University of Florida Accelerated BSN Program Fall 2011

[dfinch]

If you're applying to the University of Florida's Fall 2011 accelerated BSN program in Gainesville, this thread's for you! Applicants, current students, and alumni are all welcome to the discussion!

For starters, here is the program's website:

http://www.nursing.ufl.edu/prospective/prospective_accelerated_bsn_home.shtml

or

http://con.ufl.edu/prospective/prosp...bsn_home.shtml

(I am not sure what the difference is, but in case they are on different servers I will post them both. This way you potentially have two servers to use in case one of them is temporarily down.)

Looking forward to meeting more of you on here!

I actually "appropriated" almost everything above from the previous years discussion board. I would at least like to give credit to the original author. The thread last year has been very helpful for me. It contained a lot of quality content and postings. It even included posts from members of the UF College of Nursing administration as well current, former, and prospective students. I hope that this thread will be just as helpful. I look forward to discussing various topics with all of you, such as the inevitable "what is your G.P.A and GRE score." I also hope that one day soon I will be able to meet with all of you face to face as newly admitted students for the Fall 2011 term. Good Luck!!!

In good faith I will say that my undergraduate GPA was very low, around a 2.0, but I earned a 3.5 GPA at FGCU for my MBA in Finance. It was a 4.0 until my final two semesters when I experienced an unfortunate series of losses of friends and loved ones. I have taken a few other courses at the undergraduate level since my bachelors degree and earned either an A or a rare B+. I am currently retaking all of my prerequisites because I took them, originally, over seven years ago. I earned a B+ in Nutrition last semester, and I expect close to straight A's this semester even though I am taking BSC 2085, BSC 2086, MCB 2010, DEP 2004, and STA 2023 all in the same semester. I am also working forty hours per week as a Financial Aid Officer at City College and teaching in the College of Business part time at the same institution. No, I would not recommend this to anyone else or to myself if I could do it over again. I took the GRE at the beginning of this month, but I was not pleased with my results. I scored a 1250, and I plan on retaking it in the beginning of December. I scored a 1380 on the SAT and a 690 on the GMAT. I was very tired, and I think I will do significantly better the next time. As I said before, I look forward to hearing from all of you regarding your backgrounds and any questions you might have.

[LadyBird2967]

Hi All,

We will be hearing about admissions decisions at the end of April?

Thanks!

[dfinch]

How certain is the April deadline? Is that from Ken?

[ucfknight]

I was told via e-mail there was no time frame for final decisions...

[UFCON]

My goal, as of now, is to have everything out by the end of April. If that should change I will try to post here.

[dfinch]

I got that same email, but the official answer and the correct answer are often not the same. You don't want students saying "But you told me..." if you're best guess turns out wrong so you give the least binding answer possible. Oh well, it doesn't really matter I guess. I'm considering a job offer in Hollywood, but they don't need an answer until June.

[UFCON]

The official answer is now the end of April.

[LadyBird2967]

Thank you!!!

[Gatorette]

I was reading last year's thread and the decision was out before end of March; and the waitlist by mid-April. I was hoping we would know the decision by April 1, just like typical college admission decision. End of April feels like eternity! No pressure Mr. Foote. :))

Good luck everyone!

[UFCON]

Last year the deadline was in January so we were able to get thing out much earlier. Thankfully I recieved clarification regarding few things this week so I can now focus in on a more specific deadline. Hang in there.

[jbax]

Thank you so much for posting UFCON. That way we do not have to keep bothering you by sending numerous emails. Till then I will be patiently but nervously waiting for the end of April to receive the news.

[hperoni]

i have to say, dealing with mr. foote at the office was a real pleasure. he was straightforward and didn't mince any words with me when i was applying and i really appreciated it. i think it's kind of a long shot for me, but i thought i'd try anyway.

good luck to you all! hopefully we'll all be meeting each other in person this fall!

[ck32]

Thank you for posting when we will be notified. Good luck everyone, hopefully all of us on here will receive acceptance letters in less than a month!!