WGU So Cal August Cohort

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I just submitted my application for the August cohort. I will be coming from San Diego, so will do my clinicals [presumably] in Orange County. If you're applying for August in So Cal, feel free to pop in and commiserate. :)

Hello! Joining the conversation late. Is WGU only partnered with Cedars Sinai?

Cedars and Huntington Memorial are the only places with scheduled cohorts. They used to have cohorts in OC, but their clinical partner asked them to put that on hold for now. So, August at Huntington, October at Cedars, and then no other cohort is scheduled until May 2019 at Huntington.

Who else is waiting to hear about the October cohort? BellaRose, did you retake your TEAS?

Is it August yet? The wait is killing me!

Who else is waiting to hear about the October cohort? BellaRose, did you retake your TEAS?

Is it August yet? The wait is killing me!

Did you ever hear back?

Did you ever hear back?

I haven't heard anything yet, but I'm not optimistic. They have enough Cedars employees to fill the entire cohort, so it really depends on how much preference they give to their employees. My enrollment counselor said that I was ranked second out of all the applicants, but she also said that it may not be enough (because of the preference for Cedars employees) and to apply to other programs. Hopefully, I will know definitively in the next week or so.

Did you ever hear back?

Just got the email that I did not get into October.

Just got the email that I did not get into October.

Oh no, im so sorry. Seems like the CA cohorts for are getting smaller. When is the next one after the Oct?

Are there other schools that you are looking at?

Oh no, im so sorry. Seems like the CA cohorts for WGU are getting smaller. When is the next one after the Oct?

Are there other schools that you are looking at?

The next cohort isn't until May. Thanks for your encouragement, but I think I am done trying.

The next cohort isn't until May. Thanks for your encouragement, but I think I am done trying.

Give up on I understand. Please don't give up on being a nurse, there are plenty of schools out there!

Give up on WGU I understand. Please don't give up on being a nurse, there are plenty of schools out there!

I am almost 44, and homeschool two children. This was the only program that was going to work for me. I already turned down another program for Fall 2018. It's just not meant to be.

It is a shame that after all this time in the area, is so 'restrictive'. Cedars should not be allowed to use WGU as a degree 'mill' for its employees. Giving preference to 50% of each class, or better yet 25% of each class, could be seen as fair. But to commandeer every cohort that goes through Cedars does a great disservice to area personnel who do not have the good fortune of having been hired by C-S.

It is a shame that after all this time in the area, WGU is so 'restrictive'. Cedars should not be allowed to use WGU as a degree 'mill' for its employees. Giving preference to 50% of each class, or better yet 25% of each class, could be seen as fair. But to commandeer every cohort that goes through Cedars does a great disservice to area personnel who do not have the good fortune of having been hired by C-S.

I spoke with this morning, and the admissions advisor confirmed that every person accepted into the cohort was a Cedars employee. I never had a chance, which would have been nice to know before I spent the money to retake the TEAS. The next cohort isn't until May 2019.

To put this in perspective, I graduated magna cum laude/phi beta kappa from a top 10 undergrad, have a law degree from a top 3 school, had a 94.7 on my TEAS, a 3.25 in science, including 3 MSN level courses in patho and pharma, volunteered for 2 years at Planned Parenthood and in the ICU and ED of a major teaching hospital, am a veteran, speak several languages, and had letters of recommendation from employers and grad level nursing faculty, and I still couldn't get in.

Specializes in Primary Care.

I'm sorry JD2RN! I'll be applying for the May Cohort if I don't get into any LVN to ADN programs at any JCs. I think that it's unfair that there is a bias towards Cedar's employees. I get it from Cedar's perspective, but it doesn't give anyone else outside of Cedars a fair shot. I hear ELACC has a good program, have you looked at them?

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