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Hi! Is anyone applying to UCLA's MECN program? Last year I applied and wasn't accepted. I believe they accepted around 12%. They had 70 spaces down from 90 the previous year.

Hi- Is anyone applying to UCLA's MECN program for next fall?

Exactly!

@charming_kitty Around 500 applied last year and 70 were accepted. I think around 30 from waitlist.

@Get2theChoppa Even though I'm currently in the CE program, I think overall you are correct. It's better to get CNA or EMT experience as you can get your hands dirty AND get paid a little. But is not run by high school kids - they are all either in c...

@melodyraz last year I ran into the same problem and called -------------- who advised me to keep it to 2-3 pages double spaced. He said they had so many to read that it might work against me to make it longer.

@lagirl_1989 - I thought my SOP was really good actually! I am a decent writer and had plenty of qualified people (PhD in Avian Ecology, Princeton admissions counselor and a scientific magazine editor!) read it and make comments. My undergrad GPA is...

Re: the info session. I can't help but wonder if UCLA uses the info session to promote Care Extenders. After all thru it UCLA gets hundreds of hours of free labor. No wonder they're so profitable!

@missliliposh - what is a CCV? I don't think I'll attend the info session. I went last year and everything they talked about there was available on the MECN website. The ONLY new info. I heard was their suggestion to do the Care Extender Internship i...

When I applied in Nov. I still had 3 pre-reqs incomplete. One was done by Dec. One was done in Feb. and one in March. We were supposed to hear from UCLA mid-March regarding our applications but through being understaffed and some kind of computer (or...

@missliliposh - I think they got over 500 applications last year. Accepted 70. I think the wait list went through about 30 or so. I asked the admissions office for feedback on my application and they said the SOP was "just OK." It is funny b/c I had ...

Hi All- I've been volunteering with Care Extenders at UCLA for a year now but I need to be paid. What's the quickest entry level hospital job that is best for my situation: MY SITUATION: - In my 40's with a 6 yo and 4 yo (think OLD and TIRED but actu...

What are your thoughts about entry level in the ER? Or does it not matter at this point. Prob. better to just focus on nursing and then hopefully work towards a job in an ER?

Thanks for responding! I think it also transfers between states better probably.

the MECN program? 70 spots this year. 515 applications.

Congrats to all who are starting in the fall & best of luck to everyone no matter how you (we) get there!!!

I am going to vent even if it is "unprofessional" b/c I've held up my family (which involves a lot of people) re: summer plans and it would've helped me a TON to hear about this mid March. I hope they allow the MECN students to turn in papers 7 weeks...

---------------. I'd already asked him last Thurs. and he didn't tell me then. Just told me we'd hear this week. Of COURSE though, if they already started accepting off the wait list everyone who hadn't heard had to be rejected (or whatever euphemism...

Hi - I applied to the MECN program and after emailing the admissions office this am got a similar message. It seems there was a glitch/mistake and none of the rejections were received/went out via email or post! Sorry to those who may not have been a...

I just replied telling them they need to examine the glitch b/c it seems likely that none of the rejections went out/were posted! Unbelievable!

WOW!!! Really unprofessional!

I just heard from the admissions office. It sounds like there was a glitch and possibly none of the rejections were emailed/posted!: I do apologize on behalf of the Graduate Division, they should have released the admission decisions to your email ad...

I had this idea yesterday that there was a glitch of some kind and NONE of the rejection emails went out!

@corynneo - I think that, unfortunately, is the only explanation.

Of course I am just guessing but it seems that those of us who haven't heard from UCLA yet must be in the rejection pile. I def. don't want to take anyone's hope away (including my own!) but it seems logical. They have to send out acceptances first, ...