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Hey! I'm relocating as well for Spring 2018 and looking for places to live still!

I start my ABSN program in January, but there is a BSN program at my current university where I'm getting my public health degree at and I've definitely heard that the vibe in the program is cutthroat. I applied, but haven't heard back and I'm pretty set on where I've been accepted, but it's just crazy to me that even within a program people are competetive and cutthroat. Someone that I know said she felt like her classmates would stab her in the back.

Do you remember how long after you got accepted it took them to further communicate with you on what the next steps are? I was accepted a week ago for Spring 2018 and haven't recieved any info on my next steps. I talked to my admissions counselor but I'm 95% sure she started in like August and doesn't know the answer to half the questions I ask. When I asked her she said that the next step would be getting an email about class registration in November, but I'd assume that there would definitely be more steps than that.

I was just accepted for Spring 2018 at the Maywood campus. I have a 3.46 undergraduate GPA (Public Health), but I never calculated my prerequisite GPA for Loyola. I had mostly As and Bs in all of my classes, minus a C in an organic chemistry lab and a C in the history course they wanted me to use. I submitted my application on 9/1 but my university took forever sending my transcript. Once they received my transcript, I received my acceptance letter a week later. I can't speak to much else because so far I haven't received any more information lol just to pay my deposit, which was $500. I've mapped it and Maywood is about a 25-30 minute drive from Chicago. Someone I've spoken to that is in the program said that people do commute from the city to Maywood though.

For full time I'd say 12-15 credits per semester. At my school, 12 is full time and 15 is required for scholarships and financial aid through the university unless you get special permission but even my advisor said she would never recommend a pre-nursing student to take 15 credits unless they absolutely needed to. And it depends on your school. I pay a special out of state tuition rate that's 150% of in state tuition (and half of out of state tuition) and for me summer classes are technically cheaper because there are no special out of state fees during summer but a science course is still $850+. They offer scholarships if you take enough credits but it's a lottery system now so it's kind of luck of the draw.

What classes/entrance exams do you have left? I'm currently in a communications class for my com requirement, a soc class for my behavioral science, and A&P I. I'm taking micro and ochem over summer and I'll be taking A&P II when I apply to nursing school in the fall. When will you begin submitting applications? In August/September How many programs will you be applying to? So far one. I haven't decided if I will apply to other universities or not. Have you already been accepted into a program? Nope

I'll probably get my degree in community health sciences or human development & family studies. If I was able to find a job where I go to school at now, I'd stay in the area and apply as a second degree seeking student to our nursing program because they get more consideration.

I don't think it's a good idea. They probably have a lot of applications and if everyone emailed him/her, that's an additional thing that they have to consider. If your grades aren't as good enough as all the other applicants it doesn't matter whether or not the school is your first choice.

I don't see how the two have any sort of correlation. Your eating habits are your choice, just like your patients' eating habits will be theirs. As long as you don't tell your patients to go vegan, the two have absolutely nothing to do with one another.

I'm a current student at Nevada and it truly is competitive, especially if you didn't graduate from a Nevada high school. I had a friend who applied this past fall with a 3.6 or 3.7 I believe and was rejected before the interview process for his GPA.

I'm taking it this semester as well and from what I've heard lecture is pretty difficult because you have to know all the functions, where as in lab it's just repetition.

So far I've taken: General Chemistry Intro to Molecular and Cellular Biology (not a pre-req for nursing school but for the other bio classes) Lifespan Development Nutrition Core Math Anatomy & Physiology I Communications A Behavioral Science Elective (Sociology for me) I still have to take: Anatomy & Physiology II Organic Chemistry Microbiology There are also a few more requirements that don't count towards my nursing GPA but I have to have completed by the time that I apply.

A B is a good grade, but it really depends on the program(s) you want to apply to. Personally, in the program I want to apply to, most students would retake it. My advisor told me that I want to shoot for at least a 3.9 because I didn't graduate from the same state and they give priority to people who graduated high school in Nevada.

I haven't completely figured whether or not I'd do both part time. I want to do both because neonatology has always been my main interest. I've always wanted to do it and couldn't imagine not working in a NICU. L&D has always really interested me as well. I don't think I'd be completely satisfied if I just did a few years as a L&D nurse. I'm still figuring out if doing both is the route that I really want to take.

Hi all, I'm currently a pre-nursing college student and I eventually want to be a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse Midwife. I know that both are intense practices and require lots of schooling but this is more of an ultimate goal. I don't expect to have it all done for another 30-40 years but I'm just wondering if it's even possible to do both at the same time (not the schooling. I'd do practitioner then midwife, ideally).

I don't think that it matters a whole lot. You'll probably make more connections at a more prestigious school but considering nurses with associate degrees are competing for the same jobs as nurses with bachelor degrees, it can't matter too much, in my opinion. A degree is a degree.

Right now my plan B is to apply to other schools. My university's program is great but I don't think it's worth applying to over and over again when I have the grades to get in somewhere else. If I don't get in anywhere else I'd get my degree in Human Development and Family Studies before applying to my current university's nursing program as a 2nd degree seeking student because they give priority to them.

From what I've seen, most direct entry programs are either hard to get into or private schools. Do well on your ACTs and take as many relevant science classes as possible. Don't take environmental science just because it's a science because it's not relevant. They're not going to care about that. If it's an option take AP Biology, anatomy, chemistry, etc... having even the most basic knowledge about these classes in high school will help in college.

I had to take chemistry in the beginning of summer and I just got back from Disneyland with family. I don't start until the 25th but I'm moving into a new apartment and I have a retreat to go to next week so I'm packing/unpacking and organizing until classes start up again.

I go to school in Nevada and know someone who got a job at a local hospital right out of nursing school with his BSN. It was at Renown in Reno and they do train new grads. You won't necessarily get hired with an MSN faster just like someone with a BSN doesn't necessarily get hired faster than some with an ADN. Most hospitals prefer BSNs and it's not required to have an MSN to be an RN.

I think that if I had any advice as a pre-nursing major going into my second year and as someone who knows a tremendous amount about my school's program, it would be not to be too cocky. Nursing school is definitely difficult. Stay humble, expect the worst and do your best. Don't beat yourself up over a B+. I know people who are retaking chemistry because they got an 89%. The "best" teacher isn't always the best teacher. 90% of my friends (nursing and non nursing majors) took chemistry this past spring semester and a good amount of them took it with the same teacher (huge class) who was supposedly the best chemistry teacher at our university. I took it with the "worst" teacher over summer (15 weeks worth of work in 5 weeks) and got an A which was better than most of my friends and I hate chemistry as much as everyone else.

I think you should really think about whether or not you want to go to nursing school anymore. Not very many people would suddenly be conflicted on whether or not they want to go. Nursing school isn't going to be any easier than the pre-reqs.

A BSN takes about 4 years, give or take some time. Depending on whether or not your credits from high school transfer, it can give you an edge. Some AP tests no longer meet the requirements by some colleges. For example, I know AP Bio was up in the air at my school. Other times, it's simply just not accepted. AP Bio isn't acceptable for pre-med majors at my school because it doesn't meet the requirements. Some classes require labs that you'll still have to take. AP courses and college courses aren't the exact same thing. I've talked to people who took AP chemistry and took it again in college and struggled. But generally a BSN takes about 4 years to complete. I know people at my school have completed it in 3 1/2 and I know some who graduated with a degree in another major before even being accepted into the program. It all depends on you.

I've always wanted to go into the NICU. After having a L & D nurse come talk to my class, I also want to do a few years in L&D before going back to school for my DNP and becoming a neonatal nurse practitioner and possibly teach as well.