UW BSN Fall 2011

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I am planning on applying this year for Fall 2011 BSN at UW, although I doubt I'll be competitive due to my lack of healthcare experience. I'll have a bit over 100 hours by the time the application is due, but in more than one setting. I'm sort of just planning to go through the motions this year so I know what to expect the following year. Also A&P is kicking my butt this quarter so I probably won't end up with an A :( . Anyone else applying?

Kristina: I did choose UW over Seattle U. I thought it would be a hard choice, but as soon as I got the acceptance letter from UW, I knew it was the right choice for me to go there. UW has been my first choice from day 1. I also just received my financial aid packet from Seattle U and qualify for barely any financial aid, so I would have to apply for a bunch of private loans just to pay for tuition.

I haven't received anything from the University, and the website says they don't notify post-bachs until June or July! I called yesterday and someone in the admissions office took down all my information and phone number and said they would try and get me an answer earlier than June. I'm not really sure what that was about! They did tell me it's highly likely if someone got into the nursing program, that they would get into the University. Zyix, that is good to know you heard that from the SoN. Even though I know that is true, I am still a little nervous!

Is anyone else applying for the UWMC nursing student loan program? What an awesome program! Anyone know how many people they accept? They say it is competitive, but I wonder how competitive.

Kristina: how close do you want to live to the University? Some good areas close to UW are greenlake, wallingford, and georgetown. These areas are popular, so it may be a little pricey unless you have roommates. You can also go onto craiglist and search for people looking for roommates around those areas. Let me know if you need further suggestions. I've lived in Seattle my entire life!

Specializes in ICU.

I used to work at UWMC, and we would get emails from the UW police all the time about people being assaulted (often in the middle of the day), break-ins, armed robbery, etc in the UW area. If I were looking for apartments, I would stay away from the U-District. Wallingford is a neat little neighborhood that is close to the UW (definitely within bussing/walking/biking distance) and Greenlake is not far from there. Ravenna might be another place you could look. You can most definitely find 'affordable' (well, that's really a relative term in Seattle) housing in all of those areas.

@earthtokendra- Thanks for the advice, I will definitely check those neighborhoods out! I am still hoping that I will find a couple other students in the program who want to rent a house together to cut down costs.

@CulleK- I am also applying for the loan program. I wish I knew how many people they picked each year...I'm guessing it's not many. Being selected for this would really help me out so I'm going to spend a lot of time on my essay.

Would any of you be interested in meeting up before the program starts (maybe in August?) for dinner? I think that would be a lot of fun.

I would be interested in meeting up before the program. That sounds fun!

I'm totally down for meeting up before the start of our 2 years of joy :) Lets try and get this to work :)

Specializes in ICU.

I'm taking summer quarter, and I can definitely try to recruit others for a get-together!

Hi Everyone,

I also got accepted to the program and I will be starting this summer. Let me know if you guys do meet up, I would love to join!

Have fun at orientation, all you summer-starters! I'd love to hear how it went!

As a graduate of the BSN program at UWSON, I can tell you that the vast majority of my class felt very dissapointed by the education they received at the school. Apart from their learning experiences, students felt, almost without exception, that their teachers were not at all interested in being teachers, and viewed their classes and their students as chores. In addition, many studnets felt mislead by the SON's marketing materials which tout a globally-focused and even "holistic" nursing program for globally-minded individuals. These claims are revealed to be jokes within the first couple weeks of instruction. The various complaints regarding teachers who havn't actually nursed for decades are deffinitely true. Many teachers receive the exact same complaints from class after class, but because they bring the school money in the form of research grants (for globally-important subject matter such as IBS and restless leg syndrome...) and must teach in order to maintain a tenured position, are pawned off on unsuspecting undergraduate nursing students. Some teachers, a prof. Cunningham in particular, cross the neglectful teacher line over to the side of mean/passive agressive teacher. A previous commenter stated that they were treated as an intellectually mature individual, which made me giggle. I heard time and time again by lazy teachers who couldn't justify their lack of interest or skill in their job that they are simply treating their students as "capable adults", deflecting their deficiencies onto their students. UWSON was the worst two years of my life. Having been a nurse for a year, I feel like the school ruined me for the profession before I even got started. I came to the UWSON an idealistic student with designs of working in the field of global health, and left a rather cynical individual with a very bad taste left in his mouth for his new profession: nursing.

Hi fellow future nursing students!

I am SO excited to start the BSN program at UW this fall! Did anyone else apply for the UWMC/Harborview nursing loan program? If yes, do you have any information on when we get informed of our status? I read July 1st, but have yet to hear anything. Any info you have would be much appreciated!

I too am still waiting to hear about the loan program! Thank goodness my classes are keeping me busy. I'll post as soon as I hear anything...either way.

P.S. My roommate started summer classes and feels that she WILL get a solid nursing education from UW and her instructor is a practicing nurse who is very approachable and knowledgable. I'm sorry to hear that other people did not have good experiences at the school, but I'm determined to start the program with a positive attitude.

~Kristina

Specializes in ICU.

@SeaNurse03, I'm curious why you've felt the need to post this exact same comment on several forums. I'm a month into the BSN program at the UW, and feel that at the very least I will get a solid (and maybe even fun!) education. I definitely like the "University" feel of the program...I've been a college student for a long time, and so far my BSN classes have been interesting and challenging, and my classmates very diverse. Perhaps things have changed for the better since you graduated, and in either case, your message loses legitimacy when it's repeated verbatim all over AN.

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