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Hi, I'm currently in my 2nd year in UF's Acute Care DNP program. It's a great program. Honestly, GRE scores are not incredibly important for the program. As long as you accomplish at least a 500 on both sections, that's all the care about. I made a 530 on the English and a 570 on the Math. I know of people who have made lower. I also know of people in other UF nursing programs who scored below the 500 and were accepted to those programs. I would say the most important parts of admission would be the your admission letter (statement of goals). Make it interesting. Everyone puts the same thing, there looking for something special. I'm not sure if you're considering going all the way for the DNP (you can still opt out at the MSN level til like 2017) but you should say your are. They love their DNP program. They also love their PhD programs. I'm not saying you should lie, but you should make one of your goals a DNP. They also love people who want to teach and give back. So, consider those things in your letter. Mostly really bring out yourself, because I'm sure there is something interesting about you. Furthermore, I would actually go all the way for the DNP. Most people don't. In fact, I can't think of one other than myself who is going for it. You have to spend another year in the program but, they do give you scholarships... something none of my MSN classmates are getting. My scholarships pay for about 1/4 to 1/2 of tuition each semester, depending on the semester. Honestly, I think you'll have no problem getting in. The Acute Care program is still relatively small in comparison to the Family program, which can be very difficult to get into. The AC program grows a lot each year, but their very eager to keep expanding it. Good luck. Let me know if you have any other questions.

I wanted to let everyone know that I did speak with the hospital about my delay and that there is no problems. Thanks for all of the advice!

Thanks for the advice. I hope it all works out. I'll let you know!

I'm an A an B student at a prestigious nursing school. I have had excellent clinical reviews and landed my dream job about a month ago. I told the nurse manager that I could begin the position at the begining of July. Our school has a HESI exam which they require a 900 to proceed to practicum. I was 4 points shy of the required score. I spent months self preparing for this. I'm simply not very good at standardized exams, as some of my fellow peers passed without studying. These people made the same or lower grades than I did in my coursework. My school has no sympathy for me and the several other students they failed to prepare for this test. So, now I have to spend my summer in an HESI remediation course and wont even take that particular test again. Even though HESI says that an 850 is what correlates to passing the NCLEX, my school pretends that my score is unacceptable. Now I wont be able to start my job until the first week of August. I'm not sure how to tell the nurse manager without appearing as if I'm less than adequate for the position. How should I approach this? I really want to keep this job. THANKS :)

Hey Namo. My tuition is also about 1800, which is a relief.

Thanks a bunch MCS1505. Good to know.

I've purchased some scrubs but I'm still unsure of how many pairs I'll actually need. Any suggestions?