Samuel Merritt University- FALL 2021 START

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Hi! Starting this thread for anyone applying to Samuel Merritt University Fall 2021 BSN program. Feel free to drop your stats!

For those who have taken the TEAS/HESI online are we allowed scratch paper? Or am I expected to do algebra in my head

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18 minutes ago, StarlaB said:

For those who have taken the TEAS/HESI online are we allowed scratch paper? Or am I expected to do algebra in my head

I took the TEAS and they allow a blank piece of scratch paper! I don't think you are allowed to use your own calculator, but they provide an online calculator throughout the entire test. You are supposed to rip up the paper in front of your proctor after finishing the test.

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2 hours ago, MimiAZ said:

I really hope though for you too ?

Good question,  that's what I was thinking too! I don't want to make stuff up. 

I don't necessarily think you need a lot of life experiences or hardships. Personally, I am only 20 years old and I barely experienced life yet!

It's cliche, but I think it's super important to dig deep and show them why you are unique and stand out from the rest of the applicants. It's great if you have the stats they are looking for, but beyond your GPA and experience, what do you have to offer them? Why would you be a good candidate to represent their school and values? I think framing your goal statements around this could reveal a lot about your character and the potential you have as a future SMU nurse. I'm sorry! I'm not sure if this was helpful in any way, but these are just some of the questions I ask myself while writing my goal statements. ?

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8 minutes ago, Tiffany Vo said:

I don't necessarily think you need a lot of life experiences or hardships. Personally, I am only 20 years old and I barely experienced life yet!

It's cliche, but I think it's super important to dig deep and show them why you are unique and stand out from the rest of the applicants. It's great if you have the stats they are looking for, but beyond your GPA and experience, what do you have to offer them? Why would you be a good candidate to represent their school and values? I think framing your goal statements around this could reveal a lot about your character and the potential you have as a future SMU nurse. I'm sorry! I'm not sure if this was helpful in any way, but these are just some of the questions I ask myself while writing my goal statements. ?

This was helpful, thank you!! 

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1 hour ago, Tiffany Vo said:

I took the TEAS and they allow a blank piece of scratch paper! I don't think you are allowed to use your own calculator, but they provide an online calculator throughout the entire test. You are supposed to rip up the paper in front of your proctor after finishing the test.

OK great!! Do you know if formulas/conversions are provided? 

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1 hour ago, StarlaB said:

OK great!! Do you know if formulas/conversions are provided? 

If it is really challenging, then yes! For example, they would give you the formula if they wanted you to find the volume of a cylinder or something. The math section was the easiest in my opinion because I still recall these types of problems from high school. The majority of the problems involved percentages and fraction conversions! There were a few proportion questions as well. 

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16 hours ago, Tiffany Vo said:

If it is really challenging, then yes! For example, they would give you the formula if they wanted you to find the volume of a cylinder or something. The math section was the easiest in my opinion because I still recall these types of problems from high school. The majority of the problems involved percentages and fraction conversions! There were a few proportion questions as well. 

OK, thank you!

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The TEAS/HESI deadline has been extended! ?

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Samuel Merritt definitely looking for Healthcare experience besides minimums requirement. When I asked to feed back from Shawna for  rejection my application. She replied,  due to highly competitive cycle, many highly qualified applicants were not admitted. Quote "Do you have healthcare experience?" so, Its very clear that healthcare experience really boost your application and make you strong candidates.

Form Spring 2021thread, mostly healthcare experience candidates got selected who work in hospital or healthcare center despite they don't volunteer hours and not excellent stats. 

My stats:

Pre requisite  3.7

Science ; 3.8

Associates degree in science n arts, academic honor

TEAS - 84%, not sure if I want to boost up my score because stats is not everything thats what I observed in pervious thread.

Volunteer hours  in healthcare experience 350..

Have LOR - healthcare n science professor.

 

 

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On 11/13/2020 at 11:01 AM, Pk zee said:

Samuel Merritt definitely looking for Healthcare experience besides minimums requirement. When I asked to feed back from Shawna for  rejection my application. She replied,  due to highly competitive cycle, many highly qualified applicants were not admitted. Quote "Do you have healthcare experience?" so, Its very clear that healthcare experience really boost your application and make you strong candidates.

Form Spring 2021thread, mostly healthcare experience candidates got selected who work in hospital or healthcare center despite they don't volunteer hours and not excellent stats. 

My stats:

Pre requisite  3.7

Science ; 3.8

Associates degree in science n arts, academic honor

TEAS - 84%, not sure if I want to boost up my score because stats is not everything thats what I observed in pervious thread.

Volunteer hours  in healthcare experience 350..

Have LOR - healthcare n science professor.

 

 

I reached out to -------------------- to get some feedback on my application and was given a very generic response. Similar to yours. It came across as if she didn't even read my first email to her because I listed my stats and her response was to check if it meet the minimum requirements. Not very helpful. Is there another counselor we can talk to besides her? 

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5 hours ago, StarlaB said:

The TEAS/HESI deadline has been extended! ?

Hi StarlaB, 

Do you know the new date? I am trying to schedule my exam and would like to have as much time as I can to study ?

-Alex

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5 minutes ago, Alejandra Arandia said:

Hi StarlaB, 

Do you know the new date? I am trying to schedule my exam and would like to have as much time as I can to study ?

-Alex

Yes, I'll put the email I received here!

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