Accelerated BSN - ?'s re. applying..

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I am in process of searching for accelerated BSN programs that are approx. 12 months or less. I have started app for one program but have questions for those already in or in process of applying to same program..Did you apply to one program only or how many? If you have been accepted and does not reveal too much about your identify can you tell me which school you are in. I ask because I have spent a long time on net searching for schools that don't require GRE, no longer than 12 months, no TOEFL. Yes even though I am British I am required by one school to take the TOEFL. I am going to take it as program only 11 months and not much required in terms of applying - other than degree, transcripts and online app. So any experiences related to applying to accelerated BSN programs is appreciated. I am looking for accpetnace either in Fall '06 or Spring '07. Thanks

thanks for the info. on interamericana universidad de puerto rico. i was looking through their website and reading through the catalog but am curious to know more about their general science classes. i have already taken my bio, ap and gen. chem. i assume they will transfer but i cannot find anywhere on their site that states that these are required courses to graduate with a bachelors. do you have any insight? did you take these classes?

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Coqui,

That's pretty interesting... how did it go and is there any English program? Were there any hoops you found later in the program that you didn't anticipate?

Thanks!

There is a nursing school in Puerto Rico called

Interamericana Unversidad de Puerto Rico. It is longer than twelve months, but it is cheap! The total tuition is about $18,000. The program is 24 months for a BSN, but they except transfer credits. You have the option to exit with an ADN. The program is divided into trimesters not semesters. It is also in English. My husband who is from Croatia or his friends did not have take the TOEFL. There is not a waitting list to get into the program. The program is easy to get into. I applied to the school a week before the program started and got in. As far as I know there is really no deadline for the Fall trimester. The website is http://www.metro.inter.edu/servicios/academicos/prognotradi/englishtrimester/enfe/nursing/index.html

I completed the BSN program under two years and passed the NCLEX. Why not get your BSN on a tropical island? Good luck!

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The ONLY accelerated BSN program (meaning a program for obtaining a BSN for people already with a BA or BS in another field) in the USA that is less than 12 mos is Drexel Univ. in Philadelphia. I know this from my own research. Drexel's program is 11 mos and is the shortest in the entire nation.

Link to 's ACE BSN-RN: http://www.drexel.edu/cnhp/nursing/undergrad_bsn_ace.asp

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