[Novizivot]

Does anyone know how long the response takes ? I applied early (to make the Sept 1, 2007, early consideration deadline) and was told that letters would go out "sometime in October".

Any feedback would be appreciated.

[Rockcrawlerbabe]

If you have not heard anything by the end of the month, I would expect a rejection letter. I applied 2+ years ago and constantly got the run around with my status each time I called or emailed. However, they were kind enough to send my rejection letter by Christmas Eve.

[jonesr1985]

Here is the rundown with this school. These things are good and bad and are fact. I work at UMDNJ so I know what's going on. I was accepted for the Summer '07' term, but deferred admission to continue working. I will be starting in Spring '08', but things have changed. Due to the unorganization of the School of Nursing's Admissions department the whole department was fired this summer, and the admissions process is now ran by the School of Health Related Professions admissions department. Which doesn't affect you because this is your first time applying and you won't know any difference. It affected me because they couldn't find any of my paperwork. They didn't have my file, letter of recommendations, nor my acceptance letter. So I had to re-submit all of this information plus had to add the copy of my acceptance letter. I am sure glad I kept good records , but sorry I had to vent for a minute back to your question. You should hear something by the end of the month or early November because they are trying to improve the time they give students to get financial paperwork together. Have you filed for you FASFA? I would do that and as soon as you receive your letter I would do all of the necessary online Financial applications on the school website because the Financial Aid office and slow and they deal with all of the schools that UMDNJ has so you just become another number to the counselors. Stay on top of them and make your name known, and also your face. They are rude just a bit overwhelmed. If you have any other questions just ask and I'll do my best to help and answer. My best friend started the program this Fall ( I let him be the test dummy first. LOL!!) hey I wasn't giving those unorganized people any of my money. Its much better now and you can already see the difference so no worries now, and he says its rough and hard but manageable. Good Luck and I hope to see you in the Spring as one of my fellow classmates.

[birdgardner]

Novizivot, I just got my letter last Saturday, so they're starting to send them out.

Jonesr1985, this is off-topic, but does UMDNJ use the ATI for assessment? And is UMDNJ's list of tuition, costs, and fees complete, or do students get hit with surprises?

[jonesr1985]

Well I don't know about the ATI assesment, but as far as the tuition and financial aid here are the things to look at for no surprises.

Tuition:
http://sn.umdnj.edu/academics/accelb..._Fees-0607.pdf

and

Nursing Student's Budget:

http://www.umdnj.edu/studentfinancia...Budgets_77.pdf

These are the two factors that are used to calculate your financial aid package. Hope this helps!!! Congratulations, and I'll see you in the Spring!

[AtomicWoman]

Originally Posted by jonesr1985

Here is the rundown with this school. These things are good and bad and are fact. I work at UMDNJ so I know what's going on. I was accepted for the Summer '07' term, but deferred admission to continue working. I will be starting in Spring '08', but things have changed. Due to the unorganization of the School of Nursing's Admissions department the whole department was fired this summer, and the admissions process is now ran by the School of Health Related Professions admissions department.

I gather you are going to go to UMDNJ-Newark? Do you have any scoop on UMDNJ-Stratford? Is it more/less organized? I think Stratford only takes ABSN students 2 times a year, but I'll be darned if I can find that information again on their website! Thanks for sharing any insights!

[JerseyGuy]

I am currently in the UMD Accelerated BSN program, and the reply from the person who works at UMD is VERY ACCURATE---in that the previous admissions area at the School of Nursing was a DISASTER!! They have all been replaced, with all SON's admissions work now being done centrally by the School of Health Professions at UMD----so THAT has improved.

BUT...and it's a big BUT----HOLD ON FOR THE RIDE once you get it. The Accel program at UMD Newark is VERY UNORGANIZED, unfortunately. Not sure whether it's the individual faculty---but more likely, the Director/Dean of the Accel Program is really not too swift. She's been really disappointing to students there, on a wide range of issues. In fact, of late, students just go directly to the overall Dean for the entire School of Nursing, as the ABSN Dean is pretty ineffective. Enough said about THAT. But just wait until you see how they schedule clinicals---it's a joke. They can't manage their way out of a paper-bag, I hate to say.

The instructors: a few are very good, a few are VERY bad, and the rest are somewhat mediocre. The bad ones persist---who knows why....but students before us have told us not much will be done about it. Sadly, they seem to be correct.

Best thing about the program: it's the cheapest Accel BSN Progrm, other than Rutgers (and Rutgers has tougher pre-req requirements). Unfortunately, it's kind of like: "get in, get out", and you'll never want anything to do with the place again----other than staying in touch with the student friends you make. Great bunch of students-----very diverse.

Good luck!!

[ggabri07]

How long have you been in the program

Originally Posted by JerseyGuy

I am currently in the UMD Accelerated BSN program, and the reply from the person who works at UMD is VERY ACCURATE---in that the previous admissions area at the School of Nursing was a DISASTER!! They have all been replaced, with all SON's admissions work now being done centrally by the School of Health Professions at UMD----so THAT has improved.

BUT...and it's a big BUT----HOLD ON FOR THE RIDE once you get it. The Accel program at UMD Newark is VERY UNORGANIZED, unfortunately. Not sure whether it's the individual faculty---but more likely, the Director/Dean of the Accel Program is really not too swift. She's been really disappointing to students there, on a wide range of issues. In fact, of late, students just go directly to the overall Dean for the entire School of Nursing, as the ABSN Dean is pretty ineffective. Enough said about THAT. But just wait until you see how they schedule clinicals---it's a joke. They can't manage their way out of a paper-bag, I hate to say.

The instructors: a few are very good, a few are VERY bad, and the rest are somewhat mediocre. The bad ones persist---who knows why....but students before us have told us not much will be done about it. Sadly, they seem to be correct.

Best thing about the program: it's the cheapest Accel BSN Progrm, other than Rutgers (and Rutgers has tougher pre-req requirements). Unfortunately, it's kind of like: "get in, get out", and you'll never want anything to do with the place again----other than staying in touch with the student friends you make. Great bunch of students-----very diverse.

Good luck!!

[JerseyGuy]

Been there a year now. I gotta tell ya......if you go to UMD-Newark, you really have to "grin and bear it!" They do very stupid things there, again, the ONLY good thing about it is: it's the cheapest accelerated BSN program in NJ, compared to Seton Hall and Fairleigh Dickinson.

If you can put up with the crap for 15 months, then go.....but don't say "no one told me it would be this disorganized."

[ggabri07]

Hey what exactly do you mean by disorganized? A.... I really had this image of UMDNJ nursing program being great. I am applying to UMDNJ, FDU, Seton hall, rutgers, and New Jersey City University. I want to make sure that I am in a program without all of the BS. UMDNJ was my first choice .lol
How are the professors? Do they grade fairly?
What is it like on a day to day basis? Are you in class from 8-4 from Monday-Friday?
When does clinicals come into place?
How often are tests given? Do you think that the program allows enough time to study even though it is accelerated.


Anyone in an Accelerated program is free to answer and please advise which program you are refering to. I am applying for the Fall 08 semester and wanted to get a feel from a student about the life of a student in an accelerated program

Originally Posted by JerseyGuy

Been there a year now. I gotta tell ya......if you go to UMD-Newark, you really have to "grin and bear it!" They do very stupid things there, again, the ONLY good thing about it is: it's the cheapest accelerated BSN program in NJ, compared to Seton Hall and Fairleigh Dickinson.

If you can put up with the crap for 15 months, then go.....but don't say "no one told me it would be this disorganized."