Any Chicago area RN's or students here?

U.S.A. Illinois

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hello all,

my name is eloisa and i work full time as an ma, and attend school full time finishing up my pre-reqs at the ccc's, (so much cheaper considering, i'm a single mom of two). i wanted to know if there were any rn's from the chicago area or near by subs on here, or student nurses, pre-nursing majors etc... i would like to know what school you went to here in the city? what was it like for you, what did you think od it?? basically i want to pick your brains about the program you went to or are attending. trust me i know it's called "google" and i have researched various schools and have spoken to admissions advisers but frankly most of them tell you what you want to hear. nothing like getting it straight from a students prospective. i'm so conflicted as to which i should go to, :confused: i was so ready to go to chamberlain, but after reading the forums/post on it, uh..i'm on the fence. also looking at uic, st. xavier, loyola, chgo state, robert morris...oh so many!

would also appreciate to get an ma going through the same things input if possible??

any and all replies would be most appreciated!

lots of love & respect :heartbeat

enjoy whats left of the weekend - i'm batteling a fever and have class in the am. fun! lol.

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You may want to post your question in the Illinois forum. I know there are quite a few posts regarding the different Chicago programs over there. I wish I could help you more. I think you are smart for doing the pre-reqs at the CC, it is much much cheaper as you've seen.

Best wishes to you.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Flight.

im a little further south of you in central IL, but ive heard good things about UIC.

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Oh thanks, I will post my question there. Thank you for that compliment, you are sweet.

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im a little further south of you in central IL, but ive heard good things about UIC.

So have I. I waiting to hear something from them.:idea:

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Specializes in Oncology.

i go to st. x now (2012 may grad here)...i chose this school over uic back in 08 because when ur accepted, you r automatically in...whereas UIC, u have to apply again for the nursing program (from what i remember). prof (for the most part are great!) i have experienced 3 of my whole time there that made my time a lil bit miserable lol. i can't wait to graduate, it sucks thats its sooooo expensive though...i'll be paying bak loans for the rest of my life. BUT whenever we go to clinical, we here "oh, that's a good school" a lot of former grads everywhere and from what i hear they hire us more readily at area hospitals (again, from what i've heard) good luck in your decision.:yeah:

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

state specific discusions found under region tab at top of site.

moved to our il nursing programs discussion

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i go to st. x now (2012 may grad here)...i chose this school over uic back in 08 because when ur accepted, you r automatically in...whereas UIC, u have to apply again for the nursing program (from what i remember). prof (for the most part are great!) i have experienced 3 of my whole time there that made my time a lil bit miserable lol. i can't wait to graduate, it sucks thats its sooooo expensive though...i'll be paying bak loans for the rest of my life. BUT whenever we go to clinical, we here "oh, that's a good school" a lot of former grads everywhere and from what i hear they hire us more readily at area hospitals (again, from what i've heard) good luck in your decision.:yeah:

It is expensive ...would you mind if I sent you a personal email with questions about this school. I am really interested in it. It was really high on my list of schools.

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Thank you NRSKarenRN for that information.

Thank you all for the replies.

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I had a bad experience with Truman, and got accepted to Robert Morris where they told me it was going to cost me $50,000 to get an ADN. No thanks! I graduated with a BS in Kinesiology from UIC in 2010, and I can only say good things about their science programs. They certainly kept their nursing students studying their butts off, but it seems like they learned a ton! I'm waiting to hear back from Oakton CC since I recently moved into the district. Keeping my fingers crossed!

Good luck to you! :)

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