I already applied for Nursing at SJSU for Fall 2012 and I am just waiting for the acceptance/nonacceptance now. I am beyond stress and worried that I might now get in because I am competing with so many smart applicants. I impaction is extremely low, its a 10.08, and usually the cut off are around 10.02-10.10, so I am basically at the cut off point. I am proud of my impaction score because I know that I did the BEST I could, but the problem is maybe my best isn't enough. I really want to focus on my current classes right now, but I find it extremely hard while I wait for my possible denied letter. I don't have an option B career, nursing has been the only thing I wanted to do ever since I was little, so if I don't get in, i'll be extremely disappointed and depressed. I contacted the nursing committee to ask them when they will be sending out the acceptance/denied letters, and they said they would be sending letters out the first week of May. Waiting is really tiring. I okay to wait if you know you have a high impaction score and have a high chance of getting in the nursing program, but if you have a low impaction score like me; in the range of being cut off, it's really nerve racking. I really hope someone understands what I am going through, because I it's really hard to express with words how I am feeling right now. Thank you guys. I appreciate any advices/input! What was the lowest impaction score that got into the nursing program your semester?
You guys, I don't think I made it in. -------- said that the cut off for the impaction score for Fall 2012 is a 10.37, and mine is only a 10.08. What am I suppose to do now...I am beyond sad right now.
How did u find out what the cutoff was? Do they disclose it if you call? Anyway, sorry you didn't make the cut score. Good luck with the other program you've applied to!
I still haven't officially received my denial letter yet, but looking at the cut off for the impaction score; it looks like I don't stand a chance. I email ------ and she told me that she believe the cut off was 10.37. She is the one that decide whether you get accepted or not.
I got my letter this past Saturday too. I was wondering where the cut off was this year. Biglaughter don't give up if you don't get in this time. You can make an appointment with -------- and ask her if there is anything you can do to improve your impaction score. I am not sure how many times you have taken the TEAS and if there is room for improvement there. Maybe she can help. I think if you look back at the advising slides the impaction score from a couple years ago was 9. something. So there is hope it varies with each semester and you can apply up to three times I think.
I think people with high impaction scores got their letters early. We have two weeks to turn in our acceptance form and do our background checks. They probably say by the beginning of May so that gives them time to go down the list of lower impaction scores if people decide not to come or don't pass their background check. When I went to nursing school meeting when I first transferred in to SJSU I remember ------ saying that one year they had so many of the original 62 people decide not to come that they had to send out new letters to people that had received denial letters telling them they now qualified. Don't give up hope yet.
If I don't get in this semester, my impaction will go down because I am not so well this semester. I already took the TEAS twice already, my score didn't improve much from the first time I took it. I really can't express the emotion i am feeling right now, maybe it is a mix of anxiety/depress/lost of hope/dejected like of feeling. It's really sad to know I am waiting for a denial letter. *sigh* Congrats SJSU2015 on getting accepted into the program, I know you will be a great Nurse. I hope I will get another chance if someone decides not to attend, but the chances are very unlikely. Last semester, every applicant that was acceptance decided to attend. (maybe because they know it's so hard to get into nursing now)
If you don't get in this semester, why don't you get an ASN and then do a bridge program at CSUEB? Also reapply to SJSU. Don't give up hope! Also, I would retake the prerequisites you didn't do well in if you are eligible.
One of my friends just did a program at Hartnell community college in Salinas (you may not want to go that far) but they don't have a wait list from what I understand. They just base it on grades and the TEAS test. If that isn't too far away for you to drive (if you are near SJSU it is probably about 30 - 45 minutes if you drive on 101) you might want to look into that program and then do like 1waitingpatiently suggested and do the bridge program.
I receive my denial letter yesterday; my eyes have never been this swollen before. I really don't want to think about anything. I am going to skip the next couple of class to recover from the shock.
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You guys, I don't think I made it in. -------- said that the cut off for the impaction score for Fall 2012 is a 10.37, and mine is only a 10.08. What am I suppose to do now...I am beyond sad right now.