Samuel Merritt ABSN Summer 2019

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Just wanted to start an information-sharing thread for those applying for the ABSN Summer 19 cohort at Samuel Merritt University (in Oakland, CA and San Mateo, CA). Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

hang tight guys, im sure theres a lot more acceptance letters coming!

@Ma2RegisteredNurse nope, i had 0 volunteer hours.

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I signed up for the admitted student SMU portal and clicked on the checklist. It says that I’ve been waitlisted. I haven’t gotten the official email with the actual number on the waitlist yet. Here’s hoping I eventually get in.

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18 minutes ago, Hopingandhoping said:

I signed up for the admitted student SMU portal and clicked on the checklist. It says that I’ve been waitlisted. I haven’t gotten the official email with the actual number on the waitlist yet. Here’s hoping I eventually get in.

Hi! Same here - I checked the portal and I'm waitlisted for two ABSN starts, but haven't received an email for either. Has this happened to anyone else in the past? What should we expect?

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Yours said it’s waited for two programs? Mine only says I was waitlisted for the April start, which was my first choice. 2nd was June San Mateo, 3rd Oakland.

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6 hours ago, reb24 said:

Congrats Wanida!!!

if you don’t mind me asking, what were your stats + experience?

Thanks in advance!

I got a 94.4% on the HESI; I graduated from UCD with a 3.34 GPA and retook stats & physiology at a local community college. I think NursingCas recalculated my GPA has something like a 3.54? But that included the classes I retook (so SMU would have recalculated it). My GPA didn't include my courses in english, patho, or pharm.

I only had about 1 year of actual paid work experience at an optometrist office. Lots of volunteer work and internships related to the nutrition

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2 minutes ago, Hopingandhoping said:

Yours said it’s waited for two programs?

Yeah, I'm waitlisted for two. My first and second choices. I can't wait for an email with the numbers! I've interviewed for the ELMSN-CM, but would prefer the ABSN.

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Hi all, I just checked the portal, too! Good hack : ) It says I've been admitted!! But I also have not received an email...

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What website are you guys checking? And are you creating a user name and password? I’m scared to check lol

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Just the main SMU website. Created a login with the email i used for the application. I know I didnt want to believe that I was waitlisted. Was hoping to get admitted instead

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9 hours ago, Ma2RegisteredNurse said:

I’m still waiting also... for those that were already accepted did you have volunteer experience/hours?

I had no volunteer hours or hospital experience. I worked as an aide in my local pharmacy during undergrad was eventually given my pharmacy tech license for having worked a certain amount of hours and I've been a licensed tech for about 1.5 years. My undergraduate gpa was a 3.2 (biochemistry major), prerequisite gpa is about 3.5 (I took anatomy, micro and stats in the same semester and physio over summer with pharm and patho). 90% on HESI. A chemistry professor and my pharmacist manager wrote my letters of req, both know me well and I was accepted for san Mateo June start ?

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12 hours ago, Ma2RegisteredNurse said:

I’m still waiting also... for those that were already accepted did you have volunteer experience/hours?

I graduated from UC with an average GPA of about ~3.3 (science and last 60 units). I scored a ~90% on the HESI. I have no volunteer or hospital experience at all. I've been working in research (discovery medicine and clinical research) for the past ~5 years. My rec letters were from: (1) Physio professor (2) colleague at work (3) Head of pharmacology/microbiology department at UC. But i think my essays tied everything together and made my app much more compelling.

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I just logged in to the admitted student portal, and it says congratulations you’ve been admitted! But then says I’m on the waitlist. No emails yet from samuel Merritt.

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