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Again, depends on where you are. In our PICU, they have 30 beds, but can only open 20 of them because of staffing. In our gen peds floor, we have 32 beds, but can only open 27 of them. problem is not a lot of people are flooding into Michigan, and...

yes, i went back to school in the Second Career program

I am 48 and started on this new career 2 years ago. I graduated last August. Here in Michigan (Ann Arbor) there a a ton of jobs for new grads. Every one in my class is now working. Some took a few months, but most got hired within a month or two. ...

I did. I had a couple of really good letters. I attached them as PDFs with the application, and I also emailed them separately to admissions. I figure, better to be as proactive as possible, and I got in.

I work in peds and just picked up a couple of scrub tops with Marvel heroes on them. They were a HUGE hit. They are made by Cherokee

48 year old, just graduated BSN and start working in pediatrics in 2 weeks. Good luck in the program!

About 24K

That 21K number must be per semester. OUCH!!!. And actually, the $7375 number is a little low, because that's for up to 18 credits. Two of the 3 semesters it's actually about $8600 for instate because we are taking 20 credits

good attitude!! There are some rough spots in the program, and hopefully our class's comments to the school will help you guys. But in the end, it's a great school with a fantastic reputation, and I'm thrilled to be going here. You need to be flex...

The orientations have been moved to July. See keep on hoping for the best :-)

Yes, both, depending on what semester it is and where you are doing you clinical

livingk: yes, I'm the facebook guy :-) And i highly recommend that. I think you are right about what they look for in applicants. But only about half our class had any kind of healthcare experience, so those essays do count a lot. I read over so...

livngk: Some students really wanted an ICU placement at UM Hospital, and there were only 8 students that got those. And 16 people had to go to Oakwood and Henry Ford, but it sounds like their experience there was just fine. Other than that, the rem...

Just a fair warning about registration. Unless they change the way they do things, the people that registered first during orientation, got first pick at clinicals, but then they got last pick second semester.

The orientation in August was for those remaining students that were pulled from the waitlist. Most of us went to the May orientations. The last 2 weeks in August are the "skills blitz" it's not orientation, it's a mandatory attendance to learn ba...

I know this is aggravating, but it really isn't any different from last year. Some of us found out in Feb, many more in March and April, and some found out after the May 1 deposit deadline. Then those that were waitlisted found out July-August. Ju...

Some people worked part time first semester, the courseload really wasn't that bad. This semester, a few people do work, I don't know how they do it. But when you only have three days off a week, it seems awfully hard to me

Don't ask :-( I do know that the previous class mostly had jobs within a few months after graduation. There are plenty of floors at UofM Hospital that hire graduate nurses, but the hiring rate is just so slow these days. It will turn around, don't...

The semesters are divided into the first 10 weeks, then the last 5 weeks. First 10 weeks of semester 1, we had class almost all day Monday (2 courses) and lab from 9-2 on another weekday, then we had clinicals from 6:30-2:30 on a third day. The day...

From someone who is in the program now, and have talked to most other people in the program, there was no preference to UM alum. MOST people took their pre-reqs at WCC or other community colleges. And as far as Nick getting in because he's male, th...

The bulk of us didn't find out until the first or second week of Feb last year. I don't think I knew anybody that had heard before that

We started our FB page for admitted students. It's been a great resource ever since

Good luck to all you people waiting. We are just starting the second semster in the program. It's been great so far. I had applied at the end of August 2009 and didn't hear anything until Feb of 2010, so it should be soon for you all

The program has been great so far. the first semester is a slower pace than the next 2. We just finished our first 10 week session. Clinicals were definitely the best part. We start maternity tomorrow. Just now registering for winter semester, th...

Good Luck UpNorthTC. I'm in the program now