Anyone familiar with Western Governor's U?

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Anyone familiar with Western Governor's U? IF yes, what are the pros and cons? And would you recommend it? Thx

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical/Float Pool/Stepdown.

It would help to know what context you are searching for information in...are you already a nurse, are you thinking about becoming a nurse? Your profile doesn't really give any info to go off of :up:

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My husband is working on his MSN through WGU. He loves it! He has recommended it everyone! They offer tons of support, you have a program mentor and each class has a mentor that you can contact anytime you need help. You complete class 1 at a time and can move through them as quickly or slowly as you like. The tuition is really low and they are a non-profit school, which is nice.

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Oh sorry, I am currently in the bsn program but I am looking to transfer my credits over to another school. :)

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Wowww so I guess it's similar to the bsn program? The help is there when we need? My situation here is that I am currently in a bsn program but the cost is getting too much so I am looking to WGU.

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Wowww so I guess it's similar to the bsn program? The help is there when we need? My situation here is that I am currently in a bsn program but the cost is getting too much so I am looking to WGU.

Help is always available when needed, which is really nice. The cost is sooo much better than any other program that he looked into. And they work really hard to make sure you are getting the proper credits transferred.

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Thx this really help

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Specializes in Emergency Room.

WGU is affordable. Cost me about $10k for 18 months before I finished. Although it can cost less if you finish faster. I'd recommend the program.

Pros = You can test out of many of the objective classes. I finished 18 credits the first semester just testing out of classes back to back after passing the pre-assessment.

Cons = You'll write a lot of papers and have to do some research. If you don't have a problem writing papers (I don't) it won't be a problem.

One piece of advice I would give is I read about people having difficulty because there's so much material to study. I RARELY studied for any of the classes. I think I might have read up some on the statistics course, the information regarding writing research papers which is necessary for one of your classes but besides that I didn't utilize too much of the reading material. I see way too many students who get overwhelmed or feel they're falling behind because they spend too much time studying. Go over the course objectives/rubric and let that be your guide in terms of what information you need to know/work on.

And ya help is readily available. My only complaint is I went through 3 separate course mentors throughout my 18 months in the program. It didn't cause me any difficulties but I would have liked to stick with one (the first two moved on to different jobs).

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Did you complete their RN to BSN or their prelicensure?

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Specializes in Emergency Room.

I did RN to BSN.

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