Drexel ACE Fall 2017

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Hey allnurses community! I noticed a group wasn't yet in existence for this cohort, and I was eager to connect with my potential future classmates. The priority deadline for applying to the fall 2017 cohort is October 15th. I received an email that my application status was complete on September 15th. The only thing I need to still finish is to CLEP Human Growth and Development. I plan to take the exam early October, and send my scores to ASAP. I am currently in a BSN program that I started this month, and my expected graduation date is Dec 2018. It is normally a 3 year program, but I entered already having a B.S. (which is not required at my current program) and many of my classes transferred in. I would love to be done with school sooner rather than later, and have always been attracted to the ACE 11 month program (and Philly!). Being that I would graduate fall of 2018 and from a renown program such as Drexel's, would be so great. I am so eager to hear back! After stalking the fall 2016 group, it seemed that the first people heard back at the end of October. I figured it would be easier for all of us applicants to deal with the waiting game together, so please don't hesitate to post if you've applied or plan to apply for this cohort!

We just got our Q3 schedules and all the classes are at Three Parkway and I'm pretty confident we'll be there for Q4 as well. For Q1 we had 3/5 classes at Three Parkway and my section had Patho and Med Math in New College Building (I think Med Math may be moved to an online class now?) Labs and any simulations are also in NCB. Our exams are usually taken in NCB because there are big lecture halls there so we can all spread out.

Yes, we did get a long-weekend for Thanksgiving! And a 3-day weekend for Columbus Day. There are more breaks Q1 (starting Fall Term) than any other quarter because of the holidays - not the case for Q2 - it's going by so much faster! Then there was a really long break between Q1 and Q2 - 4 weeks! It was nice to have that time - and I'm glad we had it in the beginning and now it's full steam ahead to September!

The powers that be claim all clinical sites are accessible by public transport. I myself haven't used public transpo for clinicals, and while it may be possible, I don't always know that it would be the easiest - mostly for the placements that are out in the suburbs. If you're living in the city without a car there are a decent amount of people who will have their car with them - so definitely reach out to your classmates, because I know lots of people who carpool! Keep in mind some of the sites are also not in wonderful neighborhoods and might require walking in the darkness at 6 am. The official start time for clinicals is 7 am (unless you have an afternoon/evening clinical, then it's 2 pm) but 2/3 of mine so far required us to be there by 6:30 am. And there are Saturday clinicals - I have one this quarter. For 24 monthers all their clinicals are weekends. I heard a rumor (that I don't really believe) that they'll only give you one quarter with a Saturday clinical. But like I said, idk how feasible that really is trying to place so many students (bc it's not just ACE, but they have their BSN Co-op students also). We haven't gotten our Q3 clinical placements yet (probably very soon!) so time will tell!

As far as a laptop goes - you just need something with internet and a word processor! I have a MacBook Air and I think that a good 75% of my section also has a Mac of some kind but people also use iPads with a keyboard, Chrome books and PCs. All the ATI resources are online and the same goes supplemental textbook materials!

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Hi everyone! Congrats to everyone who got accepted so far! I will be attending the 11-month program in the fall. I am leasing an apartment in University City and need roommates if anyone is interested! I didn't really care where I lived based on the reviews of people attending the program currently because clinical placement can be anywhere! So if anyone is interested in rooming with me, please message me! Looking forward to meeting you all :)

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nnebbia8 I will also be attending the 11 month program and am also open to a roommate! It will not let me send you a message because I have not yet posted 15 times on the site :/

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LRV16, email me if you can [email protected]!

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Hi everyone, I just wanted to say i've been accepted for Fall 2017 cohort, 11 month as well! This is all news to me so i'll be doing research on where to stay and what not.

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Hey everyone! I think I will be joining the fall 2017 cohort! This would be a big move for me (coming from Chicago). I'm not exactly sure about the living situation yet. ideally I'd like to live close to campus. Anyone thinking about the graduate housing in Stiles hall? Or looking for a roommate in an apartment close by?

Also, are people taking their cars with them? I'm debating if I should bring mine or not. I know it's an expensive hassle owning a car in a big city. I've heard public transportation is good there.

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@johnsonmar27 It'll be a big move for me as well (from San Diego)! I was just in Chicago for the first time this past weekend visiting family :)

I'm living in Stiles Hall. It's a little pricier, but utilities are included and it's very close to the Three Parkway and New College buildings where most of our classes will be held.

If you prefer off-campus housing, there are a couple of comment threads about housing on the Facebook group -- search " ACE nursing Fall 2017"

I've also heard public transportation or carpooling with other ACE students works out just fine.

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@february_ Yeah, I think I am going to move into stiles hall as well. Don't know the area well enough to find an apartment.

Do you have a roommate already?

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Hello everyone! I was was accepted into the 24-month program. I was wondering what you guys thought about the cost of this program? Since it is 2 years the living expenses would be crazy, especially in the area (I'm estimating 50k for the 2 years plus the cost of the program) and I'm wondering if you guys think it's worth it?

Thanks!

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I'm lucky enough to have this program in my hometown. I've been a Philly resident for nearly 20 years. If you have any direct questions about neighborhoods, feel free to email me directly (jenrwest at yahoo).

I don't have a car, but am in the 24 month program and plan to rent on weekend's (every other weekend). The consensus was to keep a car if you have one - but also that there is a lot of carpooling to clinical (at least among the 11 mo students that were there for Q&A)

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Also, I'm planning to work through the 24 month program making it seem more affordable to me.

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Hello, I was accepted into the 11 month program around the end of march and just found out about the Hep B vaccination that will take 7 months to complete. Does anyone know if we start the vaccine now, if we can still enroll for fall 2017?

Was so excited to finally start this fall but this is making me so nervous. Any information would be great. Thanks

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