nurse_olga

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1. Applying to New Grad Programs without a license

   nurse_olga posted a topic in California Nursing

   Hi, I am graduating in June 2009 and will be taking the NCLEX in mid June. There are some new grad programs I am interested in that have application deadlines in early March for programs that begin...

2. Samuel Merritt ABSN San Fran Fall 2008

   nurse_olga replied to hatingthewaiting's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Congrats! I thought orientation was Friday... I think they are having problems filling seats because San Mateo is so new and more people prefer SF because they like the

3. Samuel Merritt ABSN San Fran Fall 2008

   nurse_olga replied to hatingthewaiting's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   hey, i am starting in the June San Mateo program :) It starts in one and a half

4. English prof + course issues....

   nurse_olga replied to simonek's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Okay, i missed that... the reason I got involved is because I didn't like the comments where people were attacking the poster and the poor grammar. I wanted to comment on why someone may be happier...

5. English prof + course issues....

   nurse_olga replied to simonek's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I understand that. That being said, don't respond to the OP if the grammar bothers you too much. Some of us don't care about poor grammar, and will look past the run-on sentences and lack of...

6. English prof + course issues....

   nurse_olga replied to simonek's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   There is a difference between offering advice that is helpful rather than insulting... the poster never said that the professor gave them a C on purpose so as not to retake the class and I never said...

7. English prof + course issues....

   nurse_olga replied to simonek's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   "your right i should have contacted the prof and asked for an extention i called the english dept and the person i spoke with told me just dont show up and its an automatic F so thats what I did." The...

8. English prof + course issues....

   nurse_olga replied to simonek's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   simonek - i'm sorry that this happened to you, i understand why you are upset, if you can, try to contact your professor and ask him/her to change your grade to an incomplete or an F. Also, I'm sorry...

9. Samuel Merritt ABSN San Fran Fall 2008

   nurse_olga replied to hatingthewaiting's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   mondaygirl, I'm sorry you didn't get accepted, their administration is definitely lacking in efficiency. I doubt that you were wait-listed because of those two classes since a lot of applicants...

10. Samuel Merritt ABSN San Fran Fall 2008

    nurse_olga replied to hatingthewaiting's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Iwant2beRN - I'm not too sure how much SMC cares about volunteer work, but try Stanford Hospital. I volunteered there, I also live in San Mateo and the commute isn't bad at all, 20 minutes. Go...

11. looking for accelerated BSN program anywhere

    nurse_olga replied to nurse_olga's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    thank you all for all of the feedback. I did check out the website and am currently making a list of all of the schools i plan on applying to. I'm definitely going to keep trying and hopefully...

12. Samuel Merritt ABSN San Fran Fall 2008

    nurse_olga replied to hatingthewaiting's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    nope, i talked to some admission person and they said that they don't care that I went to Berkeley or that I took a lot of extra classes (sports medicine, hormones&behavior, two different physio...

13. Samuel Merritt ABSN San Fran Fall 2008

    nurse_olga replied to hatingthewaiting's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    First: congratulations to everyone who got accepted!!! Second: I was put on on the wait-list at #17 and I can't get a hold of anyone in the admissions department to ask them why... I have a 3.36 gpa...

14. looking for accelerated BSN program anywhere

    nurse_olga posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I applied to two schools in northern California; got rejected by 1 and wait-listed for the other. There are few options up here so I am very open to moving anywhere within the states. I just need to...

15. Samuel Merritt ABSN San Fran Fall 2008

    nurse_olga replied to hatingthewaiting's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congratulations!! Do you know why they called rather than notify you by