UCLA MECN 2017

[wanjira13]

Yea unfortunately i didn't get a chance to do that. However the location of the info session is the nursing building. You can Google it to see how it looks. Looks a bit old to me. It's called Fator Nursing building and is next to the school of dentistry and medicine.

[Monsie86]

I will be applying this cohort. This has been my first choice program ever since I found out about it last year. I do NOT want to be an NP, but I do want the MSN so that when I am too old for bedside nursing I can teach.

I attended the August info session and my excitement is through the roof!

[wanjira13]

I feel the same! I am very excited and hope i get in

[sweetpotates]

Hi everyone! I'm applying to the MECN '17 program as well :) can't believe I am just finding the thread!

Anyone willing to share their stats? (prereqs, work experience, etc) Also, I don't live in the area so going to an information session isn't an option :/ did they say anything about typical accepted student profiles? Just trying to gauge my chances. Ha!

Right now I think in the sciences my GPA is a 3.74, but it's hard to know if I'm calculating correctly. I have about a year's worth of experience as a CNA (4 months in an assisted living home, 8 months in palliative & hospice in-patient facility at a hospital) and some community service but nothing in the last year :/

[Monsie86]

Sure I will share:

-4.0 General GPA

-4.0 pre-req GPA

-I have about 800 hours in volunteer patient care in hospital (Clinical care extender) accumulated in the last year

-and I work as a behavioral therapist for kids with autism

at the info session they said the average General GPA accepted is 3.4

[wanjira13]

I will share my stats too. Not at impressive as Miss @Monsie86 over here lol

General GPA 3.2 (B.S Health Administration)

Prereqs GPA 3.7 (still haven't completed Micro and Statistics)

I work as a caregiver to developmentally disabled (Autism etc)

I also work with a hospice/elderly care giving company.

one more thing, in regards to GPA they said they consider the last 60-90 undergrad units which for me gave me about a 3.5 which is better than my general. Fingers crossed we get in.

How are you all doing with apps?

[Mashley3]

Hey everyone! I'm going to apply with the fall 2017 cohort as well. I currently live in DC so I don't think I'll be able to make it out to the information sessions before I apply but I'll try! I think I have 2 Cs according to their pre req list, but I won't have time to retake the classes before I apply. How sure are you guys that only 1C is acceptable? I have pretty great work experience, but more from the nursing informatics side of things rather than clinical experience. I worked as a nutritionist for WIC, at the FDA and with CMS. Kind of nervous about applying...thoughts/feedback?

[Monsie86]

Meat the info session I went to, they never said anything about only 1 C being acceptable, they just said that C's are the minimum accepted and A's and B's are preferred

Hey everyone! I'm going to apply with the fall 2017 cohort as well. I currently live in DC so I don't think I'll be able to make it out to the information sessions before I apply but I'll try! I think I have 2 Cs according to their pre req list, but I won't have time to retake the classes before I apply. How sure are you guys that only 1C is acceptable? I have pretty great work experience, but more from the nursing informatics side of things rather than clinical experience. I worked as a nutritionist for WIC, at the FDA and with CMS. Kind of nervous about applying...thoughts/feedback?

[wanjira13]

Hey sorry for the late response. Tried to send the pic but couldn't do it on here.

[sweetpotates]

Everyone's got great grades and experience! :) good luck to us all. How in depth are you all going into your career plans for the SOP?

I know generally what kind of nursing I want to do but I don't know the exact population I want to work with. Is it better to talk more generally about it? Or will that uncertainty hurt me? I just feel like not everyone knows what kind of nursing they want to do before they've tried out different settings as a nurse.

[wanjira13]

@sweetpotates I think you should go with a more general approach, i am in the same predicament cause i don't know what i want to focus on as goals so i am trying to figure that out.

[Monsie86]

I'm sorry I can be of more help because I know what department I want to work in and what patient population I want to work with, however if I wasn't sure, I would answer this question more along the lines of "why do you want to be a nurse?" (And don't say because you want to help people...as they said at the info session, you can be an accountant and help people)