BillyM_ XT

Ditto. If you passed you don't take it again. Can't wait for tomorow. See everyone there!!!!!

Official # is 43 now. Down from 421 back in '08. Can't wait. Are you getting in soon? Whats your#?

wow wow double wow!!! i recieved my letter today and damn near put me in tears ( ok... i did shed a few h :yeah:a :yeah:p :yeah:p :yeah:y ---t :yeah:e :yeah:a :yeah:r :yeah:s ). its been a l:uhoh3::uhoh3::uhoh3:ng time getting to this point. working 2 full time jobs taking care of my 4 children and taking 1 class a semester since 2003. the time is finally here. i am now breathing huge sigh relief. time to do my happy dance...... :dancgrp: :ancong!: to all of us starting this fall. :nmbrn:and to those waiting..... your time is coming. don't give up. now, the real fun begins......... :mnnnrsngrk:

wow wow double wow!!! i recieved my letter today and damn near put me in tears ( ok... i did shed a few h :yeah:a :yeah:p :yeah:p :yeah:y ---t :yeah:e :yeah:a :yeah:r :yeah:s ). its been a l:uhoh3::uhoh3::uhoh3:ng time getting to this point. working 2 full time jobs taking care of my 4 children and taking 1 class a semester since 2003. the time is finally here. i am now breathing huge sigh relief. time to do my happy dance...... :dancgrp: :ancong!: to all of us starting this fall. :nmbrn:and to those waiting..... your time is coming. don't give up. now, the real fun begins......... :mnnnrsngrk:

I have been waiting since September 2008 as well. My GPA is also A 4.0. But alas no luck with getting in. My # as of the last lottery was 111. Just counting down the months. I Know its gonna be soon. Good luck to all of us!!

WOW... I can feel everyone's pain out there who are on the wait list. When I applied on 9/3/2008 i was told there were about 600 still on the wait list at that time. Then with the 250+ that applied when I did it moved up to 850+ people waiting. My # now is 111 so I'm looking at getting in 2/2011 becaus of the 60 students chosen per semester now. The light at the end of the tunnel is finally showing itself. I've waited this long, so whats a couple of more months??!! Good luck to all of you out there!!!!

Well that sucks! (with the 60 per semester now). I did some looking and they changed it back in 10/2009. This apparently was due to the economy. They cut back on staff, therefore the class size was adjusted accordingly. Wish they would have sent out letters to those on the wait list that has applied before the change. The Lottery # you're assigned doesn't change. Think of it as an ID # for lottery purposes. The other # is adjusted (down) each time students apply and/or get accepted into the program. You should get a letter for each lottery so you know what your place "In Line" is. The first letter I recieved was 424, then 221, and now 111. With this last letter I was required to sign a "Letter of Intent"(which I thought was weird) to the program and take the HESI. I Don't know why the Letter of Intent?? It's not like I'm gonna go NFL, NBA, or MLB anytime soon. LOL! I didn't apply to any other school because Mt Sac is the most convientent for me. I would have applied to other schools but none of them are standardized. Each school requires some other prerequiset to their program. So I figured it would be a waste of time to go to different schools and finish what they required and be put on a wait list there too. Besides my current employer has a 20/40 program. I'll get to work part time 20 hr per week yet still get paid my full time wage and benefits. I took the HESI exam today 2/9/2010 and passed. I actually did extremely well on it! I hope the other students did also. Good luck to you!!

I applied to the program on 9/3/2008. My lottery "number" at that time was 1001. But my place "in line" was 421. There are two numbers on the letter you recieve. Make sure you are looking at the right one. As of 1/2010 my number is 111. The program chooses 96 students per semester. But they also pick out another 20 as alternates for a total of 116. So if any students don't pass the HESI exam ( you must get a 70% cummulative average) or don't sign their Letters of Intent or just dont show up, the students who are alternates get bumped down and with any luck become a part of the 96 students getting into the program. I am taking the HESI exam this Tuesday 2/9/2010. So I am crossing my fingers that I get in Fall 2010 Good luck to you. In the mean time take any general ed classes that you need to finish.