was amazing. It really was. I flew out on Sunday morning at 6 am and arrived a long 12 hours later - just in time for the first event of the interview session. That event, a gathering of students, was very laid back. We ate food they cooked for us and had drinks. The students really opened up to us about their experiences at the school and were very personable. There were a few minority applicants, which surprised me, but we didn't really speak to each other, which surprised me even more. The event ended at about 10, and I was glad to get back to the hotel for some sleep!
Next morning, rise and shine at 7 am! A shuttle took us from the hotel to the nursing school. We had a light breakfast, then followed this schedule:
9-10 Orientation as a big group (there were around 70 of us)
10-11 Orientation broken down by specialty (ie:midwifery applicants wet w/midwifery faculty)
11-12 Financial aid or break
12-1:00 Lunch with current students in our specialties
1 pm MY INTERVIEW with one faculty member
2-3 Financial aid or break
3-4 LBGTQ seminar or break
4-5 Diversity seminar or break
Throughout the day applicants had their individual interviews with different faculty members. they usually lasted about 30 mins, others (including mine) lasted over an hour.
The interview was great! We talked about my grades, my future plans, why I wanted to go this school over another school, about diversity/transcultural nursing, international opportunities, my research interests and how they came to be, and myriad of other topics that I never thought would come up. It was wonderful, I could have talked all day but, alas, it had to come to an end - as I was late for the financial aid session... I must give financial aid its own post...
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Maybe this could be an option.
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/scholarship/
I don't know when the next application comes out, maybe this can help. Thought I would give it a shot. I just graduated with a degree in psychology and thought I would give nursing a shot, but I need money to take prereqs. I found your story encouraging and hopefully this may help. Good luck.
thanks Gracie, I have checked out that scholarship, but unfortunately it doesn't work for the first year of my program! (see Financial Aid nightmare post)
I am still looking though, and thanks for sharing!
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