This is a new thread for anyone that has applied to Samuel Merritt's Accelerated BSN programs in San Francisco, Oakland, or San Mateo for 2010 entry.
This is my second application for admission. San Mateo had a July 1 and Nov 1 deadline, I applied to both. I received a letter the first week in November (in regards to the July 1 deadline) that I was number 48 of 50 waitlisted. This was the first I heard from them regarding that application!! So I am pretty sure I will not be offered admission to that program. Does it seem like a long time that it takes approx 3 1/2 to 4 months to hear anything regarding admission?
I don't know if being waitlisted once will help my chances of getting into any of their other programs or not. I emailed them shortly after the November 1st deadline to find out how long before we will hear anything. And they said they will not be sending out admission offers until at least mid-February!!
I would love to hear from anyone else that has experience with Samuel Merritt's admission process especially from those that were accepted recently. Does anyone know how many applications they receive?
And I was thinking about the reapplication process...they don't have THAT many applicants so having us to go through the damn electronic way seems dumb!
We should be in that group of minority that should be able to use our old application like the previous years. How much work is that actually gonna take them??
Just venting...I believe this stage of rejection is called anger. LOL!
Thanks John for the info. I'm sending my transcript requests right now. Gotta have that back up plan, but hopefully we won't need it!
Anyone know if we need to resubmit our TEAS scores to SMU as well because of the new electronic application system, or does the fact that they have them already suffice?
And I was thinking about the reapplication process...they don't have THAT many applicants so having us to go through the damn electronic way seems dumb!
We should be in that group of minority that should be able to use our old application like the previous years. How much work is that actually gonna take them??
Just venting...I believe this stage of rejection is called anger. LOL!
The counselor I spoke to said that they decided to use the NursingCAS system because in the past, they had to waste a lot of time doing the GPA calculations and emailing people about missing paperwork; NursingCAS takes care of all of this for them. All SMU has to do is review the info. I still prefer the old application though since I've already done all the work for it
Yeah, I'm all for online apps but they should give us some leeway cuz we're the transition point. Hopefully, they do...or at least extend the deadline. I am not in the mood to order expedite service of my transcript...know what I mean?
Thanks John for the info. I'm sending my transcript requests right now. Gotta have that back up plan, but hopefully we won't need it!
Anyone know if we need to resubmit our TEAS scores to SMU as well because of the new electronic application system, or does the fact that they have them already suffice?
This is a really good question and I'd definitely check with SMU and ATITesting on that. There's another thread to follow 2011 applicants too:
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And I was thinking about the reapplication process...they don't have THAT many applicants so having us to go through the damn electronic way seems dumb!
We should be in that group of minority that should be able to use our old application like the previous years. How much work is that actually gonna take them??
Just venting...I believe this stage of rejection is called anger. LOL!