Maryland Nursing Schools: Best Choice?

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Hello, I will be starting the BSN program this fall and I am unsure of what school to attend. My picks are University of MD, Bowie State University, and Coppin State University. UMD has a 2yr Program, Bowie has an Accelerated 18month Program, and Coppin has a traditional 3yr program. I would like to choose Bowie especially because its shorter in time, however, bowie is a 45minute commute and I am sure it will be the most stressful. Any Suggestions??

For those of you that think Coppin's nursing program is "easy" think again. I would have been graduating in may, but I failed a class by one point so now I won't graduate untill may 2010.

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It's nothing 'easy' about their Nursing program; it's one of the hardest but pushes hard for Professional Nursing towards advance careers. It traditionally has a lower gpa requirement for entry with entrance exams (when I applied it was TEAS) and keeps it the same as from the beginning out of tradition of opportunity I guess which is really misleading to anyone not a very high achiever because as others have pointed out on this blog: the program is very difficult. Be careful and not deceived. I was already intrinsically motivated and with a 3.8 gpa upon applying from perquisites.

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Coppin will accept all meeting requirements until class filled then 'wean' out all even remotely 'weak' throughout the entire 4 years! No apologies. This alongside incredibly difficult exams. I compared practice questions with colleagues in study groups from Hopkins Nursing...they couldn't answer and had a deer in headlight look of disbelief. I have a friend that failed in Senior year, last class of the year by 2 points & she was tossed out.

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