George Mason Accelerated BSN 2009

I've been in touch with a very helpful GMU BSN student. Though she's not in the acclerated program, she is in the program and has given me a good idea of where we're going. She said that she's heard we should expect a 7:30 - 5 schedule and earlier with clinicals. The yellow sheet in our package says we should expect 9 hours of clinicals a week during the first semester so that sounds about right. Her schedule is split up into clinicals on Tues/Thurs and classes the other days. I don't know that you can expect to be free next summer either though I guess it really depends on what session we'll be in class. I know that we were supposed to expect 12 months straight so that would put us right up until September 2010. We are even on tap for the minimester in January which will greatly shorten our holiday.

Also, she said not to worry about the TEAS since it's not a big deal if you don't do well. You just need an 80% in math but if you don't you just get remediation. The Saunders NCLEX book is very helpful for the patho classes and buy all books online if you can (much cheaper).

I'll be in the night orientation but I'll see you in the first class on the 24th!

I hear getting in is hard. The figures were something like 300-400 applicants for 50+ spots. In the info session, they said there were more spots but I was told by one of the faculty that 50 got in. They said GPA rated lower on the list and the most important factor was the essay (provided you had met all of the requirements). I'm not sure of the average GPA but mine was 3.9 for the BA and 4.0 for the prereqs. I just got lucky though. I don't think they were as concerned with my GPA as I really tried to hit hard on the essay. I had friends who were english majors edit it for content and grammar errors. The one thing I can tell you about this school is to make sure you follow all directions for everything. No one will be there to hold your hand or make sure you do everything you need to do like some other schools out there. I'll be there this semester so contact me if you have more questions and I'll try to help!