Samuel Merritt ABSN Fall 2021 Start

[sshys501]

Hello everyone, I haven't seen a thread for the ABSN Fall 2021 Start (Sacramento, San Mateo) so here it is. ? 

[H-Q, BSN]

For the people that got in, did you get this Financial aid letter too? 

[type1futurenurse]

Hmmm, I didn't receive that email about financial aid!

[2achary]

Wowowow congrats to everyone that got in! I'm first on the waitlist so I hope I can get in as well. Oh and my stats weren't stellar

3.7 or so Science

3.4 last 60 

91 overall on the TEAS

80 on reading

100 on Math

91 I think on science

Also I worked almost a year as a screener at my hospital and almost 100 hours of volunteering

Letters of recommendation from my supervisor and nurse manager I volunteered under

 

[jp63752]

AHHH congratulations to everyone that got accepted! ? I'm currently number 2 on the waitlist so I'm hoping some way some how I will be able to get in ?

I don't have the best stats: I have absolutely no prior experience with nursing at all. I am currently working as a coffee bartender. I got an overall 87% on the HESI:

90 on math

88 on reading

96 on grammar

90 on vocab

100 on anatomy 

and my GPA is at a 3.5 for the last 60 units. I have three courses in progress that I still haven't updated on my app yet: pharmacology, pathophysiology, and nutrition. 

Good luck to everyone on the waiting list!

[Stela, BSN]

Do you guys know when our fall classes start for San Mateo cohort?

[Lovinghealth, BSN]

I need some help here. how do you all calculate your GPA from last 60 credits and your science GPA. please let me know. Thank you all! and big congrats to those who got it!

[type1futurenurse]

12 hours ago, Ten said:

Do you guys know when our fall classes start for San Mateo cohort?

11/8! https://www.samuelmerritt.edu/sites/default/files/2020-12/Calendar - 2021-2022 ABSN.pdf

[ViVi P.]

3 hours ago, Lovinghealth said:

I need some help here. how do you all calculate your GPA from last 60 credits and your science GPA. please let me know. Thank you all! and big congrats to those who got it!

Hi! 
 

I used a GPA calculator!  I listed out all my classes starting with the most recent and added up the units until I got 60.
 

you can use this one or Google another one!

https://www.calculator.net/GPA-calculator.html

 

[Murse Mark]

Congrats to everyone who got in! I just got my acceptance letter for the San Mateo campus a few days ago.
 

Does anyone know people who have gone through the program? Anyone know how the program is regarded? I’ve read a few reviews about the program and some of them were less than favorable to say the least. 

[H-Q, BSN]

Just finally heard back I got accepted! Phew that was a stressful first half of the Summer ?. Hoping some more folks hear back today. Wishing anyone reapplying the best of luck! For those wanting stats shared:

prereq GPA: 4.0

first BA: 3.7

Licensed EMT

500+ hours of volunteering at a nonprofit clinic over 3 years.

2 years employed as a street health outreach worker, 8 years non-health job experience

TEAS: math 100, English 91, science 81

LORs from anatomy professor and nurse supervisor

[Ann Briones]

@H-Q thanks for the heads up! But I recently found out I made the waitlist which isn’t too bad, but better than a rejection. I’m hoping all of us on the waitlist make it in somehow as I’ve heard previous cohorts have accepted 10+ from the waitlist before! But who knows? ??‍♀️ I do plan on reapplying for the Sept 1 deadline and other programs just in case I don’t get in. But congrats on your acceptance!✨

[pearlr]

For those who had to complete their science prerequisites, did you opt 100% online classes or hybrid mode? Since SMU says they are accepting 100% online labs due to Covid-19, I am wondering what everyone is doing, specifically about science prereqs?  
I still have a long way to go. I have to complete a lot of prerequisites including all 4 Science prerequisites.
Plan to apply in 2022.  Would love to hear back from you.