ElenaH.

For the Perinatal Department I heard the number of people who were chosen for the interview was 16 for 6 positions.

Haven't heard from L&D Maternity

Rachelynn,I'm half way through this program in San Mateo. The clinicals are all over the peninsula with majority of them in San Jose. The school does ask for student's preference but it doesn't always happen. A lot of us carpool, so I don't find it p...

Hi, NishA I don't know what exact TEAS you consider low. Mine was 86% and I got in. I wrote pretty nice essays though and I also submitted my GRE score (even though it's only for Master's programs but I just thought it's better more than less). I als...

Thank you, Sika. I had a feeling that our scrubs will be somewhat different. I guess, I'll wait until the orientation to try them on.

Hey, guys from San Mateo campus. I still am available for a get-together sometime during weekends. This coming Sunday though I'm having a CPR class from 9 till 1 in San Francisco. So we could plan for April 28 or 29, which are Saturday and Sunday.

Sika, I have a question for you if you don't mind. What uniform are we supposed to buy for clinicals? I saw a funny video on youtube with the nursing students from Samuel Merritt dancing in white scrubs. Do you know if we can buy those scrubs specifi...

I started my application with Discover bank and they said that my interest would be 4.25% but it's variable somewhere between 2.5 and 10.5 or so. Also, I asked for only 23K... maybe the amount matters too.

Eastbay: I had only 3 months of volunteer work at CPMC ICU and zero medical work experience. I volunteered 12 hours a week so I would be done by the application deadline, finished 100 hours. I speak another language and I sent 5 recommendation letter...

pnlu007, you're right. The difference in the end won't be that big. I'm applying for all sorts of loans now. Maybe it won't be that bad. I also went to my Provident Credit Union. They don't give student loans but they offered me an interesting thing...

[color=#454545]wannabenurse, i also was born in 81. we are in similar situations. my husband and i did some math and it appears that we could afford this loan. but we also want to buy a house, interest rates are very low now, so we would need to take...

Thank you so much for your advice, pnlu007! This is my second round of applications. Last year I had a pathetic #123 on the waitlist in the community college and this year two offers at the same time. I myself tend to sway towards SMU because of what...

Can you believe it? I have a choice now. I got a congratulations letter from College of San Mateo (2 years, ADN, $2,500 for the entire program). Gosh, this is difficult. I asked around and nurses who I know are all saying to go to Samuel Merritt b...

tigo, I want. LovePaws wants too. It's just that I work full time and come home pretty late but that's only on weekdays.

I had the same question as I also need to do CPR.

I just checked SMU website and it says that the tuition is $60,499/annually. pnlu007, where did you get 63K number from?

Thank you, LovePaws. I somehow missed this posting.

LovePaws, where did you find out about registration date? I didn't see it in my e-mail. I also want to know when the orientation will be and what textbooks to buy. I wanna start reading before classes begin.

Jason B, sorry to hear that! It does suck! Such great stats. Maybe it was a mistake. Did you finish all the prereqs?

LovePaws, please write me a PM with your phone #, I'll write you mine back. I won't be available for anything this weekend but next Saturday could be fine. Somewhere in San Mateo downtown? Around lunch time? Who else wants to come from San Mateo June...

Hold on, tigo! It looks like they are trying hard to let the people know asap now. If you get waitlisted, at least you won't have to wait long as the letters of intent are due in basically 8 days. Be strong! I'm going to go to my local credit union ...

I got a call at about 7:15pm Pacific Time. And the e-mail that I got says that the letter of intent is due 3/31.

No more waiting for me, guys! I just got a call from ----- that I got accepted to San Mateo cohort. I seriously started crying while on the phone with her. She even asked me if I'm there... such an emotional moment after all this waiting. I really ho...

bwilliams398, this e-mail was not necessary indeed but what's done is done.

I was venting to you, guys... but when I called and left a message for EB, I was polite and could contain my emotions within acceptable limits. I didn't mean to insult anyone. I hope it won't hurt my chances to get in.