Curry College ACCEL Class of 2012

U.S.A. Massachusetts

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Hi everyone!

I just received my acceptance letter to the Curry College ACCEL program for a January 2011 start, class of 2012. I am 99.9% positive I will be accepting this offer so I thought I'd spark up a thread and reach out to other students or alumni of the program. Please feel free to post what's on your mind!

Congratulations! You did it. I' m currently at the ACCEL program. I' m trying hard, the program is intense. Any tips in how to study for the exams.

Thanks.

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Congratulation to you all - ACCEL Class of 2012. I'm Christopher, I'm in the ACCEL class that will graduate next month. (yehey! lol.) CoutneyH is right that all the professors and clinical instructors are great and helpful. Congratulation again. :D

Hello Chris, you did it! Congratulation.

I'm in the program now. It's a very intense program. Any advice in how to study for the exams!

Good luck in your new profession.:crying2:

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Sooo, you're a few weeks in now ~ How's it going? I'm looking at Curry as a possibility for next January (2012). Is it all it is cracked up to be? I have applied (and been waitlisted) at MGH ABSN, so I'm very impatiently waiting to see what might come from that. I really want to go there. However, the more I have read about Curry, the more appealing it is becoming! Let me know how you like/dislike it!

Thanks!

Hi GAgirlinMA,

I started the Curry ACCEL program this past January and will graduate next May. I am just in the midst of finals and I really love the program. I spoke at one of the open houses and someone asked me why I choose Curry over other places I was looking into and I think the greatest selling point for me was the class size. I got offer a spot in accelerated programs at NYU and Emory, which are very large and prestigious schools. Regardless of the added cost of attending these programs, I was going to have to "compete" for attention with over 100 fellow students. The Curry program is very intimate and the professors actually know your name. All of the classmates have bonded over our first semester and we're really excited to start clinical next month.

A couple recommendations I would make for potential students would be to take the first two exams VERY seriously and study your butt off. It really takes some of the pressure off when finals come around. I did reasonably well on the first two exams and don't feel like I have a gun to my head to ace the finals. You have to get a 77% on all exams.

Also, it's easy to "brush off" the SIM lab since it is a pass/fail class but I would recommend putting in the extra time to come prepared. Although you think it'll be months before you really have to flush and line or dress a wound, it sneaks up so quickly! Hope this answered some of your questions. It is intense but like I said in the open house, it's just as hard as I thought it would be.

Best of luck!

-Christina

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Hi Christina,

Congrats on your graduation at Curry! I just want to know a quick schedule since I have a 4 year old, 2 year old, and a new baby coming next month. I will start next January 2013. That is if I choose Curry. I also got into Umass tradtional and Massasoit ADN program. I was wondering what the workload is like? Is it mostly exams, papers? Alot of papers, or mostly just reading and studying? Do you do clinical prep sheets? And how is the summer session, it sounds intense with 3 clinicals. Any help would be SOOOO appreciated!

Michelle

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Michelle, if you decide to go to Curry, I hope you'll join the facebook group: Curry ACCEL: Class of 2014.

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Hi Michelle,

It is possible to do it with young children. We have MANY mothers, with children as young as 2-3 months old when we started. The schedule changes but the first semester is 3-8hr days + one lab day (I believe?) and the summer is 4 days, one full day class, three full day clinical. The fall and the spring are only two days. Curry is an amazing program and I know I am biased, but they're unmatched in MA. I would discourage you from an ADN program because it's hard enough to find jobs with two bachelors and most hospitals no longer hire ADNs. As for the mix of papers and exams, it totally depends on the class. The first semester is almost all exams but then it get's mixed for the next three semester. Overall, it was a great program but I am verrry happy to be done! Hope this helps.

-Christina

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our private facebook group was super helpful throughout the program!

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