UH Manoa Spring 2015 Nursing Applicants

U.S.A. Hawaii

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  1. NLN Composite Score

    • 3
      148-199
    • 3
      144-147
    • 0
      140-142
    • 1
      138-139
    • 0
      136-137
    • 0
      134-135
    • 1
      131-133
    • 4
      128-130
    • 4
      126-127

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Hello there! Anyone applying to UHM Nursing Program for Spring '15 admission? Just wondering if you'd be interested in sharing your stats. I'll be submitting my application soon and am really curious if I have a chance...

Here's my stats:

pgpa:3.7

cgpa: 3.35

NLN:

composite score: 127

composite percentile: 89%

I haven't been able to see the advisor yet, but its still weird how some people with lower scores than others are getting in... Especially in nursingstudent808's case

Well if you had then you would know that those aren't the only things your application gets points for. Meet with an adviser instead of speculating on why you didn't get in. Most serious applicants are meeting with advisers every semester from the time they start their pre-reqs. That way they have a very clear understanding of the admission process and what exactly they need to do to be competitive as possible.

There's a lot of subtleties when applying to UHM and KCC as the admission criteria are slightly different and points are awarded for different things. The way the exams are weighted and whether percentile vs composite scores are used is different as well. There are different restrictions on retakes for pre-req classes.

Exactly what acciodonghae said. Im planning to meet with Brian today. I'm sure its not based on a point system.

Actually it is. If you'd met with an adviser previously, you'd know that.

Just stop Mcubed45, I've been meeting with an advisor every semester and not once did they go in detail in how they accept applicants, all they told me was everything is based on your GPA. Can you explain why I have a higher pre-requisite and cumulative GPA, very similar NLN scores, never retaken a class and still didn't get in? I know people that have gotten in with less than 40 on their NLN and very low (3.0) GPA pre-req and cumulative score. Who are you? Why do you have the right to talk to us in a sassy manner. Stop lecturing us when all we want to do is clarify the reason for getting rejected and therefore we can work harder. There are many students that have meet with a advisor more than once a semester and no one is 100% sure how they choose their applicants.

Its mandatory we meet with an advisor every semester, but I get what you mean. I'll see what the advisor says. Thanks for the advice :)

Didn't mean for this to get out of hand >_

Just stop Mcubed45, I've been meeting with an advisor every semester and not once did they go in detail in how they accept applicants, all they told me was everything is based on your GPA. Can you explain why I have a higher pre-requisite and cumulative GPA, very similar NLN scores, never retaken a class and still didn't get in? I know people that have gotten in with less than 40 on their NLN and very low (3.0) GPA pre-req and cumulative score. Who are you? Why do you have the right to talk to us in a sassy manner. Stop lecturing us when all we want to do is clarify the reason for getting rejected and therefore we can work harder. There are many students that have meet with a advisor more than once a semester and no one is 100% sure how they choose their applicants.

I'm someone that's met with advisers at UHM and KCC many many times and became very familiar with the admission process and criteria. I had to be because my cumulative GPA from a previous college endeavor was barely 2.0 (the absolute minimum for admission at the time). Therefore I had to make up for my cGPA in every single other category.

I'm sorry your previous advisers didn't give you a more thorough explanation. You need to ask. While NLN, pre-reqs, and GPA are the 3 areas where points are awarded most heavily, they are not the only things you get points for. In the past some points are awarded for things like SAT scores or Hawaii residency status. And again, different areas are weighted differently. Also IIRC UHM uses NLN percentile rather than raw scores (which also makes a difference).

It's not as simple as "your gpa was higher so you should have gotten in".

Specializes in Hospice / Psych / RNAC.
From what I've heard from some of the students is that the school's been having issues with bad NCLEX pass rates with the new curriculum and the changes to the NCLEX. As a result they're making major changes to the program as a whole.

One of the unfortunate challenges of the state wide consortium curriculum is that since the first 2 years of the BSN program mirrors the complete 2 years of the ADN programs, all the material required for the NCLEX is covered in those first 2 years. However, if you're in a BSN program, you still have a full additional year of school before you're eligible to sit for boards. That's a lot of time to forget stuff. As a result they've added on a NCLEX prep/refresher course to the last semester of the BSN program..

I'm not sure why they don't work with the BON to allow BSN students to test after the first 2 years of the program, the same way MEPN students sit for boards after the first year of their program.

I'm from Hawaii but I didn't get my BSN here, I went to OHSU and came back. The Hawaii based BSN program must be a real bad one if you learn it all in the first 2 years. My program at OHSU was great and when I graduated I waited a year to take the boards (came home and started bartending for fast money), I went and took the boards and past on my first try. I didn't study a bunch of books or anything like that I just went in and was confident that my professors had prepared me well...they did.

I hear that they cancelled due to money...

I'm from Hawaii but I didn't get my BSN here, I went to OHSU and came back. The Hawaii based BSN program must be a real bad one if you learn it all in the first 2 years. My program at OHSU was great and when I graduated I waited a year to take the boards (came home and started bartending for fast money), I went and took the boards and past on my first try. I didn't study a bunch of books or anything like that I just went in and was confident that my professors had prepared me well...they did.

I hear that they cancelled due to money...

It's not bad, it's just an unfortunate side effect of streamlining the state-wide curriculum. There's not really any way around it. All of the NCLEX material has to be in the first 2 years because the 3rd year is intended to allow ADN RN's to transition to their BSN.

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