[ggabri07]

Has anyone applied to FDU or heard anything about thier 2 year evening nursing program.

I am in a delimma. I am stuck b/t FDU and UMDNJ.
I like FDU because I would be able to work. You are in class 4 nights a week with 1 class each day.....but its an expensive school. About 25k a year and you finish in 2 years

I ike UMDNJ because its cheap but its at an accelerated pace but you have a heavy schedule and probably wont have much time to work.

What do you guys think. I live at home with my parents. I want to be able to work. I am 23 years old and I am looking to get married in the next 2-3 years. ...So I def need to save money.

Should I just do the FDU program which will offer me the flexiblity to work partime and save some money but pay the higher tuition or should I just do UMDNJ...not work and pay the lower tuition

[emtb2rn]

If you choose UMDNJ, working is going to be very difficult. As I understand it, the program will comsume virtually all of your time. This is from posts I've seen on this board and from talking to folks who have gone through the UMDNJ accelerated BSN.

[meow2_RN]

I know people who went to both. FDU has great things going for it such as being able to work. While some of the staff is great just like anywhere else they have their bad ones... and really hard ones. The school it self makes it hard for you for a reason. they have the highest pass rate of the NCLEX in NJ which is good.

UMDNJ is also good the pass rate is lower because they have more students. (ex. fdu might have 30 students pass and get a 100% pass rate and umdnj might send 130 and have 90% passing tate) Umdnj has better resources such as a development center and fdu doesnt.

I would go and talk to students of each program. Students will tell you the first had exp. remember though take it with a grain of salt as many students hate everything till they get out and see what they did was helpful.

if you need anymore help let me know. I can also get you in contact with some of the students from each. if you already picked let me know which you picked.

[ggabri07]

Originally Posted by Meow2

I know people who went to both. FDU has great things going for it such as being able to work. While some of the staff is great just like anywhere else they have their bad ones... and really hard ones. The school it self makes it hard for you for a reason. they have the highest pass rate of the NCLEX in NJ which is good.

UMDNJ is also good the pass rate is lower because they have more students. (ex. fdu might have 30 students pass and get a 100% pass rate and umdnj might send 130 and have 90% passing tate) Umdnj has better resources such as a development center and fdu doesnt.

I would go and talk to students of each program. Students will tell you the first had exp. remember though take it with a grain of salt as many students hate everything till they get out and see what they did was helpful.

if you need anymore help let me know. I can also get you in contact with some of the students from each. if you already picked let me know which you picked.

Thank you so much for your reply. I decided to go with FDU. I would love to get in contact with any student who have been through the part time program. I would like to know what to expect