Any accelerated SELU students out there???

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Hi everyone

I was wondering were there any Southeasten University Louisiana "SELU" accelerated of future accelerated students out there. I barely see threads with anyone saying much about the program at SELU. I was wondering how is it so far? Also, as of the past semesters, what was the minimum GPA cutoff? If anyone knows anything, please let me know.

I plan on applying this fall for Spring 2012 semester. I would like to know how are clinicals? (Meaning the times and day). Also, how are you managing the course laod? I know with every person it's different, so I would like to get different perspectives. What are the best supplemental materials/books needed? Are you working while in the program? If so, how are you managing with working? Just any essential information!

I think I am getting really worried because I pretty much used all my student loans for my first degree, so know I am worried about how will I pay for nursing school. I am really trying to get a position at a local hospital so I could possibly participate in a tuition reimbursement program. I am also considering private loans:uhoh3: Any advice????

Thanks for your time. I know this is a lot lol! Oh and the first two paragraphs are for any SELU nursing student. The last is for anyone...Feel free to respond!!!:D

Hi I would like to know how was the accelerated program .

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Hi there! I actually have an advising appointment with Southeastern School of Nursing tomorrow. Specifically about undergrad substitutions for their required prereqs, but I will also be asking about the chances of getting in etc.

For everyones reference, I was not allowed to speak to an advisor until after I applied. I will post again soon with the information I receive.

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Thank you! !!!! Good luck and keep us posted!

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I hope they can share the average gpa /admissions statistics with you! i just thought about that! lol Id apply myself, but i have no sciences completed.

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Hi there, yes they did share it with me, although it was very vague. She informed me that of the applications they receive, which is typically around 150, they rank them in order from the highest GPA to the lowest and then the top 16-20 people get in per admission period, and they have 2 admission periods per year. Their admission is 100% off of GPA. Having said that, the average GPA will fluctuate. From what I recall, she informed me most people who apply have a B average, but then saying that MOST people do not get in. Also, if you have a C from your current undergrad, retake that course and get an A, they then use both grades for your GPA. Other schools, I think mostly for Associates, will accept the better of the two grades.

I specifically do not have any of my sciences either, and most of my credits do not transfer (out of state university) and therefore would basically have to do a whole 4 years more to get my BSN. This specific advisor told me I should go for my Associates Degree in nursing, even though I have my Bachelors, and then do online BSN program in order to apply for masters programs (as thats my end goal).

What path did you end up taking? Are you still in California or in Louisiana? I actually just moved here myself, to follow my significant other, and therefore am going to be paying out of state tuition. I am still very much on the fence about the path I want to take, as out of state is a heavy price tag, and doing the ASN>BSN>Masters will take 5-7 years! But having said that, Louisiana has RN to BSN programs 100% online and the masters in nursing is offered online. Therefore, I can be working will still going to school and maybe my place of employment will help pay for school. Let me know what other questions you might have.

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Hi there, yes they did share it with me, although it was very vague. She informed me that of the applications they receive, which is typically around 150, they rank them in order from the highest GPA to the lowest and then the top 16-20 people get in per admission period, and they have 2 admission periods per year. Their admission is 100% off of GPA. Having said that, the average GPA will fluctuate. From what I recall, she informed me most people who apply have a B average, but then saying that MOST people do not get in. Also, if you have a C from your current undergrad, retake that course and get an A, they then use both grades for your GPA. Other schools, I think mostly for Associates, will accept the better of the two grades.

I specifically do not have any of my sciences either, and most of my credits do not transfer (out of state university) and therefore would basically have to do a whole 4 years more to get my BSN. This specific advisor told me I should go for my Associates Degree in nursing, even though I have my Bachelors, and then do online BSN program in order to apply for masters programs (as thats my end goal).

What path did you end up taking? Are you still in California or in Louisiana? I actually just moved here myself, to follow my significant other, and therefore am going to be paying out of state tuition. I am still very much on the fence about the path I want to take, as out of state is a heavy price tag, and doing the ASN>BSN>Masters will take 5-7 years! But having said that, Louisiana has RN to BSN programs 100% online and the masters in nursing is offered online. Therefore, I can be working will still going to school and maybe my place of employment will help pay for school. Let me know what other questions you might have.

I don't understand why they wouldn't accept your credits just because you got your degree out of state. If v this is the case I don't have a chance as I received my Bachelor's in California. I think you should be able to find a bsn or entry level master's program that will accept your prior degree. ...I'm just in shock that they wouldn't accept credits from other regionally accredited institutions.

Is it difficult getting into associate programs out there?

I still live in California actually, I wanted to move to Louisiana fit school if I were admitted. From what I found they had pretty affordable out of state tuition and waivers.

Do they only calculate your prerequisite GPA when determining gpa?

If you don't mind sharing, did they not accept any of your undergraduate units or was it just l like a few upper division courses. ..what was your major?

Sorry I am trying to make sense if this lol

...and one positive about taking the asn-bsn-msn route or as I like to call it the "scenic" route for those of us who already hold degrees is that it's cheaper then BSN. i am considering that option too! Even though 5-6 years post BA totally blows, but like you i remind myself I'll be working the whole time so it will go by fast.

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Hello again.

Sorry I wasn't as specific. The credits from my Undergrad either do not transfer at all, or they transfer but as an elective of that topic, therefore do not transfer to the specific prereq courses they require. I had mentioned that it was an out of state university because Louisiana has this matrix system that the schools use to know which ones transfer directly or as an elective.

Yes SELU only looks at the prereqs cumulative GPA.

From the schools that I have talked to, it seems as if they are more accepting of local (Louisiana) transfers than they are of out of state. Baton Rouge Community College for instance can take up to 16 weeks to evaluate out of state transcripts. When I asked why it takes so long, I was told that they send the transcript to each of the deans, the deans then take their classes related to their school, and try to find the course catalog description of that class and compares it to any class that might be similar. Then they all hold a meeting, and decide which class would directly transfer, which is an elective, or which do not. They then put it in their database so that if they get another out of state transcript from my same school, they will have that information. Seems VERY tedious if you ask me. But SELU only took 3 weeks to evaluate mine, and BRCC has not evaluated it yet, even though I sent in my transcript a month before SELU.

I honestly did not take my undergrad seriously, and was going through some things that made me feel like I just needed to graduate with anything instead of going down a specific path. My major was American Studies with a concentration in Health. I took a lot of courses that were related to the History of Health in America and how it has changed our culture.

Thankfully, I had applied and enrolled in BRCC as I am out of state as it is about $5000 cheaper a semester than SELU is. After my meeting with the advisor at SELU yesterday I then ran over to BRCC (about 45 minutes away from each other) and sat with an advisor there. It does seem relatively easy to get in. The requirements just to apply are a minimum of a 2.8 on 5 prereq courses (Anatomy and Physiology 1, Intro to Psych, English Comp, College Algebra, and an Arts or Humanities Elective), and a minimum score of 75 of the HESI. This advisor also gave me how they weigh the requirements. 40% is off of GPA, 50% is off of HESI and 10% is in preference to those who took prereqs at BRCC. BRCC will only allow people to apply between Jan 13-March 3rd (for the 2017). She informed me that about 300 people apply, of those about only half of them actually meet the requirements. Then of the remaining people they take 60. Of those 60, they do a random drawing of who will start in the Fall and who will start in the Spring. If you start in the Fall of 2017 then graduation is Spring (May) of 2019. If you start in the Spring (January 2018) you graduate in Fall (December) of 2019. THIS SEEMS LIKE IT WILL TAKE FOREVER!!!

From my understanding BRCC is a great program and is highly competitive. I am trying to see if there are programs that don't take as long, but it seems as if they are all the same.

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Hello again.

Sorry I wasn't as specific. The credits from my Undergrad either do not transfer at all, or they transfer but as an elective of that topic, therefore do not transfer to the specific prereq courses they require. I had mentioned that it was an out of state university because Louisiana has this matrix system that the schools use to know which ones transfer directly or as an elective.

Yes SELU only looks at the prereqs cumulative GPA.

From the schools that I have talked to, it seems as if they are more accepting of local (Louisiana) transfers than they are of out of state. Baton Rouge Community College for instance can take up to 16 weeks to evaluate out of state transcripts. When I asked why it takes so long, I was told that they send the transcript to each of the deans, the deans then take their classes related to their school, and try to find the course catalog description of that class and compares it to any class that might be similar. Then they all hold a meeting, and decide which class would directly transfer, which is an elective, or which do not. They then put it in their database so that if they get another out of state transcript from my same school, they will have that information. Seems VERY tedious if you ask me. But SELU only took 3 weeks to evaluate mine, and BRCC has not evaluated it yet, even though I sent in my transcript a month before SELU.

I honestly did not take my undergrad seriously, and was going through some things that made me feel like I just needed to graduate with anything instead of going down a specific path. My major was American Studies with a concentration in Health. I took a lot of courses that were related to the History of Health in America and how it has changed our culture.

Thankfully, I had applied and enrolled in BRCC as I am out of state as it is about $5000 cheaper a semester than SELU is. After my meeting with the advisor at SELU yesterday I then ran over to BRCC (about 45 minutes away from each other) and sat with an advisor there. It does seem relatively easy to get in. The requirements just to apply are a minimum of a 2.8 on 5 prereq courses (Anatomy and Physiology 1, Intro to Psych, English Comp, College Algebra, and an Arts or Humanities Elective), and a minimum score of 75 of the HESI. This advisor also gave me how they weigh the requirements. 40% is off of GPA, 50% is off of HESI and 10% is in preference to those who took prereqs at BRCC. BRCC will only allow people to apply between Jan 13-March 3rd (for the 2017). She informed me that about 300 people apply, of those about only half of them actually meet the requirements. Then of the remaining people they take 60. Of those 60, they do a random drawing of who will start in the Fall and who will start in the Spring. If you start in the Fall of 2017 then graduation is Spring (May) of 2019. If you start in the Spring (January 2018) you graduate in Fall (December) of 2019. THIS SEEMS LIKE IT WILL TAKE FOREVER!!!

From my understanding BRCC is a great program and is highly competitive. I am trying to see if there are programs that don't take as long, but it seems as if they are all the same.

Oh wow!

I was totally thinking your degree would have to be in fine arts as I know some programs state that fine art degrees may have additional requirements or something. It's insane to me that your degree that was in a health related field doesn't transfer over. I guess I might as well bite the bullet and see which of my classes may or may not transfer if any. Worse thing they can say is no.

Enrollment at BRCC tdoesn't sound too bad! It's definitely doable. Its basically 60 out of 150 get in, with your prior degree I think you will have an extra edge over others--at least in California having a prior degree gets you extra points. I think that BRCC is still a good opportunity even though it seems a bit competitive and good thing is you have already applied! Thats awesome for you. I hate that their transcript evaluation process sounds ridiculously tedious, but at least once they have that information it will help others in the future lol

The two years will fly by! But still, I know how you feel...why spend two years getting an AA when you can spend 18 months getting the BSN. I totally understand where you are coming from. I keep trying to remind myself that getting there is the goal and it is not a race...which is tough to live by at my age, but still. WE will get there, even if we have to take the "scenic route" haha

I believe LSU has a program...once again I am out of state so I have no idea where that is located in relation to you. But look into it if you just in case. I was planning on looking into it. I have hope that there are schools out there that accept degrees completed out of state.

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Hi is anyone still here? I just found out that I was accepted into the accelerated nursing program (summer) Yaaay!! I was wondering if anyone could tell me how is it being in the program and how to the classes work? Are the majority of the classes in baton rouge or hammond? And what semester do you start going to baton rouge for classes?

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That's great congratulations. I applied for the summer I'm playing the waiting game now. When did u get your letter.

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Thankyou!!! I just got my letter on Monday.

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Hi is anyone still here? I just found out that I was accepted into the accelerated nursing program (summer) Yaaay!! I was wondering if anyone could tell me how is it being in the program and how to the classes work? Are the majority of the classes in baton rouge or hammond? And what semester do you start going to baton rouge for classes?

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