Were you rejected the first time you applied to a RN program , but eventually became.

catlady, BSN, RN · Sep 12, 2006

I applied to six schools. Because I didn't apply until February, I was accepted at four and wait-listed at two.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

ZASHAGALKA, RN · Sep 12, 2006

NO. There was a 2 yr waiting list, but they moved all guys to the front of the list.

Sorry. But, I really do have no regrets.

~faith,

Timothy.

busyernurse, BSN, RN · Sep 12, 2006

And I thought I was the lone ranger in that! In the early 1990s, I applied to one of our local colleges for a 4 year nursing degree. I had a good GPA, letters of reference, everything that so that I'd hoped I wouldn't have much trouble with applying. The dean took about 45 seconds for my "interview", never looked at the first bit of paperwork and said "Honey, I don't think that you have what it takes to be a nurse." I felt shot down to say the least. I applied to a school about 45 minutes from where we lived, and got in the first try.

I graduated and got a job on a med-surg unit at a hospital close to where we lived. I had been out of school about 3 years when one day I sat down for report and freaked out when I saw one of my patients assigned to me. The dean of the nsg school where I applied first and turned down! She realized about noon who I was, and the situation, and requested another nurse!! How embarrassing for both of us!!

SmilingBluEyes · Sep 12, 2006

Yep.

Rejected one year.

Accepted the next. RN for 9 years now. Don't give up!

Vagon · Sep 12, 2006

NO. There was a 2 yr waiting list, but they moved all guys to the front of the list.
Sorry. But, I really do have no regrets.
~faith,
Timothy.

Huh? You're saying they moved the male students to the front of the list or something? Why would they do that..?

ICRN2008, BSN, RN · Sep 12, 2006

Huh? You're saying they moved the male students to the front of the list or something? Why would they do that..?

Many programs show preference for students that, in the words of my program "Show the potential to increase the diversity of the student body and the nursing profession as a whole". In the case of nursing schools this means minority and male students.

The Supreme Court recently upheld the practice of affirmative action as legal, as long as there are no strict quotas. It is a common practice used by many institutions of higher education to increase the diversity of the student body and of professional programs in particular.

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · Sep 12, 2006

Oh yeah! Rejected twice by one school, once by another, and conditionally accepted at a third ("we'll take you but only if you agree to do all your clinicals in a rural community an hour or more from home...") before I was accepted to and attended a fourth. (And I was given special assessment because I called the dean of admissions when I got my rejection letter and started rhyming off all the things I've nursed my son through over the years!) I graduated in the top 5% of my class and never looked back. My first hospital job? At the hospital that ran the school that turned me away twice.

TiffyRN, BSN, PhD · Sep 12, 2006

I was on the alternate list the first time I applied (if one of the other accepted students hadn't been able to start I was kind of like an alternate). The good thing was all the students on the alternate list (just a few) were automatically accepted for the next class so I was in the next semester.

Some students would hang out for 3-4 semesters waiting to get in. I wouldn't have had the patience. I would have gone on the the university and gotten my BSN (I wish I had gotten my BSN, I'm not motivated enough now).

dragonflyaltoids · Sep 13, 2006

Wow, I guess I don't realize how lucky I am!

I only applied to one school- and got accepted but my dad works there so that might have something to do with it;)

RNin'08 · Sep 13, 2006

Have you applied to, or considered applying to, more than one school? I was waitlisted by one university, rejected by one university and accepted by a third...all in the last 12 months. Just over 2 years ago I was waitlisted by two community colleges (which was my driving factor in taking more pre-reqs and applying the universities).

Good luck to you! You'll get there!

RNin'08

~my reality check bounced~

rollybah · Sep 13, 2006

I was rejected by 2 or 3 schools then took a special math class and got into my first choice. That was over 25 yrs ago. Still nursing, just not as fast!