silverwatch

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1. Anybody Else Doing Howard CC's Accelerated RN Program Starting May 2009?

   silverwatch replied to PharmaRN's topic in Maryland

   Nursing student 19 - How have you liked clinicals? That's what scares me! Also- are the locations mostly in the Baltimore area? I'm actually in Montgomery County so I'm afraid it's gonna be a hike. Good to hear you are enjoying HCC though. I took a l...

2. Anybody Else Doing Howard CC's Accelerated RN Program Starting May 2009?

   silverwatch replied to PharmaRN's topic in Maryland

   I JUST received my acceptance letter!!! I think that the intense months are the non-normal semester times (May-August and December-January, then May-July following year). From what I understand, the 2 "normal" semesters (September-mid December and m...

3. Getting into HCC out of county?

   silverwatch replied to harborview's topic in Maryland

   No, I guess it's not official that I'm in. I was told I'm basically at the end of the waitlist at #15. And when I asked if that meant I'd be in Fall 2009 it was basically a yes (unofficially of course). I did it this way because I had a baby in Augus...

4. Getting into HCC out of county?

   silverwatch replied to harborview's topic in Maryland

   As an out of county applicant, I expected to be waitlisted until the following fall for their night/weekend program. I applied in in early 2008 and I was waitlisted, now waiting for fall 2009 entry. I think if you apply now, you are looking to get i...

5. Am I making the right choice?

   silverwatch posted a topic in ADN/BSN

   My background: I have a bachelor's in business. I am 30, married and mother of 2 babies. I have all the prerequisites finished for either a BSN at a University or an accelerated ADN at a Community College. The difference is BSN is $16,000 and it's ...

6. Second Career: How do I begin?

   silverwatch replied to imp0526's topic in Maryland

   Weird - I am the same age, and was the exact same double major at UMD.. We probably know each other! I, too, am dreaming about going into nursing and looking into all of my options... I look forward to other's responses!