Western University MSN-E Application Time!

Maseca · Nov 21, 2011

that is so weird because when I called admissions they told me they look at the last 60 units and then they look at prereq. separately as well. For the early acceptance do they just tell you a week or so after your interview?

No, early acceptance is where they offer you an admission without an interview. Those selected for early acceptance are notified about the same time everyone else is notified of interview dates.

hk08 · Nov 21, 2011

WOW that sounds so amazing! do you know anyone thats been offered that? How often will that happen?

Maseca · Nov 21, 2011

WOW that sounds so amazing! do you know anyone thats been offered that? How often will that happen?

There were a couple of people who posted here on Allnurses last year and the year before who were offered early acceptance. At the program information session I attended back in April, the program director mentioned that it was pretty rare, and only for exceptional prospects, but didn't elaborate on the qualities they're looking for in that regard.

hk08 · Nov 21, 2011

that is so amazing but does sound very rare. I too would love to find out how or the criteria for an early acceptance. I submitted my apps and hoping to hear something in jan.

hk08 · Nov 22, 2011

Maxpower77: thanks so much for the info! how are you liking it at western so far? I am not sure if I saw correctly but I wanted to know how many days of school there is and the times? After you are done with the RN and taking the nclex will you be able to get a paid job? thanks again for the info its really appreciated

maxpower77 · Nov 22, 2011

Hey hk08,

The class times depend on a number of factors, some people go 4 days a week others go 5 days a week. It depends on if the stars align perfectly or not when you get your lab assignment and clinicals. For the first semester though the latest class ends at 5. I enjoy the program so far and have met a lot of great people. Once you complete pre-license and take NCLEX you can work as the remainder of the program is mostly distance based. As for whether or not they look at science prereqs separately, I'm pretty sure they do because I was an early admit and they mentioned our grades in the science prereqs as one of the things for they looked at but they may have changed their criteria.

hk08 · Nov 22, 2011

maxpower77: thanks so much for the info this is really helping because I was not able to go to the information session before. When you say early admit does that mean that you did not have to go through the interview process and they accepted you without an interview?

maxpower77 · Nov 22, 2011

i still had an interview type process but it wasn't a formal interview it was very low key.

hk08 · Nov 22, 2011

thanks so much for the info i really do apprecaite. there are so many people applying this year well thats what the counselor told me much more then last year so i am hoping my grades are competitive enough to get me an interview. thanks again for all the help

dedicatedone · Nov 26, 2011

Very cool maxpower77! I have heard of this before. On one of the tours of the program, one student was an early admit and she was extremely discrete with her background. Thank you so much for sharing!

A question about working after you get your R.N. license. How difficult or easy was it to find a position? I noticed you mentioned have previous medical experience. Can you elaborate? Was the a huge factor in getting your current position?

maxpower77 · Nov 29, 2011

hello dedicatedone,

Im actually in the pre-license part right now at Western. From what we have been told nearly 95% of the people have a job within 6 months of finishing NCLEX, and the the other 5% were able to find a job a little later. As for my background I worked as an EMT for a few years. Not sure if it helped me get my spot here or not.

dedicatedone · Nov 29, 2011

Oh, ok. Very cool. How are the sim labs? If I remember from Preview Day, they're supposed to be getting new equipment in for the students to use. I could be wrong...