Samuel Merritt University ABSN Summer 2018

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I wanted to start this discussion for all applicants of the ABSN Summer 2018 cohorts at Samuel Merritt University. Please feel free to share your thoughts so we can support each other!

Has anyone gotten more details with the schedule, particularly the clinical schedules? I wanna see if I can handle commuting + studying or not! Also is there a facebook thing for SMU oakland?

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Has anyone gotten more details with the schedule, particularly the clinical schedules? I wanna see if I can handle commuting + studying or not! Also is there a facebook thing for SMU oakland?

Classes start out as 4 days a week, no clinicals for the first 5 weeks. For the first two clinical rotations (MCA1 and MCA2), which starts around week 6 I believe, you'll go for 10 hours 2 days a week and have classes 2 times a week.

Most clinicals for my cohort have been Saturday/Sundays. Thursday/Friday is more rare. The times are 6am-4pm or 1:30pm-11:30pm.

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Classes start out as 4 days a week, no clinicals for the first 5 weeks. For the first two clinical rotations (MCA1 and MCA2), which starts around week 6 I believe, you'll go for 10 hours 2 days a week and have classes 2 times a week.

Most clinicals for my cohort have been Saturday/Sundays. Thursday/Friday is more rare. The times are 6am-4pm or 1:30pm-11:30pm.

How bad is it to miss one clinical? I'm in a friends wedding in the fall and it's on a Saturday!

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How bad is it to miss one clinical? I'm in a friends wedding in the fall and it's on a Saturday!

You can do an assignment to make up for it. It's not that big of a deal to miss a day, in my opinion.

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You can do an assignment to make up for it. It's not that big of a deal to miss a day, in my opinion.

Omg phew!!! That makes me feel soooo much better. Thank you :)

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Classes start out as 4 days a week, no clinicals for the first 5 weeks. For the first two clinical rotations (MCA1 and MCA2), which starts around week 6 I believe, you'll go for 10 hours 2 days a week and have classes 2 times a week.

Most clinicals for my cohort have been Saturday/Sundays. Thursday/Friday is more rare. The times are 6am-4pm or 1:30pm-11:30pm.

Is there a portion in the program where you are like "wow im glad i live next to campus" or can you imagine commuting 2 hours total everyday and being able to study; not having to worry about housing or food.

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You can do an assignment to make up for it. It's not that big of a deal to miss a day, in my opinion.

At orientation they told us you can't miss any clinicals even for a wedding! Have you had to miss one? Who did you speak with to get permission?

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Is there a portion in the program where you are like "wow im glad i live next to campus" or can you imagine commuting 2 hours total everyday and being able to study; not having to worry about housing or food.

I'm assuming if you're commuting, you'd be at your parents' house, and close to campus would be renting?

I personally live close to campus at my parents' and I don't have to worry about cooking or anything, really, besides studying. If your commute is an hour each way including traffic, I would say that's doable. MCA2 took up a lot of time and I'm anticipating MCA3 will too, so I am happy that I live close to campus, but I also don't think an added 2 hour commute to my schedule would be that horrible. Just manage your time wisely. You can even use that commute time to listen to lectures if you really want to be efficient. A huge chunk of my class commutes from San Jose, Santa Cruz, and East Bay. Most do not live in the peninsula. Also, you'd never have a week of 5 days of classes. I'd say it's generally 2, maybe 3 if you have skills lab or simulation.

Hope that answered your question!

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At orientation they told us you can't miss any clinicals even for a wedding! Have you had to miss one? Who did you speak with to get permission?

I'll PM you.

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I'm assuming if you're commuting, you'd be at your parents' house, and close to campus would be renting?

I personally live close to campus at my parents' and I don't have to worry about cooking or anything, really, besides studying. If your commute is an hour each way including traffic, I would say that's doable. MCA2 took up a lot of time and I'm anticipating MCA3 will too, so I am happy that I live close to campus, but I also don't think an added 2 hour commute to my schedule would be that horrible. Just manage your time wisely. You can even use that commute time to listen to lectures if you really want to be efficient. A huge chunk of my class commutes from San Jose, Santa Cruz, and East Bay. Most do not live in the peninsula. Also, you'd never have a week of 5 days of classes. I'd say it's generally 2, maybe 3 if you have skills lab or simulation.

Hope that answered your question!

You assume correct and that does help with my decision a lot! Thanks for the insight and advice.

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I just created a FB group for Samuel Merritt ABSN, Oakland Summer 2018 Cohort

Here's the link: Log into Facebook | Facebook

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I made a FB page for Samuel Merritt ABSN, Oakland Summer 2018 Cohort

Join if you're starting May 2018, Oakland!

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