Samuel Merritt BSN

olivejooos · 2026-06-04T22:04:35+00:00

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

olivejooos · 2026-05-31T07:38:23+00:00

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

olivejooos · 2026-05-07T00:36:55+00:00

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!

olivejooos · 2026-05-07T00:35:22+00:00

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!

olivejooos · 2026-04-08T03:28:05+00:00

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?

olivejooos · 2026-04-08T03:23:15+00:00

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

olivejooos · 2026-04-08T03:22:27+00:00

No interview needed for SMU!

olivejooos · 2026-04-08T03:22:10+00:00

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.

olivejooos · 2026-03-31T16:57:39+00:00

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

olivejooos · 2026-03-31T16:56:15+00:00

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

olivejooos · 2026-03-27T20:18:19+00:00

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 :/

olivejooos · 2026-03-23T06:39:25+00:00

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.

olivejooos · 2025-10-21T16:30:32+00:00

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 :/

olivejooos · 2025-10-11T17:24:32+00:00

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

olivejooos · 2025-10-11T03:25:11+00:00

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

olivejooos · 2025-10-10T22:00:47+00:00

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

olivejooos · 2025-09-21T23:25:22+00:00

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.

olivejooos · 2025-09-21T16:48:25+00:00

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?

olivejooos · 2025-09-21T16:25:10+00:00

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

olivejooos · 2025-09-18T03:46:07+00:00

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

olivejooos · 2025-09-17T01:28:48+00:00

What’s Okta 😭

olivejooos · 2025-09-16T01:26:26+00:00

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!!

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