Georgetown Spring 2011 ABSN applicants

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I just wanted to start a thread for the Spring 2011 applicants for the ABSN program. I don't know if this is the first time the Gtown is using the nursingCAS or not, but I wanted to hear about everyone else's experience with it.

Nope.. none yet. fingers crossed!!

Nothing yet...just the WHC email. I guess we'll know one way or the other within the next two weeks, but it's so hard to wait!!!

Specializes in Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN).

Greetings all.

I'm a 3rd semester student (started Spring 2010) in the non-WHC, accelerated BSN program at Georgetown. This time last year, I was stressing about whether I'd get invited for an interview! :-)

If anyone has questions they'd like answered about the current ABSN program at GU from a student's perspective, I'd be glad to share my experience and perspective.

Thanks! I'm sure there will be lots of questions. Do you know if they send the WHC application email to all the applicants, or just the ones who will be asked to interview?

Specializes in Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN).

Sorry, can't help with the application process, as it's different now than when I applied last year. For instance, last Fall when I applied all interviews were conducted in groups at GU and WHC on a scheduled interview day.

Now I hear that the ABSN program is going to experiment with online interviews, to save money for applicants who may not be able to afford a trip to DC.

That would be interesting, if they go to online interviews, but it makes sense for out of state applicants since flights and hotels are so expensive.

Has the program been a positive experience, so far?

Specializes in Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN).

Has the program been a positive experience, so far?

You ask an important question, which needs to be answered in the context of what my expectations were coming into the program, and my expectations now. When I came into the program I expected every professor to be the best in their field, I expected the program to be hella hard and competitive, and I expected to get a first rate nursing education. My experience has been that:

-Most professors were great, with a few lemons thrown in.

-The program is not so much hard as it is time consuming. Some people spend nights and weekends studying; others don't. You will have a lot of assignments especially in later semesters, and some of those assignments are (IMHO) a waste of time.

-The program is not competitive between students. There is no curving or rounding of grades. So if I get an "A", someone else doesn't have to necessarily get a "C".

-I think I'm getting a first rate nursing education crammed into my skull.

Georgetown's ABSN program gets fine tuned a bit each semester, based on past experience. Student feedback is encouraged. But how do you compare it to other programs you might have chosen instead - but didn't? When I talk to students in other programs, they tell me about some of their own complaints - which are similar to those I have from time to time about the ABSN program. So I've concluded that no program is or will ever be perfect, and suit everyone's taste. My conclusion is to look at the end result: regardless of the issues you get worked up about during your four semesters in the program, it's hard to argue with success. The Georgetown ABSN pass rate on the NCLEX licensing exam (first try) is currently 100%.

Thanks so much! The info is much appreciated!

Pokytrokyt,

Thanks for your insight!

Just wondering if the WHC and non-WHC accelerated students mix a lot, or if you're all in separate classes? If you get the WHC scholarship, can you do clinicals at other hospitals? Or, do you do all of them at WHC?

Any tips on the interview? I know you said the format was different this year. It looks like the time slot is only 20 minutes long. I've got visions of speed dating in the back of my mind!

Any do's or don'ts for the scholarship? I'm running through my essay again...

TIA!

Did they send out the interview invitations last week? And do you know if all of them have already been sent out? I'm just wondering if there's hope of getting one if we haven't yet received an email.

I rec'd an interview invite on 8/26. It seems strange that they would ask for you to complete the scholarship form and not be interested in meeting you for admission to the school, itself. You might try calling or emailing into the admissions office and asking about the status of your app. They were pretty responsive when I needed help with NursingCAS. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!!

Thanks for the advice and encouragement, and best of luck with the interview!

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