How do I get into a Boston nursing school?

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I am applying to pretty much all ABSN and Masters Entry programs in Boston at the end of this year/beginning of next year. I'm really interested in UMass, MGH, BC, Simmons, Northeastern but since I live in San Diego, CA I don't know anyone that can give me advice for Boston schools. I currently have a 3.2GPA with A's in nearly all my pre-reqs and a B in one, doing some voulunteering at a hospital, but these are things im sure nearly everyone is doing. Can anyone who is currently enrolled or applying offer any advice to what would better my chances of getting in?:confused:

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Be careful about Massachusetts - I graduated in May 2009 and there are literally NO new grad RN programs at any of the Boston hospitals or community hospitals. In Massachusetts right now ( Sept 2010 ) a new grad RN can't even get a job in a nursing home. I have been out of school for over 1 year and the hospitals in Massachusetts actually say "New grad RN's do NOT apply"..I only got a part time job in a nursing home because I knew someone...and I work with a bunch of LPN's who don't know why all these new grad RN's want to work there. A new grad RN in Massachusetts can't even get a volunteer job at a hospital since the end of 2008 - there are no post grad med/surg new grad training programs in hospitals and the only ones I know of only let 3 or 4 graduates get in and they were probably working at the hospital as a CNA for 10 years before hand.

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Thanks for the heads up. I hear getting a job in Boston. I plan on going there just for school and eventually coming back to california to find a job. There's just so many schools in boston that it gets so competitive :/

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