Candy Striper

FYI: "RN to MSN Pathway To assist nurses who have an Associate Degree in Nursing or a Diploma in Nursing with a BS/BA in another field of study, the Duke School of Nursing has the RN to MSN pathway for advancing their education. Admission to the MSN program will be dependent on meeting the MSN admissions requirements."

TeeVee, I'm sorry to hear that you were not accepted. I didn't call the admin office but I guess it wouldn't be a bad thing if you gave them a call. I've heard others say that they tell you why you were not accepted. If you really want to be a nurse do not let this one obstacle stop you. good luck ~candy

TeeVee, I didn't include any volunteer experience in my first app. I honestly didn't realize that I could include non-medical volunteer work. I did include my non-medical volunteer stuff the second time around (wish I knew that I could the 1st time ). Other than that, my application mirrored the first. In the optional third essay, I referenced being wait-listed and wrote a few words about not letting that discourage me from pursuing my goal of becoming a nurse and about perseverance. I actually added this to the beginning of what I had written before. I changed nothing in the first two essays. Based on that, I think it was the lack of volunteer experience that did me in on the first app. Truth be told, because I had not made any major changes, I didn't expect to get accepted this time. I guess I didn't what to go through what I went through waiting for what was ultimately a denial letter back in November. ~candy

Karen, I'm going to the April 4th pre-orientation. ~candy

Thanks TeeVee, My respond by date was march 23. Pre-orientation sessions begin tomorrow. I did have all prereqs completed when I applied. This was my second time applying; I was wait-listed last cycle. I don't know of anyone else's outcome but I wouldn't be discouraged if I were you. I know how stressful the wait can be though. I got to the point where I just wanted to know something, rejected or not. best of luck to you, ~candy

hi, i got my acceptance letter about two weeks ago. i hope you hear something soon. ~candy

i FINALLY got my letter yesterday. i got wait-listed.

i still haven't received my letter. i'm assuming at this point that i didn't get in, but i'm also thinking i would have found out by now.