Anyone heading to UMASS Amherst?
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No UMASS but congrats – I love the 5 college area.
Our D is still waiting on Fairfield decision (deferred on EA round). She did a shadow day earlier this month.
She has enough merit aid to attend Molloy in Long Island. At Scranton she got the same merit aid – but it’s a more expensive school. So a couple thousand dollars difference. Both are direct admit and students start nursing first semester of freshman year.
St. Joseph’s in Brooklyn – does anyone have experience with nursing there? They gave the most merit money. They are a city campus with dorm space in an apartment building 15-20 minutes away. A very different type of experience. It could be OK, but the program is small. They take 50 students and graduate around 35. The nursing facilities look great but they are comprised of a couple suites on a floor shared with other departments. Students don’t start nursing until one class in spring of sophomore year. Less rigorous than the other programs (less chem).
Also waiting on Stony Brook and Hunters Honors programs. She is in at Hunter… but without honors neither are direct admit. Those would be our most affordable options.
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Anyone have direct experience with the following Direct Admit BSN programs?
St Anselm
Emmanuel
University of Hartford
Assumption
I know a student at U of Hartford but not in nursing. She has had a very positive experience there studying international affairs.
Our D committed to her nursing program last night!
Results:
Monmouth - admitted EA with good merit
Molloy - admitted EA with good merit
Fairfield - deferred to RD and then waitlisted
NYU - ED denied 
that was a sad night!
Scranton - admitted EA with really good merit, but still the most expensive
St. Joseph’s Brooklyn - admitted with great merit
Stony Brook - denied
and… ACCEPTED to the Hunter Honors program yesterday! It’s direct admit to a cohort of 25 students who get a year of free housing, weekly seminars for career development/community building with the honors nursing advisor and free tuition.
She put down the deposit and signed up on the spot.
Best of luck to all our nursing families!!!
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Hello all - my D23 has been accepted to Depaul University in Chicago into their direct entry BSN program. Depaul had a BSN program years ago, but closed it down (keeping their master’s program), and just relaunched BSN in 2022. Obviously, being a direct entry program, she is interested, but there is so little information out there since it has only recently relaunched. Anyone have any insight into Depaul nursing, or the university in general? Thanks in advance!
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Here is the BSN student handbook: https://csh.depaul.edu/academics/nursing/student-resources/Documents/BSN%20Student%20Handbook%201.17.2023.pdf
Weed-out policies starting on page 10:
- GPA < 2.5 → academic probation.
- Grade below C+ in any course → academic probation, and course must be repeated.
- Students on academic probation must raise GPA to 2.5 or higher with no grade below C+ the next quarter to get off of academic probation. Otherwise, dismissal from program.
- D+ or lower grade in any course → dismissal from program.
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Daughter Freshman (Long Island, NY) narrowed down to:
Tennessee
Florida Atlantic
Purdue
Few Questions:
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Anybody have concerns with the UTK approach to curriculum – nursing courses delayed until spring semester of year 2?
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Does anyone have feedback regarding clinical experiences or overall program quality in any of the locations?
Thank you! Appreciated!
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My daughter will be attending UTK for Nursing. She actually appreciated the curriculum. They include 2 Chem Courses and Calculus. My daughter is considering going on to be a Nurse Anesthetist and having these courses will help her later. She didn’t have any concerns with getting the pre-reqs out of the way first. She actually felt better about it because she will have her “easier” courses, while she was transitioning to college.
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That’s fantastic! Congratulations 
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I have a daughter who will also be attending UTK for nursing this Fall. She isn’t deterred by the curriculum either and fell in love with the campus and atmosphere.
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Anyone here have any feedback on Penn’s nursing program? We are going to a revisit day next week.
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Hey there, I am a Penn Alum. It is a wonderful program for a very motivated and studious individual. I loved my time there, the opportunities at vast and the faculty are amazing. Good luck!
Anyone here have experience with the Georgetown Nursing BSN program?
Perhaps so that the first three semesters can be used for weed-out – a 3.20 college GPA in lower division courses is needed to continue in the program: https://catalog.utk.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=43&poid=25595
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Anybody else here apply and now waiting to hear from the direct admit BSN Nursing at OSU?
They said early April - so I’m thinking any day now.
Any OSU advice welcome since my D will do prenursing if she doesn’t get the direct admit.
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Got an email today. She got into the Early admission pathway BSN Nursing at The Ohio State University!!
We only applied here as she is an athlete and committed in the fall. Hopefully this will take the pressure off of her (a little).
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Hi, My daughter visited Univ of Michigan in feb 2023 for admitted day. She absolutely loved the campus, the labs, dept etc.
She also visited pitt and case. Among the three she loved UMich the most.
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Okay. She’s likely down to a final two of Illinois State U (Mennonite College of Nursing) and Saint Louis U, the former being her best in-state, direct admit option, and the latter being her favorite out-of-state option after having visited and been awarded an extremely generous financial aid package. Any input or experiences with either? Thanks.
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Cost?
Weed-out criteria (for direct admit) or competitiveness (for secondary admit)?
NCLEX pass rates?
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How close to campus are clinical opportunities?
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