jayandaroo88

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1. Is it worth shooting for a top program?

   jayandaroo88 replied to jayandaroo88's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thanks for your post. 1) I probably should have clarified. By a year off, I essentially meant I would use that year to do work/volunteering. I already have my bachelor's. I should be applying to schools now for the Fall 2011 semester, but my crede...

2. Is it worth shooting for a top program?

   jayandaroo88 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   What are the benefits of going to a school like U Penn as opposed to say, your state university? I graduated from said state university (Rutgers) with a 3.415 and a pretty blank resume to boot. I'm thinking about taking a year off to really build a ...

3. If the job market is so terrible right now...

   jayandaroo88 replied to jayandaroo88's topic in General Nursing

   hi, thank you for your repsonse. i have several doctors/nurses in my immediate and extended family so i'm not completely in the dark about nursing -- i've also been following and reading about nursing for years now. i'm still currently trying to ge...

4. If the job market is so terrible right now...

   jayandaroo88 replied to jayandaroo88's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I'm aware that BSN seems to be becoming the "standard." This is why I'm comparing a diploma + RNtoBSN route vs an accelerated BSN or 2-year BSN route. I'm not really relying on tuition reimbursement, I can pay off my diploma RN easily without ...

5. If the job market is so terrible right now...

   jayandaroo88 replied to jayandaroo88's topic in General Nursing

   What I figured! So wouldn't it be smarter to delay my BSN a year or so, rather than risk graduating in a bleak market?

6. If the job market is so terrible right now...

   jayandaroo88 replied to jayandaroo88's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry -- I should add that though I recently graduated, I have graduated free of debt. My main issue is whether or not to "purposely" take longer to obtain a BSN in order to wait for a better job market (also I will end up free of debt if I take that...

7. If the job market is so terrible right now...

   jayandaroo88 posted a topic in General Nursing

   ...would it make the more sense for prospective nursing students to wait out the job slump? I keep reading about how new grads cannot find jobs... eventually they are no longer eligible for new grad programs. And to top it all off, for each semester...

8. kind of a unique situation, urgent help needed!

   jayandaroo88 posted a topic in Career Support

   Hi everyone, I've lurked these forums for some years now but this is my first post here. I'm a recent male college grad with a degree in Sociology. Originally I was supposed to be a nursing major at my college, but decided last minute to be a liber...