Boston-area BSN and RN programs

[OBrienMP]

I'm planning on applying to Northeastern traditional BSN, Umass Boston BSN, Salem State BSN, Bunker Hill RN, and Mass College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences BSN program. Possibly Endicott College and Curry College. Anyone know anything about these programs? GPA of admitted students, what they look for in the application process, etc.? I have a 3.5 cumulative GPA and 3.6 sciences GPA, I also have 3 years of healthcare experience as CNA (and a Health Unit Coordinator) in a hospital...and a family...

My top three are Salem State, Umass Boston and Northeastern...I did all my pre-requisites in Washington state, and I just have no idea what my competition is like or what the admissions people are looking for in an applicant.

Any information would be awesome! Thanks! :)

[Pavolga]

I don't know if this is helpful, but here's a little breakdown of cost for some of the accelerated BSN programs in the Boston area (the figures might not be exact, but they're pretty close):

Curry ACCEL BSN (16 months): $43,000

MGH Institute of Health Professionals Accelerated BSN (14 months): $53,000

Regis Part-Time BS in Nursing for Non-Nurses with a Previous Bachelor’s Degree (3 years): $64,500

Simmons Accelerated BSN (18 months): $65,000

UMass Boston Accelerated BSN (15 months): $35,000

Edited to add: Like the next poster, I did not realize you were looking only at the traditional BSN programs. The info above, though, might give you an idea of how the costs of different schools stack against each other.

[PennyS]

I am in the Curry Accel program now. I also was accepted into MGH and Simmons. I chose Curry for a number of reasons including their small cohort size, clinical placements, NCCLEX pass rates (they consistently have one of the highest, if not highest, among the BSN programs) and tuition. They are $15000-$20000 cheaper than NU, MGH and Simmons. I just completed my first round of clinicals at BIDMC, Boston Children's and Brigham. Other placements included MGH, Tutfs, NWH and SSH.

There are a total of 30 in our cohort. I would say the majority are in their early 30s and then a few younger students and about 5-6 older students (40s). Some did have prior healthcare experience but the majority did not. I cannot speak to the stats of other students but I had a 3.26 undergrad and a 4.0 in my prereqs. They do not accept recommendations so my belief is they put a lot of weight on the one page statement.

Good luck!

ETA: Sorry! I misread your post and thought you were applying a second baccalaureate program! The above info is not pertinent to your post. Disregard :)