Excelsior

i graduated from excelsior's program and what the previous poster is true. i believe four states no longer accept excelsior: california, maryland, georgia, and kansas. i may be incorrect in that listing so someone, feel free to correct me. the primary reasoning ( as i have heard it) for this is that these states (as well as others) are developing/ have already developed distance learning bridge programs.

excelsior is a fine, albeit, difficult program. had i not had newborn twins with medical issues i very well might have chosen a local bridge or accelerated bsn program. the program requires a great deal of self discipline and many hours of self study. the clinical component was very difficult and very stressful. is it doable? yes. easy? absolutely not.

thanks lunah, i couldn't recall exactly whom does and whom does not accept excelsior. i know that the state listings have changed considerably since i attended.

jenn