lemonbug

Congrats to all the accepts! My interview was this past Friday and it went REALLY WELL!!! Fingers crossed for an acceptance letter soon.

Interview tomorrow!

From the way they explained it you must meet the minimum requirements to even turn in an application. Their minimum requirements are a 2.75, and completion or curretn enrollment of all the pre-requisites. So to me, that sounds like as long as the first 40 people in line have their application in order, than that is it. So if person 2, and 12 don't have a class completed, or their gpa isn't high enough, then they just pull the next person in line. Crazy right?

I'm surprise you say there are 'plenty of seats'. There isn't a nursing school anywhere close to where I live without a waiting list. Seats are very limited as far as I have seen.

There are two schools in the city I live in that offer ADN programs, the community college, and the private college (which I am applying to). The community college is significantly cheaper therefore getting in requires many more hoops to jump through. At one point they only had pre-requisites in order to apply, but now the demand has gotten so high that they now require you to take several classes before being able to take the eight pre-requisites. Well they just changed their policies. Now their program will be operating off of a 'first come, first serve' basis. Twice a year they accept applications and the first 40 applicants will be considered. Today was one of those application days. A friend of mine and several of her friends camped out all night in front of the nursing building waiting for the doors to open at 7:30 to turn in their applications. I must say I'm a little appalled at this. Nursing school isn't like waiting in line for the newest DVD to come out. I feel sorry for the people who worked their butts off to get high gpa's only to find out it didn't mean anything? I am really glad now that I went with the private college for my ADN program.

I am interviewing at Rasmussen College in Ocala, FL. It is a 2yr ADN program. I am coming in with a completed AA degree so if I get accepted will go straight into nursing classes. Thank you everyone to all the good luck wishes! I have done some more research and feel really prepared now!

I am bumping this, because I am curious as well.

Thanks so much! I found a couple great resources. I work at a hospital now in an office setting so I plan to wear what I wore to my interview here....black dress pants, dressy blouse, and a cardigan.

CONGRATS! CONGRATS!

Thank you so much for the advice!

I just got off the phone with the nursing school coordinator! She called to schedule my interview with the dean for the July program. My interview is next Friday at 8:00 AM! Now the preparing begins :) Any advice from anyone?? Oh geez, what on earth am I going to wear??????

Are you attending there now? I have applied for the summer program and have my interview on June 24th. What do you think of the program so far??

I am interviewing for the VERY LAST SPOT on June 24th!! Finger crossed :) If I get in classes will actually start July 5th.

One final step!! My application is in and my interview is scheduled for June 24th for the Fall program. FINGERS CROSSED So I need some help...what are the typical nursing school interview questions? I want to be prepared to make a good impression!

CONGRATS! CONGRATS! CONGRATS! Take a little time to celebrate and spoil yourself before all the hard work starts! :) Way to go!