Johns Hopkins Direct Entry MSN Fall 2024

JBee93 · Mar 13

NurseLexa_otw said:

Hi all! I was accepted for fall 2025. For those of you that accepted your offer and completed a semester at JHU. How was it? Any regrets? How is the faculty? Any loan repayment programs you would recommend? Also if you drive to class, which parking garage is the best?

Hi, I am in the program currently, and I have mixed feelings. It's hard to say if it was worth cause I didn't experience other nursing schools, but I guess it was.

The faculty is nice and helpful, but the program is intense and sometimes ridiculous. There are a lot of activities outside of the program that are interesting and can build your resume a bit, like research, policy, and various interest groups, but I'd say these are better to explore definitely later on in the semester.

There are events you can attend, and it's a good way to make friends with people from other semesters.

If it comes to parking, I drive to school, and all garages are expensive. You can get a monthly pass, but it's about 120$/ month. I paid for it for the first couple of months and then started looking for street parking in the area that is free. Sometimes, it requires time to find it, but it's possible, and if I'm running late, I just park at the Washington Street garage, and if I show them my school ID, I get a discount.

I don't know much about loan repayment programs. Just focusing now on finishing the school.

Lmk if you have other questions

prim30 · Mar 13

JBee93 said:

Hi,

I asked for more money and received 10k more and took student loans to pay for the rest and for life while in school....

I don't think there is a better option, cause 90% of my class did the same -.-

Did you submit a help request form to SEAM or email financial aid? I want to ask for more but I don't know how to say it

JBee93 · Mar 13

prim30 said:

Did you submit a help request form to SEAM or email financial aid? I want to ask for more but I don't know how to say it

I don't remember exactly but I think when I accepted there was an option to ask for more and I had to write why I want more. I basically said that it would help financially, that I worked hard etc basically it depends on your situation/ personal story.

If not I would ask maybe admission office hwo you can contact

Tiff123 · Mar 20

JBee93 said:

Hi, I am in the program currently, and I have mixed feelings. It's hard to say if it was worth cause I didn't experience other nursing schools, but I guess it was.

The faculty is nice and helpful, but the program is intense and sometimes ridiculous. There are a lot of activities outside of the program that are interesting and can build your resume a bit, like research, policy, and various interest groups, but I'd say these are better to explore definitely later on in the semester.

There are events you can attend, and it's a good way to make friends with people from other semesters.

If it comes to parking, I drive to school, and all garages are expensive. You can get a monthly pass, but it's about 120$/ month. I paid for it for the first couple of months and then started looking for street parking in the area that is free. Sometimes, it requires time to find it, but it's possible, and if I'm running late, I just park at the Washington Street garage, and if I show them my school ID, I get a discount.

I don't know much about loan repayment programs. Just focusing now on finishing the school.

Lmk if you have other questions

Hello! If you don't mind me asking why was the program ridiculous and for rigorous do you feel it was hard to get good grades (thinking of CRNA school after so kind of worried about grades)?

JBee93 · Mar 25

Tiff123 said:

Hello! If you don't mind me asking why was the program ridiculous and for rigorous do you feel it was hard to get good grades (thinking of CRNA school after so kind of worried about grades)?

Hmm, I think for a program that had multiple cohorts, it's disorganized at times. Also, they ask us constantly for feedback, and not much is changing, so what's the point of asking?

If it comes to grades, then yes, I personally think it's easy, but I also put time and effort into studying and homework. A lot of my friends have good grades. It's hard to fail if you do the assignments on time and study.

There are some people who struggle with some classes, but from my observation, it's because of a lack of time put into school work, etc.

The university offers a lot of resources, tutoring, and office hours, so if you struggle at any point, you will find help.

Tiff123 · Mar 25

JBee93 said:

Hmm, I think for a program that had multiple cohorts, it's disorganized at times. Also, they ask us constantly for feedback, and not much is changing, so what's the point of asking?

If it comes to grades, then yes, I personally think it's easy, but I also put time and effort into studying and homework. A lot of my friends have good grades. It's hard to fail if you do the assignments on time and study.

There are some people who struggle with some classes, but from my observation, it's because of a lack of time put into school work, etc.

The university offers a lot of resources, tutoring, and office hours, so if you struggle at any point, you will find help.

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply! I really appreciate it because this is super helpful & I couldn't find much information from students who actually went through the program.