Georgetown Accelerated BSN Fall 2010

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I sent my application for the Accelerated BSN in the fall of 2010 and I am anxious already. I do not know if I have a chance of getting in. My GPA from my previous degree is a low 3.1, but I have a 4.0 on my pre-requisites so far. Anyone in my same situation?:confused:

Specializes in med/surg.
To those of you currently enrolled in this program: is it REALLY worth $72,000? I have heard lots of negative things said about it, which makes it seem as though you are just paying for the name. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Full-disclosure I have the WHC scholarship, so am not paying $72K. But what negative things have you heard about the program?

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Hey everyone I also interviewed last Saturday. As the week goes by I get more anxious and just really want to know what there decision is. As everyone has stated before the interview was extremely short and I felt as if they purposely did not provide you with any feedback. Well best of luck to everyone

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Specializes in Transplant, Med-Surg.
Hey everyone I also interviewed last Saturday. As the week goes by I get more anxious and just really want to know what there decision is. As everyone has stated before the interview was extremely short and I felt as if they purposely did not provide you with any feedback. Well best of luck to everyone

Whew, so glad to hear that somebody felt the same way I did! I was at the interview last Saturday too and I seriously didn't know what to make of the interview. I was one of the last people to be called and I wasn't sure if they were rushing to get on with the tour or if they really didn't have anything else to ask me...:confused: it seems all up in the air right now but I really do hope I get in! :)

Hey, since we were there on the same day, did we even meet? Lols. I was the one of the only people from California, haha.

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To those of you currently enrolled in this program: is it REALLY worth $72,000? I have heard lots of negative things said about it, which makes it seem as though you are just paying for the name. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

i really think it is worth it. If I had not had the WHC scholarship, I still would have come here. However, not a lot of people feel this way. I was SO excited to be a part of Georgetown, that paying for the name and experience was ok with me. It is a personal decision....

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Hi 2010 candidates!

I attend Georgetown, and I LOVE It. I am a WHC scholar, and I love the program all around.

I read that some people have heard a lot of negative things about the program, and my personal opinion is that it is all BS. From my experience, I have approached the program with a positive attitude and have been very open to the experience in general. I have found that there are a lot of negative people in the program who complain A LOT!!! And frankly, it is ridiculous. If you are a positive, happy person, and if Georgetown is where you really want to be... its awesome.

I moved from out of state, and am committed for 3 years to the scholar program and I am fine with it. Its all a personal choice... WHC will work with you if you have to break the commitment, but being a new grad, they will give you all the experience you need as a new nurse so that you can end up in your "dream" field.

Yes - the interview is short and can leave you feeling perplexed, but Georgetown knows what they are doing and it is designed that way for a reason.

So anyways, I am sure a lot of people talk smack about the program but I personally love it - it depends on who you are.

Keep in mind... Georgetown is NOT a weeder program.. they provide a ton of support while in the program... AND they do have 100% NCLEX pass rate.. its a good program, depsite what some current students might say...

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Natalie, I started the program last fall. The interview day is very laid back. You are with the group for all but about 10 minutes, during which you'll be interviewed by 3-4 faculty. It is very relaxed, basically they just want to know your story and they want to give you a chance to ask questions. I don't think any part of the application decision is based on the interview. If you go to the Washington Hospital Center tour, you will be there a total of 8 hours (what with lunch and everything) and only 10 minutes is devoted to the interview. It really is just a chance for you to get a feel for the school and program.

Be careful what they tell you -- the admissions people who run the interview show tell you lots of things that aren't really true because they aren't involved in the program. They told us (and still are telling new groups) that transportation to clinicals will be arranged -- not so, you are on your own to get to WHC or the far burbs of Virginia for clinicals. I heard that community health clinical especially will require you to be at several locations in one day. Those of us without cars have a lot of trouble figuring out how to get places. They tell you you can take your senior practicum anywhere you want, but most people didn't get their first choices. They tell you that you can select clinicals near your house, but the locations aren't even available during registration so it is just pot luck where you'll wind up.

I am ambivalent on the program and am not sure I would do it again. It is a whole lot of money and I could have gotten the same degree and education at a local state school for 1/10 the money. The facilities are really substandard -- the nursing school is old and crowded. You will be taking some classes with groups of 100 and sitting on chairs with no writing surface. There are never rooms available if you want to set up a meeting because every classroom is used for every minute by another department if the nursing school is not using it. There is nowhere to study in the nursing school, you have to walk 1/4 mile to the medical school. The "lab" is a joke -- poorly maintained, inoperative computer equipment, you never use GUS (we used it once and it was broken) which is really only for the anasthesia class. The faculty is great but massively overworked and often complaining about how busy they are. There is no integration with the medical school or the hospital, no extra-curricular guest speakers or programs. They give you so much busy work (care plans, reports, papers almost every night) that everyone is miserable by the end of the program. Plus, the non-Washington Hospital Center people are having trouble finding jobs since all the hospitals have closed up their residency programs. The school does not provide job assistance.

But from what I hear every second degree program is a massive amount of work, so perhaps everyone is miserable. I think that overall my education here has been good because the faculty is really top notch and the program is rigorous, but it is not what I expected. Sorry to be a downer -- perhaps some other current students will chime in and have a better feeling about it.

I just have to say that I disagree with LITERALLY everything in this post... funny how people can have totally different experiences...

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I'm not sure what to make of my interview and whether I'll be accepted or not.. it was really short and I was definitely nervous. I mean, everybody was incredibly nice and supportive while I was there but I'm just unsure of whether I can really move all the way out to DC since I never moved away for college. I really like the program and I think that it really aligns with all of my nursing interests, but I'm wondering if I can really make the move. Anybody feel the same way?

What did everyone think of the interview? My view is that I'm surprised that the interview was so short and I wished I actually got to see the campus (I had no clue when I was getting called for my interview so I just stayed behind and didn't do the 'self-guided tour'). I was actually surprised that they didn't have a campus tour but I guess it was because there were so many people in the Saturday group? Otherwise, the first half of the day was alright. The whole day was just kind of long, haha :zzzzz

Hi! Just wanted to let you know that I moved all the way across the country from home and I am so happy I did. Its a great life experience and I love DC.

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Georgetown University no longer owns Georgetown Hospital. They sold it about 10 years ago, and don't get along all that well. Very few of your clinicals will be at Georgetown Hospital. That was initially a disappointment, but since we discovered it is a very nasty place to work anyway it wound up not mattering very much.

A nasty place to work???

Wow.. the people who have clinicals there really like it from my cohort.... lol

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One of my disappointments has been that the second degree program isn't integrated at all with the university. It isn't even integrated much with the traditional nursing program. Unless you really make a point of getting involved in main campus activities (which you won't have time for anyway), you really are on an island by yourself. The location of the school on the northern part of campus just exacerbates the isolation.

St Marys is really close to Epicurean, Leavy Hall.. and its a short walk from the medical library and the center of campus in general.

Why would a second degree program be integretated with the traditional one? Its a seperate program on purpose. All in all, I walk all over campus all the time, and very easily as well.

I don't feel isolated in the least... its close to everything and a short walk to M street where you can go to happy hour with your classmates - haha, you will all need to get in on the happy hours!!

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During my interview day they told us that a lot of our classes are actually shared with the traditional nursing program. Plus you have 4 open classes to take that are either prerequisites or, if you finished those, anything else you want. So those 4 classes will most likely be on the main campus. The isolation won't matter because as you said you won't have anytime for campus activities anyway.

gkvegan -

You aren't isolated at all. And you make friends easily within your cohort. Plus, you are so busy you do focus on the program, which is what you are there to do anyway. :) good luck! its awesome!!

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Whew, so glad to hear that somebody felt the same way I did! I was at the interview last Saturday too and I seriously didn't know what to make of the interview. I was one of the last people to be called and I wasn't sure if they were rushing to get on with the tour or if they really didn't have anything else to ask me...:confused: it seems all up in the air right now but I really do hope I get in! :)

Hey, since we were there on the same day, did we even meet? Lols. I was the one of the only people from California, haha.

Hi there! After my interview I felt so weird about it. It was so short, and they didnt ask a lot of questions... I thought I blew it. HAHA.. i was wrong! I got accepted. I personally think its designed that way so they can get a feel for who you are, how you speak, how you present yourself in a professional setting. I was the last person to go.. and it was the longest wait ever. Good luck! I am sure you did fine!

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Specializes in med/surg.
St Marys is really close to Epicurean, Leavy Hall.. and its a short walk from the medical library and the center of campus in general.

Why would a second degree program be integretated with the traditional one? Its a seperate program on purpose. All in all, I walk all over campus all the time, and very easily as well.

I don't feel isolated in the least... its close to everything and a short walk to M street where you can go to happy hour with your classmates - haha, you will all need to get in on the happy hours!!

I agree with with what tlm has said. TLM, which cohort are you in? I'm in the one that just started in January.

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