Currently waiting to hear back as well and beginning to get anxious!
I graduated a year ago in exercise physiology with a 3.5 cumulative gpa and a 3.8 in the required science classes and have been working as a personal trainer ever since. I only have around 50 volunteer hours that I completed during college at the saving grace dog shelter near my home in Raleigh. However, I held a part time job all throughout my time in school and volunteered to be a peer tutor in anatomy at the campus for a semester. I also participated in an independent research program where we mentored overweight and obese teenagers around the community. Other than that, I just wrapped up my Nurse aide certification but have no job experience with it yet. The only other nursing exposure that I have is some job shadowing I did with a couple different doctors who I train at the gym and were nice enough to invite me to their hospitals. Not quite sure how I stand but keeping my fingers crossed that I'll hear some good news this week or next. Does anyone think I'll have a good shot at getting in? I've read posts from people in the past years with 4.0 gps and tons of CNA/ hospital work.
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Thanks Jessica!
I find professions that have a lot of meaning towards other peoples lives and their health to be more rewarding than most others. To me, that's something I can wake up and enjoy doing every day. Business and sales get on my nerves quite frankly haha and personal training is something I can always do on the side. Throughout college, I considered physical therapy, environmental science, and nursing.. ultimately deciding that nursing and work in a hosptial was the route I wanted to go. I have me eyes on getting my masters as a nurse practitioner! So, UNC currently sits on the top of my list of absn schools since its close to my home in Raleigh. We shall see
-Ryan
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Hello everyone! It's getting close to the August 10th dealine so I wanted to start a thread for everyone applying. Any other tarheel RN hopefuls out there?