i am starting at norwalk in the fall & got an email explaining what we'll need for uniforms/shoes for clinical (see below for contents of email). so now i have a few questions... may be silly, so bear with me! -i know they want us to all look the...

JaRoJoCT, I wanted to send you a message, but it won't go through. I was wondering if you might be interested in meeting up before orientation & possibly carpooling once in a while? Our commute is looking less appealing with gas at $4/gallon Yo...

I'm a little confused... maybe some of you guys can help! My letter from Norwalk said orientation was in mid-late August... how are some of you getting assigned reading over the summer? I realize some of you have orientation a few months earlier (luc...

JaRoJoCT... Norwalk was my 1st choice this year. I tried Gateway last year & got wait-listed... A few people told me that a ton more people applied to GWCC since they have the night-time program... so I figured I would rather commute a little far...

Wait... You're going to Norwalk in the fall & are in Milford?? Me too... Clearly we're going to be meeting at some point!!!

I'm not sure if there's a wait-list... my letter didn't specify : ( Sorry! Best of luck to you!

Finally got my letter!!! I'll be at Norwalk for Fall 2011 : ) Anybody else for Norwalk? Haven't heard it mentioned by many other people... speak up!!

As #21 on that wait list, I am really glad I didn't know that last year. I might have completely lost it!!!

Unfortunately Mixy, I'm not sure that's true... I was #21 on Gateway's wait-list last year and did not end up with a spot... The wait-list for Gateway had over 70 people I think, and they didn't even make it to me.... I retook A&P I this year an...

orourkco, I checked on June 11 & the list hadn't moved at all since I last checked on May 11th, when the list had moved 2 spots. It was pretty disappointing that it hadn't moved at all in a month. I'm with you... at this point I'm going to focu...

jdoll -- so some people were accepted without their A&P II grades in? I don't quite understand how that works... About the people waiting to decide until orientation - I guess that's your perogative as you put down 2 deposits.

It made me really sad too : ( I wanted to ask a million more questions - like have you gotten through all the accepted students' replies yet, or are there more to be processed, or is there ANY chance at all, etc. but I was too disheartened to ask m...

I talked to someone at Gateway who said I'd moved up 2 spots on the waiting list now that the deadline for students to accept has passed. Ugh. Somehow I thought it would move a lot more than that : ( It is so tough to stay hopeful with this... Hope ...

I was waitlisted at Gateway as well... She said they do pull people off the waitlist as classes are beginning so those spots don't go to waste. Spots open up at the last minute for the spring semester as well - though that would be a long time to wa...

orourkco, At least for Gateway (not sure about the other 4), people have to send in their decision by May 3rd or (May 5th?). However, the admissions woman also said that things often change after that date as well -- all the way up until classes star...

Matt, where have you guys been doing clinicals this year?

I just spoke to someone at Gateway -- the waitlist numbers we're all getting ARE school-specific. There is NOT one big list for all 5 schools. I wish they would make all this clearer in their letters : ( I'm #21/71 at Gateway... Just hoping that lea...

Does anybody know how many people were accepted off the wait list for Gateway last year? How many people are in the fall class? How many in the spring? Is there any way of knowing if they've started accepting people off the list? Or what number the...

Hey, I figured I would join the list :) I'll be starting Yale's GEPN direct entry program for ACNP's in 2 months --woohoo!!! Can't wait to move down to CT in a few weeks! Kangaroo

AK556: Can I ask which 'your group' was? What did you hate about it? Any way you could be more specific? Were you a GEPN or RN at entry? I'm starting the ACNP program in the fall and am curious about past students' experiences... Thanks, Kangaroo

Hey everyone, I got my Tdap vaccine this afternoon and now (about 4 hours later) it is REALLY painful. I still have the information sheet about the vaccine from my doctor, and I know people can have soreness or pain at the injection site... but my e...

Fancy Face... Having gotten several tattoos I will second the idea that it can be an entirely safe and sterile experience -- again you just have to do your homework!! Make sure you figure out exactly what you're getting yourself into both in terms o...

Doesn't seem like medical advice to me, but I could be entirely wrong. Here's some info on antibiotic use from the redcross.org: http://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/0,1082,0_557_,00.html#ant "Antibiotics A donor with an infection should not dona...

RN2Be... As someone who majored in microbiology... I take offense!!! Just kidding! Here are some tips... -Try to do your reading in small chunks -- you are more likely to remember it than trying to cram it all in at the same time and your attention...

Like some previous posters... this seems so backward -- if there is something good in the world (like amazing health coverage), shouldn't the aim be to make it available to all? Saying it should be taken from those with bigger paychecks is just crazy...