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Aww I'm happy 4 u and I hope u do get that call! Maybe someone will get their financial aid packet and drop out because they can't pay for everything or they find another school or something. I can only imagine the anxiety and uncertainty ur going through. Best of luck and let me know if u get in!

Samuel Merritt is a private university so its students dont depend much on state money to get em through the 4 semesters. State money does help but theres plenty of $$$$$ in private scholarships. As far as the money getting more competitive, I highly doubt it since there's a strict limit on how many students are admitted each semester. There are only 80 students admitted each sem so there's plenty money to go around. In fact a nurse was telling us the school has had to give some scholarships back because not enough students are applying for them

Samuel Meritt costs about $19,000/semester and they have PLENTY of scholarships and free money to give away. They haven't sent us our financial aid packet yet so I dont know how much money I'll be getting off the top and which scholarships I qualify for but I doubt I'll be paying much (if any) out of pocket. Applying directly to SMU (instead of through the 3 partnership schools) is alot harder to get into. They only let around 20 people in each sem and they get hundreds of applicants so unless you have all the pre-reqs completed, I would recommend going through any of the 3 schools

2 years ago I was in the same boat you are in as far as trying to find a school with no waitlist. But most public schools have a waiting list so I decided to go the private school route and found the perfect one. Mills College (all girls school/Oakland), St. Mary's College (in Moraga), and Holy Names University (in Oakland) have a 2+2 partnership program with Samuel Merritt University in Oakland. After you complete your prerequisites (Anatomy, physiology, microbiology, chemistry, psychology, nutrition, etc) at any of the 3 schools you are GUARANTEED ADMISSION (meaning no wait list!) into Samuel Merritt to begin your clinicals and get your BSN (4 semesters). I went through Holy Names and I finished my pre-reqs earlier this month (it took me 3 semesters) so I'll be starting SMU this Fall. The requirements to get into Holy Names are very basic- have @ least a decent GPA, write a 1-page essay of why you want to be a nurse, etc). I know that the Bay Area isn't Redding or Mt Shasta or the Sierras but there aren't a lot of things that beat guaranteed admission to a nursing school. I know some people that are willing to move to another state just to get into a school so I was very fortunate to find one in the Bay

Hey guys I'm in the Holy Names University 2+2 partnership program with Samuel Merrritt University (along with Mills College and St. Mary's) and I just finished my pre-reqs this past semester so I'm starting SMU this fall 09!! Excited but scared sh*tless lol. Anyone else starting SMU this fall?