Hey everyone, so I just stumbled upon the new(ish) Emory distance ABSN program! I was so excited to finally have found a program like this since I live in a rural area and there aren’t many local options. Plus, relocation wasn’t an option. I’ve still got a bunch of hoops to jump through but I guess I started to hesitate when I saw the $70k tuition!! Now, that may not be a lot to some of you but where we live that is a HUGE investment. I guess I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place in that my family could never afford for me to be in school for a regular 4 year program and even an accelerated program that is an hour and a half away is over 18 months. So although this would be the most expensive option it also is the quickest and would work well with my current situation. So please, anyone, tell me why YOU want to go to Emory versus other options??
And if there’s anyone out there that has completed the prerequisite courses I’d love suggestions on where to take them online.
For anyone that’s in the program now how is it going? What’s your daily schedule like?
And lastly, there is an EMT certification class being offered near me soon. Do you think this would be a good thing to do? I’d still have to get my CNA certification as well.
Sorry for the long post but thanks for reading this far!
Was accepted recently and super excited to see others for the January 2020 cohort ! I posted in another thread previously that wasn’t really active anymore. I was in Florida but I’m in New York now ?I’ve requested to join the facebook group as well !
California is one of the states on the list they say they don’t accept from. I believe it’s because they aren’t able to get you set up with clinicals there. http://www.nursing.emory.edu/_includes/documents/sections/admission-and-aid/updated-eligible-states-5-24-18.pdf But I would still encourage reaching out to someone in the nursing school for confirmation only because I know that I live in a state where it’s not allowed because I moved there after applying and I’ll either have to go to Atlanta and do my clinical component or try a surrounding state like Connecticut hopefully.
Do you guys know if you can apply to this program from CA?
I don't think so. This is older info that might not be on the website anymore:
Please note: As a result of state boards of nursing, Emory University School of Nursing will not be accepting applications for our distance learning programs from residents in:
California
Tennessee
Kentucky
You could contact them to see if anything has changed: [email protected]
NurseKev8
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A FB group sounds like a good plan :-) Should we go ahead and set one up?