On my community college campus, I noticed that this poster for this nursing school called the International Universtiy of Nursing they are accepting applications for students here in the U.S. to get a ASN or BSN degree.
The only thing is this school is located on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts (its part the british virgin islands) so this island is not to foreign culture wise from what you might expect. From what I know so far, this school functions the same way a school in the U.S. does. All the neccessary classes are the same. The nursing students attending this school are from the Caribbean island and the U.S. is.
As far as clinicals you would complete the first year of clinicals on the island and your last year of clinicals, wether your a ASN or BSN student, you would complete the the last year of clinicals in the U.S. at college that they have a partnership with.
The down part to this school that I noticed is a student who would normally qualifiy for FAFSA ( U.S. government grants for school) cannot get it because the school only offers loans as a way to pay for the semester AND when completing your final year at your clinical in the U.S. the schools are limited and it may not be in your state. (but you wouldn't have to wait to get into a school ounce year ready to transfer back to a U.S. school)
You would qualify to sit the RN exam and be able to work in the U.S. when done with the school. The good thing about the school is there may not be a long wait list like most of the schools here in the U.S. has. I believe it may be because the school is located in the Caribbean (not to many U.S. students would want to be away from their family for that long) and the school is only about 3 years old so not to many students have heard of it.
Anyway, I just wanted to know if anyone has heard any good or bad things about this school or the experience from students or graduates from this school. I'm interested in it, but would like to know more before making a move on this school...Thanks
(feel free to correct me on any information that I said about the school)
Specializes in future speciality interest: Nurse Midwif.
I'm aware that all schools have their own merit system, which varies from school to school.
Like some people might already know, Rhode Island is the smallest state in the U.S. and the school choices are limited and everyone and their mama are trying to get into the schools with nursing programs, so you know what that means.
To correct myself in an earlier post there is a hospital in my area offering a Diploma in nursing but their application deadline was due a couple of months before I started to research other nursing programs.
I'll keep checking in my state for other programs that would fit me best.
And my thought on going to St. Kitts for school was...just a thought.
Like some replies have mentioned its not that serious (at least in my case) to go offshore to college~~but I find nothing wrong with that either.
Thanks everyone for the replies, I am checking out all the school that were referred to me.
You might need to take a few more classes to raise your GPA if you don't want to have to get on a wait list. It seems like most schools either go off a merit-based no wait system OR they do a lottery/wait list system for all qualified applicants - at my school, for regular (not accelerated) BSN if you don't have a 3.5 I wouldn't waste the application fee, and I think last year you needed more like a 3.7 - if you have great grades, you don't have to wait. If you'd rather stay in RI for in-state tuition, why don't you get on a wait list, and in the mean time see if you can bring up your GPA? Also, did you do really well on an entrance exam? Or are your prereq grades good and your history/foreign language/old major grades bringing your GPA down? Did you have one bad semester that you can explain in an interview/essay? There are a lot of schools that look at more than just GPA, so you may want to try to find out if any of them are in your area. Good luck!
Specializes in future speciality interest: Nurse Midwif.
You might need to take a few more classes to raise your GPA if you don't want to have to get on a wait list. It seems like most schools either go off a merit-based no wait system OR they do a lottery/wait list system for all qualified applicants - at my school, for regular (not accelerated) BSN if you don't have a 3.5 I wouldn't waste the application fee, and I think last year you needed more like a 3.7 - if you have great grades, you don't have to wait. If you'd rather stay in RI for in-state tuition, why don't you get on a wait list, and in the mean time see if you can bring up your GPA? Also, did you do really well on an entrance exam? Or are your prereq grades good and your history/foreign language/old major grades bringing your GPA down? Did you have one bad semester that you can explain in an interview/essay? There are a lot of schools that look at more than just GPA, so you may want to try to find out if any of them are in your area. Good luck!
At the college i'm attending there is no wait-list, if you don't get in one semester, you have to apply again the next and you can only apply twice.
There is no essay to write to get in.
Honestly, the procedures of getting in isn't as demanding compared to some other admission processes from other colleges. But I guess it has it's downfall because you are only judged on your GPA.
There are no entrance exam for the college i'm attending. But the local community college does have a teas test.
The thing with my GPA is that most of the classes I took were off the main campus (with permission from my college) and the grade was then transferred back to my college, but they don't count that grade towards your overall GPA. So I don't have to many grades that contribute to my GPA. (by the way-I have taken 2 courses that weren't required to help me raise my GPA) I had to take some classes of campus either because the courses at my regular college was full or the time slots did not fit into my schedule.
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I'm aware that all schools have their own merit system, which varies from school to school.
Like some people might already know, Rhode Island is the smallest state in the U.S. and the school choices are limited and everyone and their mama are trying to get into the schools with nursing programs, so you know what that means.
To correct myself in an earlier post there is a hospital in my area offering a Diploma in nursing but their application deadline was due a couple of months before I started to research other nursing programs.
I'll keep checking in my state for other programs that would fit me best.
And my thought on going to St. Kitts for school was...just a thought.
Like some replies have mentioned its not that serious (at least in my case) to go offshore to college~~but I find nothing wrong with that either.
Thanks everyone for the replies, I am checking out all the school that were referred to me.