nicwnurse

I wish I was taking them now because I basically forgot everything I learned í ½í¸ž

I took it at sbcc and it was pretty simple courses- I got A's in both. Just do all that you're supposed to do- put in the work and you'll get results :)

Just posting again: Search for "Samuel Merritt University ABSN Oakland May 2018" if you're going to the Oakland campus this summer! It's a private group so please request to join :)

I would also say that it is worth it to apply once with the chance of getting rejected if you think your gpa and stats are high still- you could still get in. Even if you get rejected this time around and then try again next year, it will show your determination and commitment to get into their program.

I was told last year when I applied but had to push back to this year that as long as it was done by right before the start of the May start of my program, it was acceptable. I have emails from the counselor about it too but I would email them so that you have it in writing as well. They are very quick to respond :)

The only restriction around that, is the course has to be complete by the first day you would start the program.

No. But you might as well? I have mine from last year and this year on file but it's not required this far ahead though :)

I updated some FAFSA information because I was reading and we are supposed to declare ourselves as a 3rd year junior. Anyway, as I was looking through the website, I saw the following (below). If anyone hasn't done this, do it NOW! :) Federal Student Aid - FAFSA - Deadline - March 2 (annually)

There's another forum for this if you want to search! Lots of activity there. Several people have heard back but many still haven't. I got in to the Oakland cohort Monday at 8am and a chunk of people heard Friday at 8 am as well. None seem to have been sent today but someone confirmed that the applications were given to the counselors on Friday, are assigned to one of them, and it's a process for them to sort through it all. Sometimes it's up to 3 weeks for ALL to get a response best of luck to you!!

I unfortunately had an issue with Eugenia too last year in mid January, I got an email from SMU about an extension for the September deadline of the app, (which I wasn't ready to apply in sept, had just started my pathophysio & pharm class, and was feeling like another year would be better). However, when I got the email in January, I was more ready and had two weeks to turn in an application for a suddenly extended deadline. I immediately emailed Eugenia and gave her my whole run-down. At that point they were using TEAS and said that HESI was ok too since it was about to change. I took a hesi exam in 2011 so I asked if a low score of 76 would still be able to fulfill my application and she said yes, so I immediately pulled all my resources and had a beautiful application put together in like 12 days and changed my whole life plan around, prepping to go to nursing school for those two months just to get an email in late march being told by Eugenia that "my application is incomplete" due to the low score, which was never in any way presented to me and I would have never spent the time embarrassingly telling the world that I'm going to nursing school all of a sudden, then getting shot down due to something that was confirmed as acceptable BEFORE starting an application. I obviously could have spent April studying for a TEAS test and retaken it in may and scrambled before nursing school, but that didn't seem practical. My time in April/march before nursing school should obviously be spent preparing the other aspects of my life and mentally prepare. It was such a frustrating period but I believe I wasn't meant to go to school this year and not the last, as I now work on a med-surf floor and have learned a lot from the nurses!!

I completely agree duke702. Stay positive everyone! It would be so much easier if we completely knew what their process was for making the selections... I'm not even sure if SMU knows their selection process. Seems like they're just working through a pile of papers and each day at 8am they accept the people who they went through the day before?

I'm not sure if anyone has heard back from the June cohort yet! I believe everyone has only received acceptance letters at 8am too, so probably tomorrow!

Search for "Samuel Merritt University ABSN Oakland May 2018", I created a group on facebook for the Oakland people because I would love to be the admin!

I was actually ON a vacation (still am in cabo) while waiting this weekend and it certainly helped but oh man, that was the longest weekend ever! Also, I got in as well-Oakland cohort! I got the email at like 8:02 this morning! I am so so so excited.

Now I'm worried because I applied to Oakland and heard nothing