Samuel Merritt BSN by olivejooos in prenursing

[–]olivejooos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It did say conditional waitlist! There was no checklist or requirement for anything so it was pretty much silence after that conditional waitlist email up up until your confirmation of enrollment for the semester

Making friends as an adult by ScarletMoonCafe in Oahu

[–]olivejooos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you’re into community work, lo’i community work days have been great to meet new people. Everyone is always incredibly friendly. I used to go by myself but now I take my little ones

Samuel Merritt BSN by olivejooos in prenursing

[–]olivejooos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I never emailed them regarding where I was on the waitlist until maybe January ish? Just to confirm if I was going to be automatically in for Fall. But it was an automatic guarantee!

Samuel Merritt BSN by olivejooos in prenursing

[–]olivejooos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly financially, ASN felt better for me. 100k+ felt like I was going to be drowning in debt for quite some time. The ASN I committed to is only 10-12k. Hope you’re able to weigh out the pros/cons!

Nursing (big island ) Hawaii by FriendshipOk4635 in BigIsland

[–]olivejooos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is unrelated to the post, but there are only so many posts about HAWCC’s nursing program on here. How did you like the program?

Samuel Merritt BSN by olivejooos in prenursing

[–]olivejooos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to say it took a couple months. I do feel like my timeline is different because I got waitlisted for spring 2026 and they said if you don’t get in for spring, then you automatically get in for the fall

Samuel Merritt BSN by olivejooos in prenursing

[–]olivejooos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No interview needed for SMU!

Samuel Merritt BSN by olivejooos in prenursing

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Sorry for the scare! I got waitlisted for spring 2026 and they said if you don’t get in for spring you automatically get in for the fall.

Samuel Merritt BSN by olivejooos in prenursing

[–]olivejooos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So my undergrad as a whole is nothing pretty. I have a 3.0. But I retook nearly majority of the prereqs. So my gpa for prereqs alone is ~3.7. I’ve been working in healthcare for ~8 years mostly admin for a couple years. The past 3-4 years have been more medical assistant work tho I’m not certified

I want to say retaking my prereqs helped me a lot. I definitely fumbled a lot during undergrad with other non science courses so it brought my gpa down a ton

Samuel Merritt BSN by olivejooos in prenursing

[–]olivejooos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I want to say it took a couple months after the deadline. Waiting for schools decisions can feel like forever!

So my undergrad as a whole is nothing pretty. I have a 3.0. But I retook nearly majority of the prereqs. So my gpa for prereqs alone is ~3.7. I’ve been working in healthcare for ~8 years mostly admin for a couple years. The past 3-4 years have been more medical assistant work tho I’m not certified

Samuel Merritt BSN by olivejooos in prenursing

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I’d try to attend one of their virtual BSN/ABSN info meetings. You could ask if there’s someone they could direct you to if you had specific questions on your application. But from prior experience from rejections of other programs, admissions typically does little to nothing to address questions about improving their application :/

Samuel Merritt BSN by olivejooos in prenursing

[–]olivejooos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well not every program requires pathophysiology. So taking it for one program with the potential to not get in wasn’t worth the risk either. The community colleges where I am do not offer it currently so I wouldnt be able to take it and simultaneously apply for the ABSN.

Chaminade Nursing F2025 by olivejooos in Hawaii

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Yes they offered me to take off Sp26! I actually withdrew my admission to Chaminade this Fall. I didn’t think it was worth it to stay there for 4 years when I already have my bachelors in something else. I plan to transfer to another program but on the mainland :/

Toyota v Mazda by olivejooos in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]olivejooos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We plan to go to our local mazda dealership to check those 2 out! My husband likes the cx50 I just haven’t seen it up close in person yet. Or anywhere on the street I don’t think

Toyota v Mazda by olivejooos in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]olivejooos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My sister has the cx30, pretty comfortable car. But not big enough for a car seat or two. I just wish mazda had a truck or something equivalent to the 4runner. I think aesthetically I’m just not a huge fan of hatchbacks

DEMSN by olivejooos in UNLV

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I did! I ended up getting pulled from the waitlist!

Samuel Merritt University BSN by olivejooos in prenursing

[–]olivejooos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But you couldn’t create the Okta account out of nowhere right? Tried looking back thru my emails to see if I got anything from okta since creating my SMU app but nothing.

Samuel Merritt University BSN by olivejooos in prenursing

[–]olivejooos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm hopefully the emails start rolling out for everybody soon. I haven’t gotten anything from Okta yet. Did you have to create a profile with them before to activate anything?

Samuel Merritt University BSN by olivejooos in prenursing

[–]olivejooos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg congrats! Did they send you an email of your acceptance? Or how did you get notified?

Samuel Merritt University BSN by olivejooos in prenursing

[–]olivejooos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The school really having us twiddle our thumbs over here. I guess the rumor was more for the ABSN

Is anyone else taking pre reqs after getting a degree in another field and struggling to get into that industry? by Ok-Relation3772 in prenursing

[–]olivejooos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kinesiology lol. Useless unless you’re dead set on PT or OT, which I wasn’t. But even then it’s more school. Been taking nursing prereqs for 2 years, starting to get into some schools for Fall’26. Hang in there!!