George Washington University ABSN Fall 2013

Mindylane · Apr 26, 2013

Mindy,
You have been incredibly helpful by responding to posts on here. I was wondering if you would be willing to chat with me by phone to hear more about your experience and to ease some of my concerns. Since I can't send a private message on here, i'll give you my email address. I'm sure you're swamped with homework and clinicals, but even just a few minutes of your time would be greatly appreciated. My email is [email protected]. Thanks in advance!

No problem at all -- just sent you an email!

wynderam · Apr 27, 2013

This is my first time leaving a comment; however, I check this board daily. Recently I found out that I was wait-listed at GW, and although it's better than being denied, I am still a little upset. Does anyone know how likely it is to get accepted off the waiting list?

Mindylane · May 1, 2013

Hi Wynderam,

I'm really not sure, unfortunately... hope you get good news!

dessiATC · May 2, 2013

Wynderam,

I think it all depends on how many people who were accepted decide not to attend and what "position" on the wait-list you are in. Stay positive! Many people change their minds even after submitting deposits. Good luck to you!

wynderam · May 5, 2013

Thank you both. I'm trying to stay positive!

Chula431 · May 5, 2013

Hi everyone,

I just got my acceptance this past Monday! I'm very excited after such a long wait, and I'm *almost* positive I'm going to attend (I also got into Drexel, so I'm still technically deciding). I was wondering what people are planning on doing in terms of housing. I've lived in NYC for the past 6 years and I don't want to totally give up city life just yet, so I'd like to live closer to DC, like Alexandria or Arlington. I am currently a high school teacher and live with other teachers, and I know how nice it is to live with people who are going through the same stresses as you are, so I'm thinking it'd be nice to live with other students in the program. Is anyone else looking for roommates in the program?

Has anyone been to the info sessions? If you have, have you found them to be useful?

Also, Mindylane, thank you so much for all your posts! It's really helpful to hear from a current student.

samist · May 6, 2013

I just got an email this morning. I'm wait listed. I'm actually surprised that I didn't get outright rejected because I have a horrible cumulative GPA but my pre-req and last 60 credits GPA pretty good.

erikagryphon · May 6, 2013

Hello,

I am like you, in regards to city living. I want to take advantage of living in DC and all that comes with it. But, the program itself is the suburbs of VA. I would like to live in DC, but I hear the commute is horrible. As a New Yorker, do you have a car or is mass transit it for you? I am considering a roommate to lower cost of living, but I am not sure.

samist · May 6, 2013

Hello,
I am like you, in regards to city living. I want to take advantage of living in DC and all that comes with it. But, the program itself is the suburbs of VA. I would like to live in DC, but I hear the commute is horrible. As a New Yorker, do you have a car or is mass transit it for you? I am considering a roommate to lower cost of living, but I am not sure.

We have the Metro, but it doesn't extend to ashburn I believe, where the program is located. Unfortunately unless you're in ridiculously close proximity to the Metro (which means outrageous prices for apartments), you would need a car. Im not too entirely sure how the buses run in NOVA. But I can tell you that because of a few makor train accidents, Metro runs A LOT slower than it used too. Also who knows where they might send your for clinicals. Good luck! Oh and DC is no where near city life compared to New York, and in general DC is over priced.

Mindylane · May 8, 2013

Hello,
I am like you, in regards to city living. I want to take advantage of living in DC and all that comes with it. But, the program itself is the suburbs of VA. I would like to live in DC, but I hear the commute is horrible. As a New Yorker, do you have a car or is mass transit it for you? I am considering a roommate to lower cost of living, but I am not sure.

I relocated here from NY (Long Island, not quite the city, but I can make the comparison between NYC and DC). Traffic here is arguably worse than in NY (I live 11 minutes from the Ashburn campus, and it takes me, on average, 40 minutes to get to school on a good day. I have friends who live in DC, and they're constantly late to class because of the traffic. There's no mass transit that will get you to Ashburn, and you never know where your clinicals could be, so it really would be tough to live in the city, but I guess it's doable! It's also incredibly expensive. If you're living off loans, I'm not sure how you'd be able to finance for it... It's tough enough for me (and I split my apartment with another couple) as it is.

Chula431 · May 9, 2013

Hello,
I am like you, in regards to city living. I want to take advantage of living in DC and all that comes with it. But, the program itself is the suburbs of VA. I would like to live in DC, but I hear the commute is horrible. As a New Yorker, do you have a car or is mass transit it for you? I am considering a roommate to lower cost of living, but I am not sure.

I went to GW for undergrad and lived on campus in Foggy Bottom all four years, so I'm familiar with the city and how different it is from New York. I'm not as familiar with NOVA though, so I'm hoping to visit a few times before making a decision on where to live. I don't currently have a car, but that's on my list of things to do this summer. As much as I'd love to be able to continue to use public transportation, I fully realize that the Metro is not nearly as accessible as NYC's subway and buses. Hopefully some of us will be able to carpool too so that we can lessen that amount of driving.

Mindylane · May 9, 2013

I went to GW for undergrad and lived on campus in Foggy Bottom all four years, so I'm familiar with the city and how different it is from New York. I'm not as familiar with NOVA though, so I'm hoping to visit a few times before making a decision on where to live. I don't currently have a car, but that's on my list of things to do this summer. As much as I'd love to be able to continue to use public transportation, I fully realize that the Metro is not nearly as accessible as NYC's subway and buses. Hopefully some of us will be able to carpool too so that we can lessen that amount of driving.

Just to put it in perspective, I can think of, off-hand, four clinical sites we had this past semester that didn't have convenient mass transportation access, including the Leesburg LTC, Fairfax Alexandria, Fairfax LTC, etc... I don't even know how you'd do it. The other thing is that clinicals start at 6:45 (and we had to be there between 6:15-6:30 to do our pre-clinical meeting), which meant that I'd have to leave my apartment by 5:00/5:30, and there's nothing that runs that early (I was going from Leesburg to Fairfax, then to Alexandria for my second clinical). I mean, you're here for a year and a half, you may as well make it as easy for yourself as possible.