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MCG is on a hiring freeze from what I hear. Other hospitals in the area include University Hospital and Doctors Hospital. There's also the VA and Trinity. Good luck to you both!

Hey Everyone, I'm currently living in Georgia and I'm about to graduate with my BSN in May. I'm looking into University of Colorado Hospital and it's my top choice for an RN Residency program. I know it's highly competitive but I was hoping that anyone who has applied or has participated in the program to shed some light for me. Any information on how they select applicants for the program, what the program entails, and your personal experience. Thanks! Christine

Wow! Thank you all for the great responses! I'm just one of those people that like to have a plan! lol But God's gotta plan too so I guess I'll do my best in preparing and roll with it.

Hey all, I've tried browsing allnurses before posting this but I cant seem to find answers. I graduate with my BSN in May and I was curious about when I need to start looking for jobs. I hear February but is January too early?? Any advice (or previous allnurses links to a similar topic) would be greatly appreciated. (I also live in Georgia so if anyone can shed some light on residencies/new grad - friendly hospitals, I'd be grateful for it!) Christine

WOOOHOOO! Congrats everyone!

Were yall hired on as PCTs? (Ps- thanks for all the great info!)

Thank you two! Sunny, Did they have a link for the summer externship?? I stalked the website all spring waiting for something to pop up and never saw anything.

Hey there, I'm curious if anyone has done the Grady externship offered in December. I'm pretty sure they send out a flyer in October for nursing students to go to an open house. I'd really like to more if anyone has any insight! Thanks!

We actually didnt apply for early admission. I applied and found out in Feb that I was accepted. Im not sure when my roommate applied but she said it was for the normal admission too.

Tizita, I just talked to my roommate and this is what she summarized her application to me: 3.6 GPA, she said her math/sci GPA was higher than that, 1250 SATs, she did job shadows and worked with a midwife in her office part time, and she also had some good recommendations. She said her essay was kind of generic (so was mine) but she said she really emphasized how excited she was about the program and becoming a nurse. As far as students in Athens/Augusta, its competitive obviously. Im not sure why they cut the students back in Augusta. Id always have a plan B when applying.

Tizita, I just talked to my roommate who just started the program this summer and she said her essay was 1200 words! Mine was only a paragraph. I guess it really really varies! So I'm sure your length will be fine. :) The only reason I could think of 35 Augusta students is budget cuts but I really have no clue.

Hmmm, Well I cant shed too much light on the actual program because Im not in it lol. I havent read up on allnurses CNL forums but I'm sure they will have the best advice or insight to the CNL pathway. I do know that you get your RN which is what hospitals want. I know alot of students from the class that graduated in December 2010 that were hired immediately. I think it really depends on your quality of work, grades, and I guess whatever the hospitals hiring process is. The program does go very fast so I can see where it would be hard to retain all the information. Sorry I dont know much! I just thought it would be an option :)

Kara, For most of nursing school at MCG Augusta, you will have class Monday and Friday. Times for class will very but I'd average it from 8-2pm of class. Tues, Wed, and Thurs will be clinical days. They vary alot depending on what clinical rotation your in. All clinicals are 7-8hrs long. As far as work goes, I work as a PCT at Emory every other weekend and it's not bad at all. Im not a brainiac, I HAVE to study. So juggling study time, work, social life, and clinical paper work is tough but absolutely manageable. Also, MCG and University (another hospital here) have PCT/work programs for nursing students (MCG and ASU students can participate in this). Bascially you work an 8hr shift every week as a PCT and the pay is around 10$ an hr. So that could be a work option for you.

Hey kara! I made mostly As in my math and sciences so I tried to up play that in my application/resume (since my SATs werent that great). My friend goes to Brenau and loves it. But I agree with you, tuition is an issue.

Karamarie, Northeast GA does shadowing that doesnt have crazy requirements. (at least it didnt 2 yrs ago when I did mine). Maybe something to look into! :)