sy33

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1. west suburban college of nursing... again :)

   sy33 replied to bansplt2's topic in Illinois

   Hi guys, I took all of your advice but I just have a few more little questions. I'm just starting the first round of exams now and wanted to know if you guys could offer any tips for how to study for the exams. I noticed that all the professors hav...

2. west suburban college of nursing... again :)

   sy33 replied to bansplt2's topic in Illinois

   Thanks for all your replies. Each and every one makes me feel a ton better with attending a new school. I have finalized my schedule and so far I am OK with it. You guys seem to have good things for lot of the instructors so I am starting to get c...

3. west suburban college of nursing... again :)

   sy33 replied to bansplt2's topic in Illinois

   How are the other professors? Are any of them ones I should avoid? I have quite a bit of classes with Melgaard. Oh, and a second question. I just browsed the books we need for this first semester... do we really need to purchase all of them? there ...

4. west suburban college of nursing... again :)

   sy33 replied to bansplt2's topic in Illinois

   Okay! I just registered for classes today... Are there any Professors I should stay away from? So far I've got... Block A- Reese, Melgaard, Stapleton, Mahmood, DeWolff, Osowoski Block B- Reese, DeCristofaro and Mahmood I see Cronk (or something like...

5. west suburban college of nursing... again :)

   sy33 replied to bansplt2's topic in Illinois

   I really appreciate you guys keeping up with this thread... it's assuring me that things will be okay and motivating me to work hard. Are any of you guys familiar with the loan forgiveness program there? I've applied but I don't know how many schola...

6. west suburban college of nursing... again :)

   sy33 replied to bansplt2's topic in Illinois

   I've heard that the first semester is the hardest... do you guys agree? I don't feel like I am ready to endure all of the stresses... But I understand that i've gotta do what i gotta do!

7. west suburban college of nursing... again :)

   sy33 replied to bansplt2's topic in Illinois

   Thanks for your reply! Oh geez... I'm getting nervous again. I'm a good student but I tend to get pretty stressed out easily. I really don't want to overwork myself to the point of insanity... Can you give me an example of how a week's classes/clin...

8. west suburban college of nursing... again :)

   sy33 replied to bansplt2's topic in Illinois

   Oh wow, thanks a lot! the curriculum is intense it seems... i'm getting nervous now. A second question... how flexible is it to make our schedule there? I'm hoping to work on fridays and possibly thursdays if i end classes at noon...I was wondering ...

9. ~West Suburban College of Nursing VERSUS North Park U. Nursing?~

   sy33 replied to esruNurse's topic in Illinois

   Haha, yeah i just read that! but that was for their night and weekend program. thanks!

10. west suburban college of nursing... again :)

    sy33 replied to bansplt2's topic in Illinois

    I'm starting fast track program in January... and I noticed you mentioned that you had lectures 3x's a week and a clinical during the weekend... I was wondering if you knew how the scheduling of the classes/clinicals are like for us generic/fast trac...

11. ~West Suburban College of Nursing VERSUS North Park U. Nursing?~

    sy33 replied to esruNurse's topic in Illinois

    I got accepted into WSCN's fast track program starting in Spring 2008 as well. I've also followed the previous posts about how their program isn't so good. But I have talked to other students who have attended there and they've said that they love ...

12. reputation of St. Xavier University's nursing program

    sy33 replied to sallber's topic in Illinois

    woah what do you mean by that? that's what the lady told me as well and i was super confused... so how long would you be in their nursing school? more than two years?!

13. reputation of St. Xavier University's nursing program

    sy33 replied to sallber's topic in Illinois

    dang they do? i'm taking orgo now and i was hoping i wouldn't ever have to worry about biochem. when i called to inquire, the lady told me to apply to the school asap because the nursing school goes by priority of who attended there longer, is this ...

14. Anyone applying to Lakeview College of Nursing?

    sy33 replied to lynz06's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I'm from the a small suburb north from Chicago and I attended UIC last year.. so I've had my share of different sceneries haha. but yeah, I'm hoping LCN will be a great experience

15. Anyone applying to Lakeview College of Nursing?

    sy33 replied to lynz06's topic in Pre-Nursing

    HI! yeah i'm hoping to apply for the Fall 08 term... I just heard about this school and i'm hoping to find out a little bit more about it from other people who have attended in the past... So can anyone gives us suggestions/feedback?!