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Yes, I just took both at Kent State Stark Campus.

For some reason my above post double posted. I was unable to delete this post but obviously able to edit it.

Although I am certainly no authority on this matter, I do feel it may be important to mention where you are at (I did). I saw the personal letter as a chance to sell myself, and I believe that is the point of it. I did nothing to prepare for the interview and have also not had much experience with interviews, but personally I was not worried about it because that sort of thing comes pretty natural for me. So I am not much help on that one. As a matter of fact I do know someone else with a GPA closer to mine that got in. As I said before though, I do have a feeling that it may depend on the number of applicants and how you rank in comparison. I have no idea how many applicants I was up against, but personally feel there either wasn’t many this time or somehow I ranked higher. Whatever the case may be, I do feel very fortunate to have been accepted. I would just do as I did, that is do everything you can to give yourself the best chance.

It ishard to say because I tend to think that every semester may be different (e.g.how many applicants and how you compare to those applicants). I got all the prerequisitesdone and all but one blue course finished. It is my guess that having justabout everything done that I could have done before getting into the programwas helpful. Since I had little control over my GPA at the point when I decidedto pursue the BSN, I made sure to shine on everything that I could control suchas earning an A in every class that I have taken since starting back to school,getting experience, doing as good of job as I could on my resume, personal statement, and interview. The four science prerequisites are weighted prettyheavy so you definitely want to ace them. I also took it upon myself to get allmy immunizations and CPR certification and then stating that fact in mypersonal statement. Basically the best advice I can give you is to do the bestyou can on everything you can control. I wishyou well, I know it is a hard and seemingly long wait going through the process of applying and waiting to hear if you have been accepted. Feel free to ask anymore questions you may have.

Me too! Congratulations!Guess we are going to have to put up with each other for 15 months. :)

I don't know if we will find out today or not. I was told maybe Tuesday but most likely Wednesday. I know the waiting is hard and it has been a long road, but we will know very soon. I am just trying to keep busy on my current school work and assuming the mindset that I will not get accepted. That way if I don't, I will hopefully not be too crushed and if I do, of course I will be super excited. Well that is how I am dealing with the wait anyhow. Your idea of posting here when we hear back sounds good. Good luck to us all!

I felt like mine went very well, but then again I am not the one scoring it. I am certainly hoping that they would agree. When I received the e-mail for the interview I was extremely hesitant to open it because I was very afraid of seeing the words "we regret to inform you" or something to that effect. Now I can only imagine how terrified I will be to open the next e-mail when it comes next week. I know one thing for sure, it will definitely be an emotional moment either way, just hope it is one of joy. Good luck to all and I hope to see us sitting in the same classroom come January.

My interview is also on the 5th. I really don't know much about how the combined program works with the ABSN but definitely would like to earn some graduate credit.

I have no idea how many people applied or got interviews but love to know. I live on the west side of Stark County. Less than an hour drive to Kent.

jmlowe85, Thank you for your response, I appreciate it. mh651807, your credentials look great! I received an interview invitation via e-mail, about two hours after your post, after which I promptly called and scheduled it. Needless to say, I am extremely happy to be past the first hurdle of the acceptance process. However, although I am very happy about being granted an interview, I am still pretty nervous because I know the final decisions are yet to be made and it is not over yet. I just hope they like what they see during my interview and I ultimately gain acceptance. You may have received an e-mail by now too, good luck! Maybe, if all goes well, we will be spending 15 months together starting in January.

GPA is not my strong point as my first year or two was a huge learning experience. When In high school I never had to open a book and so when I got to college I didn't know I had to study nor did I have any study skills, seems pretty dumb now. As a result GPA is now at 3.02. I had 22 credit hours since returning to college, all A's, which includes all the pre-reqs. I will also have only one blue course left to take after this semester. I have a pretty high number of credit hours at close to 180. I have teaching experience as well as emergency department volunteer experience. I also have a strong desire to continue through grad school.

Happy to hear from you. No response yet, application deadline was just a few days ago. The hard part now is waiting to find out. I would love to know how many applicants there were. Sounds like you know quite a bit about the program through your associations, any insight, information, or advice that might be helpful?

Hello, I applied for Kent State University's Accelerated BSN program, Spring 2013 corhort. My intentions with this post is to start a dialog with others who have also applied for the ABSN Spring 2013 cohort at KSU, if this is you I would love to hear from you. I also welcome any input from others who have or are currently in KSU's ABSN program. Thank You, Eric