USF applicants 2013

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Anyone applying to USF's (University of South Florida) nursing program?. I feel discouraged because I heard how competitive and rigorous it is.I have a 3.7 GPA. finished about half of my pre-reqs, got A's in all of my science courses. A B in statistics, ethics, and humanities:sarcastic:. I'm currently an ambassador at a community college and volunteering at a hospital. If those aren't good enough to get in the program I don't know what will lol. Is anyone here a USF nursing student? I would love to hear your experiences. I hope I can at least get into USF or my community college. If those fail..then it's off to Rasmussen or technical for me!!

I regret not applying to other colleges as backup but I'm thinking of applying to the UCF nursing program in the Spring. I'm also thinking of taking prereq for pharmacy in the meantime.

I was also going to apply to UCF's nursing program but I was afraid my courses wouldn't transfer from my community college ..but it says the application opens jan 15 to Feb 15 for the basic BSN program in fall so maybe I should give that a shot too....

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I wanted to apply to UCF but it's too far for me. I live in the Tampa Bay area and I am staying with my parents so Orlando would not be a good option for me, unfortunately. Which is another reason why I am crossing my fingers for USF. Very nice commute from my house

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As for me I didn't apply anywhere else smh. So all my eggs are in one baskets. And if that don't work I'm just going to apply to my community college and unf for spring term. But I'm crossing fingers not for luck but to avoid chewing all my nails off lol

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Same for me ecari, lol. Are you guys waiting to do the general admission orientation until you hear something back from USF? I know they require the general orientation before the nursing orientation. I just don't want to spend the $50 bucks and then find out I don't get in (hoping that's not the case lol)

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I'm waiting to hear back before I do that because I live in jacksonville so that's a drive for me lol I seen a orientation date for the 26th of this month and we should (hopefully ) hear back at least a week before that. So if all works out I'm attending that orientation. And as far as the $50 I want to say that on the website it says if you cancel at the least 2 days before the date they give you your money.

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Oh okay great, thank you for the heads up!! Hope to see you there if or when we both get accepted :)

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Same with me I'm waiting for a reply before I take any type of action USF related because if I'm not in the program well I'm not in the school. And there's always dorms and student housing at UCF Twentyone Pilots

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Has anyone thought of doing an internship once they graduate from whichever program they enter? Its hard for new graduates to get jobs I hear. My dream is to either work at an All Childrens Hospital or Florida Hospital

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I'm open to anything, really. You never know what can happen. Life is unpredictable and you never know where you could end up. That sounds great, nice choice. ACH is a great hospital, I know a few nurses and MD's that work there.

On a side note, how long did it take for your status to change to committee, from the time you first applied in SOAR? I applied May 29th (last Wednesday).

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I also heard it's hard for new grads to get a job too. But I volunteered for 2 years at my local hospital and the nurse manager loved me and told me to get my go get the degree and come right back lol

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Lol Ecari :) you're set. If you don't mind me asking what hospital would that be ? I volunteered at the Oak Hill but it wasn't that great of an experience since I only served or discharged patients. And twentyonepilots I submitted my application on a 27 and recieved the committee email on the 30th. It's just to show that everything is all checked out and your prerequisites are met..you haven't gotten yours ??

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Thanks Cookie. Nope nothing yet, but I read in another forum about USF that some people didn't get their emails until June 11th or so. I checked with the advisor already and all my prereqs are there. They must be busy with all the apps. Still makes me nervous though :) lol

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