UMDNJ Accelerated BSN Program

catquint · Feb 29, 2012

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I also gave two people the letter of recog forms. Now do they fill it out, scan it and send it to them electronically? Or will NursingCAS email them a web form?

Es90 · Mar 2, 2012

Hey I was just wondering since you got in like what were your credentials like...also do you think i have a chance at getting in UMDNJ ABSN 2012 program? And how have you found the program to be so far?

my gpa is 3.5

mostly A's and B's in all my pre-reqs

not many volunteer hours though

Liz S

Es90 · Mar 2, 2012

Hey I was just wondering since you got in like what were your credentials like...also do you think i have a chance at getting in UMDNJ ABSN 2012 program? And how have you found the program to be so far?

my gpa is 3.5

mostly A's and B's in all my pre-reqs

not many volunteer hours though

nurse2013 · Mar 3, 2012

catquint - If the NursingCas process is still the same I believe you have two options. You could either submit the rec. forms electronically in which you have to provide the email addresses of those whom you want to fill it out on your behalf. Or you could print the form and have your forms mailed in.

The electronic version is much faster and leaves room for little error, so I would go with that if you could.

Good luck!

nurse2013 · Mar 3, 2012

Their main focus is the GPA. If it's above 3.0 you have a strong chance. If you have some kind of working experience I think that helps you as well, it doesn't necessarily have to be volunteer hours.

The program is intense and one needs to be highly organized, manage their time well and study, study, study. The material isn't hard per se (although I'm only in Level 1) but it's a lot which can become overwhelming if you don't keep up with your reading. We normally have a least one exam per week, group projects, labs and clinical.

Good luck to you.

gladtobenurse · Mar 5, 2012

hi all,

is anyone waiting to get into the summer 2012 program? :nurse:

minniemickey23 · Mar 8, 2012

i heard from UMDNJ yesterday (3/7) and I got accepted for the Summer 2012 ABSN program. However - my letter was dated back in February...they had the wrong address and kept saying they send it to my new one but I never received it. My advice if you haven't heard anything and applied by the deadline? Call them!!

I got into Drexel's ACE program and am currently deciding between the two...I hate decisions

gladtobenurse · Mar 12, 2012

Congratulations Mini!!!

I've been calling and i don't feel like bothering them any more ...

GraceCEM · Mar 15, 2012

Congrats minniemickey23:

I am still waiting on a decision letter from UMDNJ. I am so disappointed right now because NursingCas only send my application to UMDNJ a few days ago. I submitted everything before the deadline. I called NursingCas on the day that I submitted (1/11/12) to make sure that everything looks good. I was given the assurance that all is well. I called back NursingCas when my GPA was calculated by them. The customer service person assured me that everything is fine and my application will be sent to UMDNJ. That did not happen anytime soon.

It was in March I found out that my application was just sitting in NursingCas queue. My application was sent to UMDNJ a few minutes after I called NursingCas.

:scrying:

BeccaBSN · Mar 15, 2012

OMG that's awful GraceCEM! How did you find out that NursingCAS failed to send your application? I had my own problems with NursingCAS but evenually recieved an email from UMDNJ stating that my application was complete (on Jan 27th, well after the original Jan 15th deadline) and that I would get a decision by late feb/march. Still waiting!

Has UMDNJ sent you a similar confirmation email? Maybe you can ask them to hold onto your application for the September cohort since it was submitted so late through no fault of your own. Personally I think this NursingCAS system is probably making more problems than it's solving.

Good luck!

B

GraceCEM · Mar 16, 2012

Thanks for your empathy BeccaBSN!

My friend had applied to another nursing program and she was checking her status on her Laptop when I decided (for no known reason) to show her NursingCas website. Thank God I did. I went on the website clicked on transcript, and I saw that NursingCas recorded an incorrect date received (way beyond the deadline) for my foreign transcript (evaluated by the WES). I am sure this date was wrong because I sent the foreign transcript, certified mail, through the US Postal services. I got a delivery confirmation receipt before 1/15/2012, so I was positive that NursingCas got it before the deadline. To make matters worst, NursingCas gave me a wrong date received for my foreign transcript, and they did not mark my application as complete on that (wrong date) day.

Immediately, I called NursingCas and then I call UMDNJ. Thank God the matter is resolved. NursingCas corrected my foreign transcript date (received) and today (3/15/2012) I came home to find an acceptance letter from UMDNJ.

I believe you will hear something soon because I was told that I would hear from UMDNJ the end of March.

All the best! Please let me know how everything works out for you.

GraceCEM

BeccaBSN · Mar 17, 2012

That's great news GraceCEM!!! Congrats on your acceptance :)

Unfortunately still nothing from UMDNJ in the mailbox this week. Do you mind if you ask what your grade stats are? I have a 4.0 in my pre-reqs and 3.67 in my undergrad for a NursingCAS 3.74 cumulative, but no health care experience on my resume and my undergraduate degree was in the fine arts (but from an extremely competitive school). Still, I hoped that a 4.0 in A&P I and II, chem, stats, micro etc. would prove that I was a serious student! Oh well, the wait continues....