St. Vincent's College acceptances?

I am happy to say I was admitted into St. Vincent's Extended Program for Fall 08'. This was my only choice for a Nursing program and am so happy to finally hear!! The greatest benefit of St. Vincent's program is that you can take 1 Nursing course at a time and not rush. I believe that is so important because there is a great deal of material to cover and I'd rather learn things more thoroughly than quickly. Wishing everyone luck in their acceptances.

If you start in Spring 09', you will take say Lifespan Development and Religion or Ethics. Then in Fall 09' I recommend taking A&P I by itself w/Dr. Capasso for lecture (she doesn't teach A&P I in the Spring only A&P II that is why I recommend taking the other courses in Spring 09'), in Spring 10' take A&P II, in Summer 10' take Microbiology. After you complete A&P II, you will have 14 credits total that are required in the Extended program and you must have a GPA of 2.5 or better to start in the Nursing courses. If you do maintain a 2.5+ you will be starting Nursing 101 in Fall 10'.

You will then choose if you want to go full-time or part-time from there (I believe you can decide after you've completed some of your Nur 101 course so when it comes time to register in Nov. you will know what would be the best option). The 1st semester of Nursing courses has just Nursing 101 then your 2nd sem. of Nursing courses will include Nursing 123 & 124 if you choose the full-time route. If you want to do what I am doing, by going part-time you will only have 1 Nursing course each semester up to your 6th sem. where you will have Nur 123 & 232.

It is advisable to do the part-time option because you can still work during the day and then go to school 3 days a week without stressing yourself to fit everything in if you were to do full-time w/the 2 Nursing courses at once. I know of 1 person who is doing full-time but she doesn't work (only works odd jobs here and there) and she is doing well, but just think if you worked 40hrs and wanted to go full-time and still do good in your studies? That would be a tough task to do unless you have a job that you work from 4pm-12am and you can study there the whole time. I don't know of many jobs where you'd be able to focus greatly on your studies. It may be possible, but not a common occurance.

I will be going to St. Vincent's in the Extended Program for a total of 4 yrs and don't think that is so long because it really isn't. Even if you were to choose the full-time option, you still would be in school for 3 yrs. By just adding 1 more yr onto the plan is not going to matter a whole lot. Yes, you won't be able to practice until 2013 if you choose the part-time route but that's not a bad thing really. Whatever way you want to go, you won't be starting Nur 101 until Fall 10'.

I can go in more detail about what course(s) you still may need to take for Fall 08' at the Commun. College. Just send me a pm. I highly, highly, highly recommend St. Vincent's and I so much look forward to starting my educational journey there in the Fall 08'!! Any questions feel free to pm me. All the best to you

I just want to correct something I wrote in the 2nd paragraph of my last post. I stated that if you want to go part-time at St. Vincent's, your 6th semester of Nursing courses would include Nur 123 & Nur 232. Actually, the semester would include Nur 123 then Nur 270. Nursing 232 is taken in the 5th semester by itself. If you choose the full-time option, you'll be taking Nur 232 & Nur 270 in your 4th semester which would also be the last one too before graduating. Ok, hope this clarifies things.