MGH BSN Summer 2015

SKay226 · Jan 20, 2015

Also don't listen to online sites (Google) or people who lived in Boston 10-15 years ago about what areas are safe/not safe. The cheaper areas sometimes have a bad reputation but are very different than they once were. It is a city, take it all with a grain of salt.

dcwang · Jan 20, 2015

@ Markrleon. Are you planning on returning to CA? What's the protocol on taking nclex in CA?

mefPNW · Jan 21, 2015

Hi, everyone! Congratulations to all who were accepted. I was also accepted, and if I attend I'll be moving from Seattle. I'm also stressed about finances as I graduated from a Jesuit school in a bit of debt already. Thanks for all the info about the living situation in Boston. Super helpful.

SKay226 · Jan 21, 2015

Hi mefPNW - I'm also very nervous about expenses! I'm in quite a bit of debt already but I think I've made up my mind and I'm going to go for it.

Does anyone else have a Masters? Or two previous degrees? It puts me in a weird position with trying to get scholarships even.

NEL12 · Jan 21, 2015

I paid my deposit, but I still really don't know where the money is going to come from! I say it is a great investment in the long run. Bring on the loans... Lol!

ainyang6087 · Jan 21, 2015

great attitude... hopefully should be submitting my deposit in a week or two

SKay226 · Jan 21, 2015

Yeah I agree...one of my friends said to me the other day...we all have debt, make yours count. Although I have a good chunk of debt I do want to be a nurse so I have to take the risk, and I'm grateful that my previous debt is federal so taking out this program on private won't be completely horrible.

dcwang · Jan 21, 2015

i wish we had more time to decide whether to attend or not until after hearing from schools... 500 dollars is a huge amount.

@ SKay226 shall we create a fb group?

SKay226 · Jan 21, 2015

Sure! You can if you'd like! I'm 100% sure at this point - I'm going to just turn off my brain as far as money worrying lol. If you aren't really that sure I don't mind making a group...but I have not paid my deposit yet. Will do so, just wish it was cheaper. Simmons was only 250, which I was surprised by!

SKay226 · Jan 21, 2015

My questions would be...do you do MGH ABSN May 2015 cohort or MGH ABSN Class of July 2016

dcwang · Jan 21, 2015

i think the former...

@ SKay226. Hopefully we'll be classmates and i'm sure we'll get along great!

i just wish i knew, so i could make a final decision and give others on waitlist my spot if i can as early as possible. called up one other school i applied to and they said they haven't even started reviewing apps for fall @_@.

SKay226 · Jan 21, 2015

Yeah that is tough...I haven't heard from a MSN program that I applied to - but it was just another app that I did for "fun", don't really need all that debt or the MSN just yet. It makes it so tough to make decisions when you haven't heard from other schools. I got into Simmons but haven't heard anything about financial aide and I'm not sure when I will. I might contact them first if I have time before putting down the deposit, but I like MGH better.