<p>Anyone have any inside info? </p>
<p>Youngest was accepted into Nursing and offered a pretty nice scholarship to attend.
We have visited and she seems ok with the split campus. </p>
<p>We live 2 hrs away, don't know anyone who attends/attended and her guidance counselor never heard of it.......</p>
<p>I have a daughter at Villa Julie who's a sophomore studying to be a paralegal and hopefully go onto law school. I think Villa Julie is a hidden gem. All my daughter's classes are small and taught by good instructors(at least one law class is taught by a judge.) The teachers give my daughter individual attention when she needs it. One of Villa Julie's strengths is preparing students for their careers with a lot of field trips, internships, and lectures by people in their field of study.</p>
<p>The split campus is ok with my daughter, who commutes and drives. She did try the shuttle bus for a while, and I think she found it a minor hassle. Villa Julie does seem to be more of a commuter college, I haven't heard about dorm life.</p>
<p>I've heard good things about the legal nursing degree. Villa Julie is very "vocation oriented", and while not many people may have heard of the school, a lot of Maryland employers look to hire Villa Julie students.</p>
<p>I had a younger coworker who was going there pretty much full time in computer science and working almost full time. It sounds like a great alternative for someone who is put off by big schools. That was her main reason for choosing it. It does provide good career preparation, and had extensive seminars on how to dress and interview for jobs. UMBC has the nursing and CS at state school cost, but is much more competitive in admissions and is a larger school. Towson is also a bigger school, but is known for small classes, and is public. If a person is interested in Villa Julie, Towson may be another good but cheaper school to consider.</p>
<p>Interestly, Villa Julie has some programs that aren't easily available elsewhere. For example, they have one of the only masters in forensic accounting. From what I can tell, they are an underrated good school with small classes and a strong nurturing environment.</p>
<p>Thanks for your honest input -
Onemom - we are out of state - but did suggest Towson. With their nursing program you dont take any nursing classes until you are a junior and accepted into nursing. Her Villa Julie scholarship also makes it cheaper than Towson.</p>
<p>Taxguy - I am inclined to think it is underrated as well. My gut feeling is this school has been growing and undergoing major changes - it will be much more well known in 4-5 years.</p>
<p>Villa Julie sounds like a great choice. The college seems to put in a lot of effort to stay in touch with the career market, and few schools do that.</p>
<p>Daughter went on an overnight - she liked it but had some reservations a day or two later. This is think is good because it means she was weighing pros and cons.
She felt it might be too much like high school - lol. </p>
<p>Anyway - while waiting for financial award letters to arrive, she said he just wanted to send in the money and have it be over. Whoa! With 3 in college next year, we need the FA offers.</p>
<p>I am happy to say that Villa Julie has come through for our family. On top of her very nice merit scholarship she was awarded some very nice need based grants. Nearly all of her tuition will be paid for in "free" money!<br>
Her EFC is pretty low - $5100 but not low enough for federal grants, so I was worried about needing to borrow a lot. Plus she will not get a PA state grant being in Maryland.
But guess what? This school, out of pocket will be cheaper than her attending Bloomsburg University, in-state. How said is that?</p>
<p>Bottom line - she is done. FWIW will be headed to Villa Julie college next fall - or whatever the new name will be.
Thanks for all your opinions and kind words.</p>
<p>Congratulations, JustAMomOf4! </p>
<p>The financial aid department is a strong plus of Villa Julie I forgot to mention. My daughter receives individual attention not only in her schooling, but the financial aid department works hard to make sure she gets all the aid she can.</p>
<p>I believe Villa Julie's already a great school, and is destined to become even better. I hope your daughter likes it there as much as mine has.</p>
<p>Thanks for your kind words!
The President of VJC appears to be a real leader with a great vision for the school.</p>
<p>What does your daughter think of changing the name?</p>
<p>My daughter's all for the name change--she thinks "Villa Julie" still sounds like an all-girl college run by nuns. I don't think she's crazy about some of the alternative names that have been proposed, though.</p>