University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

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Hi everyone!!! I am new to allnurses.com - I was wondering if anyone has applied for the Fall 2009 accelerated program? I have not been able to attend an information session due to scheduling conflicts. Does anyone know how many people apply to the program or know any "insider" info? I know that 50 people get in every year - I just submited my application last week for the early response deadline - good luck to all!!

I have tried to get even the 12 month cost out of them and never get a response, so no clue on the 16 month.

I wish I could get an idea...maybe I'd feel a bit better about choosing such an expensive program if the difference isn't that great!

I spoke with a friend in financial aid a couple of months ago about the cost of the program and she told me that she remembered it being ~$30k for in-state and ~$50k for out-of-state. Mind you, that's just tuition; no living expenses or books. With the new semester added, I am assuming it will be a fair amount more since the Masters courses will cost more per credit hour than the old program. I'm guessing it will be closer to $50k in-state and probably closer to $70k out-of-state. I told "you-know-who" that's why they needed to let us know ASAP, since the deadline to know what your financial aid will look like before you have to put your deposit down was March 1st. Now we will have to pay our deposit long before we have any idea what type of aid we'll be getting. It's kind of a buzzkill.

Before they switched to the 16 month curriculum, there was a page on the website that listed estimated costs somewhere around $23,000 for instate. I'm not sure what that included, though, and am thinking it may have just been tuition. This link from the general UMich website has estimates for 2012. From what I remember, the SON tuition for this program is a little higher than regular "upper division" tuition, but definitely lower than graduate tuition. While it won't be an exact answer, adding together the upper division estimates on this page for the total length of time we'd be in the program (1.5 "Sept-April years" + 1 summer) and then throwing an extra couple thousand for good measure, you should be able to figure out a pretty good rough estimate.

To everyone who is wondering about tuition:

The registrar's office has a department called tuition and fees. If you go to their website (Tuition and Registration Fees - Office of the Registrar), you can look up tuition costs for full-time students, as well as per credit hour, for undergrad and grad for every school in the university. Under "Second Career Nursing," they list the tuition per full-time term to be $7,876 for instate students and $22,500 for out of state students. Granted, tuition changes slightly every year and this is only valid for Fall-Spring/Summer 2012...

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Thank you, this will help get a ballpark figure. Thanks again.

Thanks for the financial info. I decided to do UDM for sure. With the grants I got for my transfer GPA, I think it actually works out to be less expensive than UMich. I hope you all get good news soon!

Spartan89, is there a long wait for UDM? Or were you already accepted and waiting to decide which? When do you start? And congratulations on having a solid game plan!

I was already accepted and waiting to decide. I had originally planned to defer and wait to hear from UMich but I got impatient and didn't have any realistic idea about what my chances were like on the waitlist. My main issue was cost anyways...UDM's program looks ridiculously expensive on paper ($53,000) but I was awarded over $20,000 in grant money for my undergrad GPA being above a 3.5. And I can still apply for other aid and scholarships! I start in May. There is no wait and they get back to you quickly. May is full, and the next cohort starts in January.

Yay. Good for you. My sister got her BSN from UDM, traditional, about 25 years ago. It's a great school. My undergrad gpa is 3.8, I wonder, do they automatically give you the grant, or do they guide you by giving you info on what to apply for? I'm happy for you! I think I may apply. I too saw the cost and turned away!

They automatically award it. I was shocked because I thought the $7000 was a one time thing, but it turns out it's every semester! I can't say much about the program because I haven't started yet, but I was very impressed at orientation. The faculty and Dean/Assistant Dean all stopped in to encourage us, and even told us we could call their cell phones at any time with questions. Thy were up front about how tough the program is, but they emphasized how much they are on our side and want us to succeed

Has anyone heard anything or know of anyone who has gotten a decision recently?

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