accelerated bsn program at njcu in jersey city, nj

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Does anybody attend the accelerated BSN program in NJCU? If so what is the cost of the program? How competative is it to get in? Will they accept you if your overall GPA is lower than a 3.0 but you have a very high GPA in your prerequisites? Any answers would be appreciated. Thanks.

yea i was gonna apply to bc i went to temple soo im familiar with the area but they wanted too many pre-reqs and they are expensive.. i really want njcu tho...

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I just graduated from NJCU's accelerated BSN program (Wall campus). It's not the best, but it is the quickest/cheapest in NJ. When I was applying I was torn btwn NJCU and UMDNJ. Ultimately, I was told that UMDNJ's accreditation has been put on probation (or something to that effect) because of a low NCLEX-RN pass rate for their graduates. If you are interested in UMDNJ, you should call and look into that before you apply.

...Just a thought...

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Congrats Kaylah18!! I have a question, Did you or your classmates work when you were in the program??

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Specializes in tele, cardiac stepdown.

congrats Kaylah18 !!!!!! ok...thank you for the advice..ill def look into that...im curious..what do you mean when you say, its not the best? what turned u off from it?

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I didn't work, but a bunch of people in the program did keep part-time jobs. You have to be really dedicated and study hard, so judge for yourself if you can handle it!

I didn't have a problem with any of the professors...they were all great! I think the administration aspect of the school was the problem. A few students had an issue with the financial aid office, like getting dropped from classes for non-payment when their check was received/signed for by the office. Also, there were a few times we were told we were required to come to the Jersey City campus to take care of some paperwork (That's about an hour north of the Wall campus and some students live farther south than that!). Lots of little things like that. I guess it's just issues that can happen at any school, but it was just annoying to have to deal with that on top of handling course work...

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Does anyone have an answer from the university??? all morning was waiting for the post man and I didn't get anything from them.. I'm sooo nervous!! this is torture!!

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I havent heard anything either, ughhh lol. I thought we would know by now.

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lol i was waiting for the mail man too!! and got nothing yet...

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Specializes in tele, cardiac stepdown.

Kaylah18: yea every schools' financial aid office is always trouble. but its definately comforting to hear that the teachers were great. can I ask you how were your days? like how were clinicals? lecture? do you feel prepare for the NCLEX?

I didn't even want to come home cause I was so anxious but it didn't matter cause there was nothing there lol...ahhhh man...

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Well still nothing today, how biut anyone else lol

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How were the days? Do you mean the schedule? You're applying for the Jersey City campus, correct? I was in Wall, I know the clinical sites will be different, but I think the schedule will be pretty similar:

We were in class most of the day on lecture days (8am-4pm)

The half of the first semester we were at Brookdale's lab practicing skills on the mannequins and each other. The second half of the first semester they set us free in a nursing home (LOL). That was pretty nerve wracking. I had never worked in any health care setting before and our first assignment was just to walk in the door and talk to a patient. Sounds silly now, but it took me and another student 2hrs to give a bed-bath! Wow!

The first semester we had class Mon-Wed, clinical on Thursday 7am – 1pm). Friday was open lab where you could ask questions and practice skills you needed to work on (In the lab with the mannequins).

Second semester we had class Tuesday – Thursday and Adult health clinical was on Friday. Our OB/Peds clinical was on Saturday. Again, class all day and clinical was 7am – 1pm.

Third semester, classes were Mon, Tues, Thurs. Adult health clinical was Friday from 7am – 3pm. Towards the end of the semester, we had a few shifts of 7am – 7pm. Our Psych/Community health clinical was Wednesday (hours vary for those clinicals depending on the instructor you have).

When I say “class all day” I mean that there are lessons you must get through, as per the syllabus and depending on how fast you go through them, the instructor my let class out earlier. Some days we ended early because proff had a meeting or something like that….typical college stuff. But most days you will be in class from 8 or 9am to 4 or 5pm.

Sorry this is so lengthy/rambling. If you want me to answer a specific question let me know.

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Nothing in the mail today.. :/

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