SLU Accelerated BSN starting in May 2013?

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Hello Everyone! I have been accepted to Saint Louis University's Accelerated One-Year BSN program and was wondering if anyone else has applied/been accepted to the program. I'd love to connect with others starting this May or who have experience with the school. Thanks!

Hey Krackley09, apparently I don't have enough "quality posts" to send a PM. Yes, I do like the program! However it is far from perfect. Clinicals are sometimes poorly organized, I've had a couple professors either not show for class or just cancel class outright. Not a big deal unless you have a drive 30 min to class only to find out it's canceled. Some professors also give poor feedback, or no feedback when you have questions or would like to see your grades. As I type this I'm realizing that most of these issues are on the professors and not on the program itself. (And most of the professors are really great).

Sheila Leander is the current coordinator for the accelerated option. No doubt you've see her name somewhere. Do not be afraid to get in contact with her! She is very nice and loves to talk (sometimes too much, haha). I know when I was hungry for answers before the program I was afraid I would get on the faculty's nerves before I was even able to start! Sometimes you wonder where the hell your $60k is going when you have to reuse a catheter for demonstrations instead of getting to open a new one. But overall I am happy with the way things are. The best part is that it's only a 12 month program and you are already accepted. Other schools in the area are anywhere from 15-18 months and I don't think Goldfarb is even accepting students until 2015 or so.

I addressed the job question in the previous post. Every person is different and you'll soon figure out whether you can handle working or not. I opted not to and I do not regret it.

Hi malenurseftw!

Thanks for getting back to me! Your infomation about the program is super helpful!

I plan on trying to get the best grades I can, so I have accepted the fact that I will not have a social life for a year.

So pharm and patho are combined? I am very concerned about that now. I thought one was taken the first half of summer and the other was taken the second half.

I am glad to hear you like the program overall. I was accepted to Goldfarb's Upper Division program, but I felt SLU would be a better fit for me and I want to get done with school sooner rather than later.

I believe you answered my questions I have for now, if I think of anymore I will let you know :)

Thanks again!

Hello all! I'm glad I ran across this post. I'm also getting ready to start the program in May '14 and i'm getting pretty amped. I can't wait to move to the area and start connecting with people. I was curious how easy it is to connect with people for living situations? I would love finding a roommate that also goes to SLU. I'm wondering if there are many others looking for a place after orientation? Otherwise I will probably just find a place online and get moved in beforehand. Thanks for any help!

Hello Everyone - I'm not sure if Sally has emailed you all or not, but a facebook group has been created to help with the "handoff" from this year's accelerated class to the next one (you guys!!!). It's just another forum to ask questions, give advice, and for current student to sell items. Thought I'd post it on here in case you haven't seen it.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/225187247684741/

Hey Bnsboy. I connected with my roommate initially through email in January. I got her information from our recruitment specialist (is that still Scott for you guys?!), so I would ask him if anyone else has inquired yet. Otherwise, I know at orientation they started an email list with students interested in having a roommate so that would definitely be an option. Don't worry if you haven't lined this up yet, I know a lot of individuals in our class didn't know their roommates at this time. One other option if you are going to be on campus anytime this spring would be to walk through the school of nursing or school of medicine (etc.) and look for flyers looking for roommates. There usually are some posted on bulletin boards in the buildings you could look into.

Hi!

I am looking into SLU's ABSN program but not until May 2015 - I already have a BS from another university and just wanted to ask about pre-req's. I have all of them completed but I have a few B's so I do not know if I should retake those courses before applying . Would anyone be willing to share their gpa and if they had any experience in health care before applying?

Any info would be great!

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