UMB Spring 2010 Applicants (BSN or CNL)

[mother_matters]

After following the Fall '09 thread with great interest, I thought it might be time to start a new thread for the Spring '10 applicants since we're inching closer to the Sep 1 deadline. I have a technical question for those who have applied before. I submitted my CNL application online this morning and paid the $50 and now it seems like my application has slipped into a vortex that I don't have access to. When I log onto SURFS to check my status, the only option that it gives me is to submit a new application. Is there somewhere else on the website that I should be looking to confirm that my application has been submitted and is pending review or awaiting additional information (transcripts, recommendations, etc)? Perhaps there is a delay between when the application is submitted and when the status is visible?

Best of luck to all the other applicants...now the agonizing waiting game begins! Looking forward to giving each other support and encouragement on this thread.

[scrub<3]

The open house isn't for accepted students its for people that are interested in attending the school. So it wouldn't be awkward for you to attend.

[Blondell]

Rosearepink = definitely go to the Open House and it's for us don't cancel. If we don't get in, we will get some useful information for future.

[RosesArePink]

i got thesame email too...it is really goin to be the longest wait of my life!!!...nd i applied to the BSN program...nd i think i did poorly on my net but everything other than that is great. Do u guyz think that wld disqualify me i'm scared

They want you above the national average which is 70% in both (actually I really think after researching the National average is 68% in reading and 73% in math) but I was told above 70 in both and online it says the absolute min. was a 55% in either or and an average combined score of 70. But as long as you were above a 70 in both I think you should be golden. I hope that helps....

[guest10]

Go to the Open House. You will be welcome - VERY few offers of admissions will have been made at that point. And besides, they usually have a student panel which talks about what nursing school at UMB is really like.

[guest10]

There is something I know as the 2 + 2 program where students at College Park and one or two other universities with whom there is an agreement with UMB are, upon application and meeting the requirements at the beginning of or before the freshman year, including a minimum GPA which must be maintained for two years, are guaranteed a seat in the school of nursing. These seats are extremely limited in number and really don't have any impact on any one in the applicant pool's chances of admission and that includes yours.

[FralliesMom_RN]

Hi all! I also applied for the CNL program to begin Jan. 2010. Does anyone know how many applicants they accept?

[guest10]

CNL class sizes have been 50 to 60. I have not heard about any change for spring 2010.

[umbismylife]

only 50 students for CNL???...how bout BSN???...pls dont say 50!

[guest10]

We will be accepting 50 - 60 BSN students at the Shady Grove campus and 80 - 90 at the Baltimore campus. In terms of your chances of being admitted, it does not matter which campus you applied for - that is not a consideration. All applicants for BSN are ranked 1 to 130 or so and offers are extended. As each one is accepted, that spot on that campus is filled and they go to the next one. If they get to you and your campus is filled they will offer you the other one. There is no way of knowing which one will fill first but if you are worried about that you might want to hand carry your contract and your deposit to Baltimore. That is just a suggestion - if you can't do that I would call the Admissions Office and ask them what is the fastest way you can nail down your spot. Maybe they will accept a scan of your contract and check or take a credit card over the phone - but I don't know for sure.

[summertimeflowers]

since the deadline is long past... how many applications were recieved for the BSN program for Spring 2010... was it 200-300 or 500+ for the 130ish slots....was it a 'bigger' semester than usual? Thanks!

[umbismylife]

i really hope i'm one of those 130 students...preferably the baltimore campus...but if it means goin to shady grove i wldnt mind. Are you an employee at the school? thanks for the info

[guest10]

I won't know that for quite a while. Typically we get 3 to 4 applicants for every seat and spring tends to be less. This really is not going to tell you anything because there are a number of students who will be rejected out right for not meeting the minimum requirements - nobody can know how many for a while yet. And nobody knows what effect the economy is going to have on the number of applicants.