UW Seattle BSN Fall 2021

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Hello everyone!

I created this thread for everyone to see how many people are applying and how is everyone doing. A little bit about me is that I am currently at a community college, therefore applying as a transfer. I am honestly nervous about my essay because the prompts were difficult. That is all I have to say and good luck to everyone who is applying! 

Specializes in NAR / Pre-nursing.
13 hours ago, TheOrenNurse said:

I applied as a transfer ? I'm hopeful that when it's meant to be it will be! My stomach has been a wreck this week with UW decisions going out soon LOL

I was denied into SPU and was encouraged to explore a different career too. However I got accepted into SU. I got really discouraged about UW because I didn't think I'd make it into the transfer school due to possibly not meeting the general requirements for the school because I didn't have any language at the time I applied. I started Spanish Winter quarter. Yesterday I was notified that I indeed qualify so I'm back to being hopeful for decisions tomorrow.  @TheOrenNurse I'm really rooting for you to get accepted into a nursing school, UW at best!  

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1 hour ago, BSNPROSPECTS said:

I was denied into SPU and was encouraged to explore a different career too. However I got accepted into SU. I got really discouraged about UW because I didn't think I'd make it into the transfer school due to possibly not meeting the general requirements for the school because I didn't have any language at the time I applied. I started Spanish Winter quarter. Yesterday I was notified that I indeed qualify so I'm back to being hopeful for decisions tomorrow.  @TheOrenNurse I'm really rooting for you to get accepted into a nursing school, UW at best!  

Wow, that seems really harsh. Can't believe they'd suggest another career.

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5 minutes ago, Karrimu said:

Wow, that seems really harsh. Can't believe they'd suggest another career.

Advisors can be that way. Saint Martins essentially told me I’d never get into their program with my grades from ten years ago so I know how it feels. 

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1 hour ago, ohaimegan said:

Advisors can be that way. Saint Martins essentially told me I’d never get into their program with my grades from ten years ago so I know how it feels. 

Hi ohaimegan! I saw a comment you left on the UW forum and it made me think you and I have somewhat similar circumstances! I webt back to school 10 years ago and failed a whole quarter (had a baby and tried to go to school at the same tike) and then had a rough time getting through a business degree. So I have a history of poor grade. I went back to school to pursue nursing and have great grades now that I know what I want to do with my life. 
I applied to SU and was denied. I reached out to a counselor and expressed my concerns about my poor grades from years ago and repeat classes. He told me I was denied due to the poor grade history and repeats and that they would consider it every year so it was unlikely that I would get in. 
I’ve been so nervous about getting into a BSN program with my past but I can’t do anything about it! I saw that you got into SU which gave me a little hope but perhaps my situation is a little worse. 
 

really hoping I can get into PLU! 

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Specializes in CNA.

I screwed up my nursing prerequisites  10-11 years ago. I started at north Seattle college with the intent on going into nursing. Had a new baby and a job. I failed ap2, repeated it, didn’t score high enough in micro, or my second time taking ap2 either. Decided to give up and just get my associates which I did, not without some more poor grades and Ws on my transcript. I was able to get into UW for an online bachelors degree program and I did OK there. Finished that in 2017. Then recently I retook the nursing pre-reqs I needed (the science ones mostly) and aced them.

I got into UWs ABSN program. So I’d say there’s hope for anyone who struggled in the past. I really struggled and wrote about that in the additional information section of my essay basically saying “yeah I failed classes before, here’s why”. “Here’s why I don’t suck now and here’s proof”. UW seems to be pretty forgiving. I didn’t even look at applying at st Martin’s because they said something about the amount of repeats you could have and I took ap1 2x, micro 2x, ap2 3x, I think I even repeated psych 200 but got a decent grade the second time way back then. I retook stats but didn’t need to for UW, I would have needed to for other schools that had an expiration thing for some of the classes. I didn’t apply anywhere else before getting into UW so not sure what other schools would have said to me.

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1 hour ago, NursingSarah said:

Hi ohaimegan! I saw a comment you left on the UW forum and it made me think you and I have somewhat similar circumstances! I webt back to school 10 years ago and failed a whole quarter (had a baby and tried to go to school at the same tike) and then had a rough time getting through a business degree. So I have a history of poor grade. I went back to school to pursue nursing and have great grades now that I know what I want to do with my life. 
I applied to SU and was denied. I reached out to a counselor and expressed my concerns about my poor grades from years ago and repeat classes. He told me I was denied due to the poor grade history and repeats and that they would consider it every year so it was unlikely that I would get in. 
I’ve been so nervous about getting into a BSN program with my past but I can’t do anything about it! I saw that you got into SU which gave me a little hope but perhaps my situation is a little worse. 
 

really hoping I can get into PLU! 

Hi Sarah! Your situation sounds exactly like mine. I started college at 18 but then my dad had a major stroke. He kept having mini strokes after that and they always affected his personality.  He had to keep relearning everything all over again and it was just a really hard time in my life. I straight up failed two semesters and then stopped going to school. 
 

I reached out to the Saint Martins advisor and she said that because of my last grades (not even in the pre-reqs that I needed), I wouldn’t ever be admitted because nursing is so competitive. 
 

it was super discouraging to hear that after working so hard. However, I’m sure you’ll get in somewhere. I was in an occupational therapy program before this and my cohort actually taught the LPN students some things. I think that’s what helped me get into SU. Just don’t give up. 

@Justyb90, I’m really glad to hear that!! It gives me hope. Honestly I just think Saint Martins is hard to get into if you’re not perfect. They said I was competing against applicants who had 4.0 cumulative GPA’s and they only had 16 spots this year.  

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Specializes in NAR / Pre-nursing.

Hey Everyone, 

I'm here to add onto this poor grade discussion. I failed a quarter in 2019. I got a 2.0 and a 0.0 (I missed the withdraw date) and this was due to personal events on top of a 52 hour work week. After this happed, I retook the classes (got a 4.0 & 3.7), increased my academic rigor, and have maintained 3.8 GPA EVERY single quarter. I got accepted into SU. In UW seminar, they mentioned a failed / poor grade with a repeat is OK as long as you prove in your transcripts that it was just a bad quarter and that you can overcome your challenges with an upward trend. Don't lose hope! 

 

*Edit: In your application, you can explain any poor grades in a designated section. I did for each school.* 

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Specializes in Med-Surg CNA.

One more day!! We’ve all got this! Hopefully we all get good news tomorrow. *fingers crossed*
 

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Specializes in PACU.

The anxiety is real! Good luck to everyone ??

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Anyone know around what time the decisions come out? Hoping the best for all of us!

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Hey everyone! I just received an acceptance from UW nursing a few min ago! 

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2 minutes ago, Rosella22 said:

Hey everyone! I just received an acceptance from UW nursing a few min ago! 

Did you got a call or email?

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