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Thanks so much for the response! That's incredibly reassuring to hear :) I'm definitely going to try to get some volunteer experience in, but it's nice to hear how that many people didn't have hospital experience before the program!

Hi everyone, I'm hoping to apply for admission to the UVA MSN direct entry program in the next application cycle (starting spring 2016). For those of you who are more familiar with the process, how much volunteer and healthcare experience is enough to be competitive? I'm in grad school currently, which puts a severe restriction on what I can do volunteer-wise until around May (when I hope to move back to VA), and there isn't a ton of time between May and the October deadline. I have a strong academic background and rec letters, so I'm mainly really worried about the volunteer and healthcare experiences I have a lot of experience being on the patient side of healthcare when I was younger, and the wonderful nurses I had then are a large part of why I want to change direction and go into nursing. What types of volunteer/healthcare experience would be good to do before applying? I volunteered at INOVA Fairfax for several years in high school, but that was mainly helping with discharges, etc., and not a ton of clinical experience. Any insight or advice would be greatly appreciated!!!