Curry College ACCEL 2013

LGD2011 · Jun 5, 2011

I'll be going to Curry in January! I sent in my deposit, but haven't received any confirmation back yet. I agree it'd be nice to be starting in the fall. I'm not sure what I'll be doing before nursing school starts, since I've been working on a very part time basis while working on the pre-reqs and they don't have any more hours available.

On a side note, did anyone attend the financial aid night at Curry and have any advice to share?

TESC'10 · Jun 6, 2011

Congratulations on getting into Curry!

I applied to Curry last year and was wait-listed, and decided to take a year off to work and will apply again in April for the ASBN program. Is that the program you are in? I am curious to know (if you don't mind sharing) what your academic and work experience are like. It helps to get a feel for what kind of applicants are considered competitive! I also live on the west-coast so can't attend info sessions, ect.

Thanks and good luck!

LGD2011 · Jun 7, 2011

I can only speak for myself, since I don't know anyone else who applied for the ABSN program. I have a BA in psychology and English. I've worked as an administrative assistant at a major Boston hospital since high school. I was also a manager at a non-profit human service agency and worked directly with developmentally disabled adults with Alzheimer's, some on hospice.

To make your application competitive I'd recommend having someone you trust critique your personal statement. Also try to get as many A's as possible in pre-reqs. I think it helped my application that I only had one science course left to complete.

Hope that helps!

LGD2011 · Jun 14, 2011

Britbrit,

Have you decided which program you'll be attending?

fscjess · Jun 16, 2011

I will be attending the Curry ACCEL program in January. I too sent in my deposit and have not received confirmation yet. I did go to the financial aid workshop and the total cost is just over $40K. *Gulp* Financial aid will provide $25K ($12.5k/"year" is standard for a second bachelors degree program) and they provided info on private loans. Not much else was covered. You should receive that info in your financial aid packet if you did not receive the workshop.

I personally am glad to be starting in Jan and not the fall.....I am having a baby this fall!!! So I am a bit anxious to get some books and start getting a jump start now, but they have not published book lists or syllabi and I assume they won't until orientation in November.

LGD2011 · Jun 17, 2011

Fscjess, Congrats on the baby, that's so exciting!

The January start is actually going to work out better for me also. My mother will be having hip replacement surgery in September and I'll be free to help her recover.

Thanks for the financial aid info. Good to know I didn't really miss anything. I hope they give us a book list in advance, so we can find some good deals on them. I imagine books are going to be one of the major expenses of the program.

fscjess · Jun 17, 2011

BTW...I have been told that they start assigning homework in November through the mail, so we must be able to get our books by then!