George Washington University ABSN/VBSN Fall 2015

r0nnie · Feb 21, 2015

Congrats Charming_kitty! are you going to accept?

dcwang · Feb 21, 2015

I'm not sure yet.

kellyc11 · Feb 21, 2015

Congrats on your acceptance charming_kitty! Just curious, did GWU just email you about the acceptance or did you have to go through the nursing cas system to find out?

dcwang · Feb 22, 2015

I received all communication w GW through email

PhineasTalisker · Mar 6, 2015

What are everyone's thoughts on the Washington Squared program? Did you apply?

dcwang · Mar 6, 2015

I'll be declining. I was disappointed that their campus is far away from Main campus and clinical sites are spread out.

talfan · Mar 7, 2015

What are everyone's thoughts on the Washington Squared program? Did you apply?

Hi PhineasTalisker,

I applied for the Washington squared program. It seems like a pretty nice deal, but I'm a little wary about having to commit to one hospital for 3 full years post-graduation. What are your thoughts? (I'm guessing you applied for it as well?)

PhineasTalisker · Mar 8, 2015

Hey Talfan,

Thanks! Yeah, I was really hesitant about it. I felt like the tradeoff was maybe a little steep... and I wanted to learn more about it (ie flexibility with departments, what if for whatever reason you can't do part of the commitment - need to move, etc... what happens - just wanted more info). It's 50% but when you spread that cost over the 3 year commitment (and no guarantee you'll be in a department that furthers your later goals, like if you know you want to specialize in something) it's about $10k a year. Just not sure if it's worth it.....

talfan · Mar 9, 2015

@PhineasTalisker - I have a lot of the same questions, and I was just hoping to get more details about W^2 once I hear back from GW about whether they'll take me or not for the nursing program. For what it's worth, several years ago, Georgetown had a similar program w/ MWHC called "WHC Scholars," and there are some old threads on allnurses.com about the topic with answers to very similar questions, but it's no guarantee that the stipulations for both programs are similar.

jgraha28 · Mar 9, 2015

Does anyone know the how many students they plan to accept for the VBSN portion for the fall cohort?

kate23smith · Mar 12, 2015

Hey! Does anyone know when they are planning to send out acceptances?

dcwang · Mar 12, 2015

@ kate23smith . They are rolling and usually send out decisions on Fridays.