ValerieBPDX

I don't think it matters if you have a few classes in progress. I was just starting Nutrition and Micro in winter quarter when I applied. I was waitlisted at first at OHSU but offered entry in May for the ABSN June start. (I had already decided on UP...

I don't think anyone is saying that having graduated from a for-profit college that accepts everyone who is willing to pay for it will automatically make you a bad nurse, or even a worse nurse than someone who graduated from a regular college or univ...

Yahoo! Congratulations to both of you! What is up with a fall Acc BSN? Did they say how many people in the cohort?

Sorry--I wasn't thinking. I should have been more coy and tried to get some intel. She said there was an update in my admission status and asked if I was still interested in my alternate position. I said "no" and she said they were going to offer me ...

I finally got off the waiting list today! Didn't take the offered spot because I am ready to roll at UP for the fall, but just wanted to let folks know they are working their way down the alternate list for the summer start ABSN--it is not over yet!

So sorry you are having to make this tough decision. It is really hard when family obligations get in the way of the future you are working so hard for. My dad is in a VA hospital in CA--before he went to live there it was very tough to balance my sc...

Sorry, I was using the term imprecisely--I just meant a two-year degree. I genuinely doubt it matters which one you have. Re: the job market, I was only speaking to my own experience, as I know that Providence will no longer hire any new grad without...

On the contrary--that's the perfect time to pay back debt aggressively. You're already used to being poor. LOL

Sorry for my useless opinion then. Crimony, three years?? Why would anyone go straight to OHSU under those circumstances? I assumed the choice was between slow and cheap or fast and expensive. I applied for the accelerated BSNs @ OHSU and Linfield, ...

Not trying to influence you either way (though, full disclosure, I didn't apply to any CC programs because I definitely wanted the BSN and didn't want to take the extra year), but don't forget to consider that extra year--during which you could be wo...

Today I was offered to move from Spring 2012 to Fall 2011, and I took it. Hope you get your call by the weekend so you can celebrate!

Sophia, I didn't know you were #1 on the waitlist! What torture. But two of my World Religions classmates who got in to UP decided to go to Linfield instead. If that ratio holds up, you should be getting some good news this week! Let me know when the...

Hi Sophia! Thank you. I am very sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I wanted you to have all the info I had. At the Providence Scholar interviews the Providence rep said UP had admitted far more people than they had seats for this year, since many...

The pay scale was the same (or real close) for all RNs but many hospitals aren't hiring new ADNs anymore. Providence H&S is hiring only BSNs now. With the job market so tight (though I hear the situation will be getting better by the time we all ...

Me too. Decided to go with UP--I got a Providence Scholar spot. I hope you all get in this summer! I kind of wish I could go everywhere because everyone has good things to say about each school.

Gardenstt, my prereq GPA for Linfield was in the 3.9 range, but I think they put a lot of stock into the Insight Resume. They better, because it was an awful lot of writing! I feel like I have heard of the widest range of GPAs getting into Linfield, ...

@Ginny, not everyone who applies is waitlisted! They said they were expecting about 800 applicants this year, and plenty of them get a plain old No. I will be hoping that you are high up on the list!

I got into Linfield for Summer 2011. :yeah:Would still have to borrow about $19K this year, but at least it's all worked out with federal loans and I wouldn't have to go digging for private money. (UP did not do me the same courtesy, with about $22...

I got a letter on 3/24 about being waitlisted at OHSU. Perhaps I am farther down than some of you--not counting on that as an option. LOL Lola, I am doing the same with Linfield 2nd degree BS prereqs at PCC--going to classes, not buying books yet, a...

Hooray, Cinque! Congratulations--it must have been crazy competitive this year. So happy for you!

Good luck movin' on up, JD! Ginny, none of the places I applied do the score thing so I can't help with that but someone earlier asked if we could all post our "stats" so we could compare notes, so I guess I can do that. I had a 3.9 GPA at the time ...

I got a letter about OHSU accelerated BS yesterday--wait list. Eh. Said we might get offers as late as the week before class starts. That would give me a coronary. Just wanted to let people know some letters were on the way--good luck everyone!

I got my first letter today! I got in at University of Portland for Spring 2012. It is sad that it will be so much longer until I hear from any other schools. I also applied to OHSU and Linfield's accelerated 2nd degree programs. Didn't apply to any ...

I got my acceptance letter today! I am in for Spring 2012. I was hoping for fall, but I am so stoked to know I have at least one option. Also applied to OHSU's and Linfield's accelerated 2nd degree programs. Will you all be in spring or fall? I live ...