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Originally Posted by tamm1

It sounds like you are at JHU. If i am correct, do you enjoy it? Is it cut-throat student vs. student or is it a friendly atmosphere where people study together and help each other? Are the professors as "customer friendly" as the admissions office seems to be? Do you recommend JHU? How are the professors? The facilities? I heard that MD has great facilities with outstanding dummy labs to learn on. Does JHU have the same?

I went to the JHUSON Open House March 5th and they showed us SIM man, a patient dummy. They have SIM men that simulate patient symptoms and one even "talks" to you. The larger meeting rooms have internet connections and power outlets for every "desk" (they are actually long rows of tables with lot of Internet connections). That's very impressive! I would be interested to hear from current and former students on the rest of the questions listed above.

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[tamm1]

Thanks! And i'd also really appreciate any input from any JHU and MD students re the professors, atmosphere, other students, facilities, education level, etc. It would be great to get the inside scoop from people who are there...especially about the professors the classes.

[TLR03]

Tamm1 - Did you apply to Maryland for Fall 2005? Have you heard from them yet? I called yesterday and they said that I would not get a letter until after April 1st. I sent my application in back in December and thought I would have heard by now.

[bigmona]

I go to UMB now (in the accelerated program). I agree w/ Mel (PennyLane) - there are really great labs and mannequins to practice on (we also have SIMman and also a SIMmom). Some of the administrative staff is rude and they can get disorganized (they lost some of my application). Some of the profs have also been known to be quite callous with students, even if you have a valid issue to discuss with them.

I have a clinical at Hopkins now, and love the atmosphere at the hospital there. I've met quite a few nurses who graduated from UMB (tho it was many years ago) who say they hated UMB. I don't hate it, but don't love it either. They are updating the curriculum to make a better learning experience for some of the courses, which I think is great and wish they had done it in time for my class.

feel free to ask any other questions or PM me about UMB.

[tamm1]

I applied for Fall 05 and they sent me a letter back saying that they won't even look at my application until my Spring grades are in because I don't have enough of my core sciences done. They told me that when my grades are in they will then look at my application IF there is space left...and consider me for scholarships IF there are scholarships left as well. I am so frustrated by their attitude, but don't want to make my decision (IF i get accepted to them and have a decision to make) based on my experience with just the admissions staff if the attitude stops there.

Does anyone have any experience with this?

[tamm1]

Bigmona,
Thanks for your input. It really helps to hear from someone who is there now. Do you find that you are getting a quality education or that you need to teach a lot of the stuff to yourself? Do you feel amply prepared for the NCLEX? Do you know if UMAB gives preferential treatment to their own students for their Masters programs? I heard that quite a few of the classes have a lot of "busy work" involved and not a lot of learning value. Can you let me know what your experience has been?

Thanks!!!

Is there anyone out there at JHU now who can let us know about these things on the JHU side? (and is it really $10 a day to park there????)

[housecat1216]

Originally Posted by tamm1

Bigmona,
Thanks for your input. It really helps to hear from someone who is there now. Do you find that you are getting a quality education or that you need to teach a lot of the stuff to yourself? Do you feel amply prepared for the NCLEX? Do you know if UMAB gives preferential treatment to their own students for their Masters programs? I heard that quite a few of the classes have a lot of "busy work" involved and not a lot of learning value. Can you let me know what your experience has been?

Thanks!!!

Is there anyone out there at JHU now who can let us know about these things on the JHU side? (and is it really $10 a day to park there????)

Hi TAMM1

You are asking all of my questions!! Whenever I called UMB, they were pretty rude, or at least not terribly friendly. My experience with the JHU staff has been the exact opposite, extremely nice! UMB does not have rolling admissions, and htat is why we won't be hearing anything until after the 1st of April.

I am interested in UMB CRNA program as well, but a friend recently told me that JHU has a CRNA program, but I don't see it on their WEB site. I guess I'll call them. I have driven by the JHUSON and it is in a TERRIBLE neighborhood. I will be commuting into the city from the Havre de Grace area, and I am concerned about crime, parking, MARC, any info on that would be appreciated.

[bigmona]

yep, it is $10 a day to park at hopkins, though I don't know if that changes if you're a student. I just have clinical there once a week. the neighborhood isn't the greatest, but you see security patrolling around all the time.

You have a ton of busy work during clinical classes. Your grades come strictly from your exams, and a term paper (if you have to do one for the class). You need to write care plans, reports, evaluations, teaching plans, family assessments, etc etc etc (it seems like it NEVER ENDS) all that do not contribute one iota to your grade. all that matters is that you "pass" with a satisfactory, because clinical is pass/fail.

all the exams are nclex style, but Penny Lane can better attest to whether those exams prepare you adequately for the NCLEX.. she graduated from UMB in December and passed the NCLEX last month, I think.

Not sure about master's programs and whether they give preferrential treatment, though I'm sure it can't hurt to be an alum of the school.

[Cherish]

Yes you pay for $10 a day when your at Hopkins, they have student parking thats free but its not close like the $10 a day one. Plus the free one is kinda distant and not in a great neighborhood. But theres always light rail, and the subway. Most people just do the park and ride thing and take the light rail, its cheaper and safer and VERY conveinuate (sp). If your a county person, you might want to do that, plus you can STUDY on the light rail/subway. You can't do that when you drive!!! So thats a plus.


There is SIMman at both Hopkins and UMB. Surprised more places don't have that, even CCBC has that. The ARMY has been having SIMman, woman, and child since the 90's!!! (sorry I'm an Army soldier so surprised how military sometimes get's better equipment than the civilian education). I'm going to go back in the Army and go for their CRNA program, the Army's CRNA program is #2 in the NATION!!! It means serving another 4 yrs in the Army but its free, can't beat that.

Honestly I have friends from BOTH JHUSON, and UMB. If you honestly can't afford Hopkins go to UMB, there both top 10 nursing schools/medical schools in the nation. BUT Hopkins and this is from all the ones I've talked to UMB and Hopkins grads, they have the BEST education and BEST recognition when it comes to employment. Like the saying goes you get what you pay for. Education is an investment, think of it as your investing yourself in the BEST thing possible. You as a person should deserve the best, but anyway you go you will be going to great schools, Hopkins is just known to treat its students better.

Plus this is another added bonus, if you will not be going to graduate school in Maryland, and another state you know what a HOPKINS education looks like on an application?? Thats a VERY valuable asset. It's like getting a degree in Harvard when it comes to nursing. EVERYONE knows who HOPKINS is. There internationally known. So think about it if you can afford it, even if it means taking out loans (student loans are great, what other loan you know is at the lowest interest rate right now, and has tax incentives, and don't forget future employers can pay off????) So think about that.

Hope that helps

Originally Posted by bigmona

yep, it is $10 a day to park at hopkins, though I don't know if that changes if you're a student. I just have clinical there once a week. the neighborhood isn't the greatest, but you see security patrolling around all the time.

You have a ton of busy work during clinical classes. Your grades come strictly from your exams, and a term paper (if you have to do one for the class). You need to write care plans, reports, evaluations, teaching plans, family assessments, etc etc etc (it seems like it NEVER ENDS) all that do not contribute one iota to your grade. all that matters is that you "pass" with a satisfactory, because clinical is pass/fail.

all the exams are nclex style, but Penny Lane can better attest to whether those exams prepare you adequately for the NCLEX.. she graduated from UMB in December and passed the NCLEX last month, I think.

Not sure about master's programs and whether they give preferrential treatment, though I'm sure it can't hurt to be an alum of the school.

[tamm1]

bigmona and cherish,

thanks sooooooooo much for your input! you have both really helped me a ton! I think that if i get the merit scholarship from jhu then i'll go there--especially since you say that they treat their students so much better and that their education is better! Also, i want to do the crna program at md and i think the jhu bachelors has a special "trauma/critical care" that would really help me for that. do you agree?

did anyone hear from jhu about scholarships yet?

Thanks!