sheilam

This is a fantastic post!!!  I love your categorization- it's spot on (at least in my experience). I have to share this with my classmates! 

Please excuse any spelling/grammar errors in my above post - I am posting via iPhone and I can never seem to hit the right letters! :)

HEllo, I must respectfully disagree with EllieBean regarding Ohlone (where I currently attend NS). There is no preference regarding where you love - over half of my class does not live in the Newark/Fremont area (where the school is located). I love ...

I got into my ADN program on the first try- however, it was a lottery system :) I did not have my CNA cert, but like Sandi said, you can get it after passing your nursing Fundamentals class. However, here in CA you do have to take the CNA cert test- ...

Hello, everyone: I am hoping someone can help me - I just received notification from Merritt College (NOT Samuel Merritt) that I "have been selected as an alternate for admission". When I called to find out exactly what this means, they were not clea...

Hello Charmantun! I was accepted for Spring 2011 - I agree, it's been very quiet here since emails went out. I'll admit, I haven't been doing much in terms of preparation so far - all my prereqs are done, so other than reviewing anat/phys, I have ju...

Hello, I know it's WAY too early, but I'm just so anxious - has anyone received an acceptance email from Ohlone for fall 2010? Would you please post when you do so I'll know when they've started going out? I'm now compulsively checking my email all d...

Hello, everyone: The results are now on the website: http://www.ohlone.edu/instr/nursing/docs/20102011nursinglotteryresults.pdf

They are taking 20 for fall and 20 for spring - as I understand it, if anyone in the Fall class (#s 1-20) declines, they move people in the Spring class (#s 21-40) up to fall. They will then move people on the waitlist up based on their number. So if...

That's a great question! I start nursing school next Spring, so if others recommend this, I would love to know as well. Thanks for posting it, Reebles.

Good luck! What number are you on the waitlist? We know at least one person who got in isn't going (jennafez from an earlier post I think). I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

I got into Ohlone!!!! I am so relieved.....I think I'm gonna have a drink too! :) Good luck at Merritt, guys!

I GOT IN FOR SPRING 2011 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow Jennafez - congradulations on both counts? Did it look like they sent a mass email to all winners (I'm just hoping that maybe she just hasn't sent mine yet....) Good luck! Sheilam

According to the Board of RN website, 24 sat for the NCLEX in 2009, and about 95% passed (about 23 people). I think this means that 24 people graduated, because you gotta graduate to take the NCLEX, right?

Thanks, Kay26 - you're right. It's just so hard in the face of rejection... I also applied to CCSF (didn't get in ), Chabot (I am out of district, so the best I can hope for is a high number alternate) and Ohlone (I haven't heard back yet)... I won...

I'll see you both there. I'm trying really hard to stay positive - a Merritt counselor told me thar last year there were 500 total applicants - 175 were given a spot, but only 95 accepted.... i just wish i understood my chances better! I took my pre...

I've heard that too, kay26 - but I believe if you work hard and really want it, it will work. :) (though i'm starting to think that doesn't quite apply to lottery situations!) I'll definitely see you at orientation - if I get in (cross your fingers f...

Thanks Aubs - I applied to Ohlone, chabot, CCSF and Merritt. I was in the 300s for CCSF and am now tearing my hair out about Merritt. Because I don't live in district, I'm not holding out too much hope for Chabot- so Ohlone is my last chance (for t...

That's what I thought but they told me that thy did not assign numbers based on lottery; they said "other factors" are involved but they wouldn't elaborate.

Thanks wannabeanrn- but how do they decide which alternates to use?

Thanks Kay26. It's just such a nervewracking time, and it would really help to at least know I have some chance of getting into a program. Congratulations on your acceptance - I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jealous! :)

I know exactly how you feel! I too got straight A's in my prereqs, and am a planner. So far I got one rejection and one "alternate" status - and to make it more frustrating, the school for which I am an "alternate" won't explain exactly what that me...

Marylanding, I just got accepted as an alternate for Fall 2010. Would you mind telling me how the alternate system works? Did you get into the Merritt program? Thanks SOOOO much! SheilaM

They held it this morning - the results are on the website. I didn't get in...not even close. I'm soooo bummed!!!