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  1. HELP: How Extensive Are Hiring Background Checks?

    umbot replied to khaleesikitten's topic in General Students

    hmm it seems like the OP's question is not whether employers will be okay with it, but rather whether this is the sort of thing that will show up on a background check. it seems pretty obvious the OP...

  2. NJCU ABSN 2015

    umbot replied to johndabaker's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I called NJCU yesterday to see if they received my acceptance & deposit for JC since I hadn't heard from them and the person who answered was like "Oh I don't know if [person we were told to send...

  3. Rutgers Accelerated Nursing- Fall 2015 (Newark)

    umbot replied to SweetDream's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    If you applied to the Rutgers Newark or Rutgers New Brunswick 2nd-degree BSN programs, you had to submit your application through NursingCAS. You should send your transcripts to NursingCAS, like it...

  4. Rutgers Accelerated Nursing- Fall 2015 (Newark)

    umbot replied to SweetDream's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    nursingcas did lose one of my transcripts, and it sucked. i ended up having to expedite the second copy, which was expensive. if you do expedite your transcript, make sure you use their street address...

  5. Advice

    umbot replied to sakaki's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I would strongly recommend talking to someone in the nursing admissions office at Rutgers to determine what courses would be fulfilled by your transfer credits. Generally, if you're being given a...

  6. Rutgers Accelerated Nursing- Fall 2015 (Newark)

    umbot replied to SweetDream's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    nursingcas received the last of my transcripts on march 2nd, and my transcripts were verified on march 26. mine may have been a little longer than usual, since i had transcripts from several different...

  7. Rutgers Accelerated Nursing- Fall 2015 (Newark)

    umbot replied to SweetDream's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    aseret - when i spoke to admissions a couple weeks ago, they also said that decisions would be mailed out and we would have them "by the end of june,

  8. Advice

    umbot replied to sakaki's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    The biggest downside I can think of to transferring again is that GCU is the cost -- it's 16K/semester for nursing students, which is about twice as much as a full-time Rutgers BSN student. How many...

  9. Rutgers Accelerated Nursing- Fall 2015 (Newark)

    umbot replied to SweetDream's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I hear you. I just heard back from NJCU, and they want a non-refundable $500 deposit by April 15 to reserve my spot or they'll give it to someone else... I feel pretty confident that I'll get into RU,...

  10. Rutgers Accelerated Nursing- Fall 2015 (Newark)

    umbot replied to SweetDream's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Hey SweetDream, I just got off the phone with someone at the Nursing admissions office, and they confirmed what johndabaker said :( -- apps won't be reviewed until the deadline has passed, and...

  11. NJCU ABSN 2015

    umbot replied to johndabaker's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    JC APPLICANTS - CHECK YOUR EMAIL!!!!!! I have been accepted :) Not sure if I'm going to attend (still waiting to hear back from Rutgers Newark) but it's always nice to be

  12. NJCU ABSN 2015

    umbot replied to johndabaker's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I wasn't that impatient to find out until the Wall applicants got their decisions... ahhh!!! NJCU please send out your notifications for Jersey City :) :)

  13. Rutgers Accelerated Nursing- Fall 2015 (Newark)

    umbot replied to SweetDream's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I just submitted my application this past week :) I did one of the chat sessions a few months ago and also went to an open house in the fall. I'm not sure when they are going to let us know about...

  14. Online Microbiology at UNE?

    umbot replied to umbot's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I know that some reviews on ratemyprof (if we have the same instructor) mentioned a curve at the end of the class, but I'm not sure if that was for the in-person or the online version. However, my...

  15. Online Microbiology at UNE?

    umbot replied to umbot's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hey, sorry for the delay in response! The final was a LOT easier than I expected. There were one or two questions I recognized as being pretty much word-for-word from either a quiz or unit exam, but...

  16. NJCU ABSN 2015

    umbot replied to johndabaker's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    so i finally took the HESI today... I was looking at my scores now and I saw that on the elsevier site there's supposed to be a way to compare your scores with other people in the cohort. however, it...

  17. Nervous about chemistry, what resources did you use to study?

    umbot replied to rnchem's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Some Khan Academy videos are better than others. The ones that have a guest instructor (rather than Sal Khan) are a little better organized, but there aren't as many of them. For things where I had...

  18. Online Microbiology at UNE?

    umbot replied to umbot's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The course itself is a little over $1200 ($315/credit; 4 credit class incl. lab). The lab software is pretty reasonable (about $25) and I think I got the textbook for about $100 like new (no access...

  19. Online Microbiology at UNE?

    umbot replied to umbot's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well, I might be the only one here who took this course... but now that I just finished the my final exam, I'd like to share a bit about my experience. First off, the major advantage to UNE courses...

  20. Transferring to Rutgers (Generic BSN)

    umbot replied to micheleC's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    You should be able to transfer credits from multiple CC's, so long as those credits are covered by the njtransfer agreement. It shouldn't matter how many different institutions you attended. The...

  21. Taking organic/biochem online

    umbot replied to micheleC's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Some schools offer science courses online with and without lab. I think UNE, for example, offers both lecture and lecture+lab versions of many science courses. I did my Gen Chem credits through TESC...