Michigan Students intrested in Mercy College in Toledo Ohio

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Are there any Michigan students who attend or applied to Mercy College of Northwest Ohio? If so what are your thoughts, and how has your experience been so far? I'm really interested in Mercy because they offer a evernings / weekend program which is great for my situation since I am unable to quit working for school... Please share all of your stories.. Thank you,:lol2:

I signed up for orientation on June 14th, I had originally thought about going on the 14th but I guess Im just so excited I couldnt wait lol. Im assuming it would be easier to get certified through the Red Cross and Im going to do that this summer some time. Im kind of thinking about trying to change my program to the ADN, because Im not sure if I can handle another 3 years of school (I dont know why their BSN program is 3 yrs minus the pre reqs). I graduate in may from MSU and I really dont think I want to be in school for another 3 years, that would be 7 yrs worth of undergrad education for me and Im seriously burned out from school. I have to do some serious soul searching this week. When do you plan on meeting with our advisor? I emailed her yesterday to set up a time..

I haven't had the time to set up a meeting with our advisor, I'm sure we probably should get that done right away. WOW, 3 years for the BSN tract not including pre=reqs... I've been in undergrad for 6 years as well, and I'm tired and ready to finally have my dreams at my fingertips... You know they offer a NCLEX class for the BSN, do you think it will be a problem if we requested if they hodl the same class for the ADN program? I wish you all the luck, and I'm vey excited for to start this program. :heartbeat

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I had looked at this school as well. I already have a bachelor's degree, but had heard they didn't have a waiting list so I decided to look into it. It takes 3 years to complete the bachelors program because certain classes are only offered during certain semesters. I don't know if it's because of a shortage of instructors, money, or what. 3 years was a little too long for me considering I don't think I'll be able to work during that time.

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I haven't had the time to set up a meeting with our advisor, I'm sure we probably should get that done right away. WOW, 3 years for the BSN tract not including pre=reqs... I've been in undergrad for 6 years as well, and I'm tired and ready to finally have my dreams at my fingertips... You know they offer a NCLEX class for the BSN, do you think it will be a problem if we requested if they hodl the same class for the ADN program? I wish you all the luck, and I'm vey excited for to start this program. :heartbeat

Im meeting with the advisor on the 25th of this month. Im sure you could request that they have an NCLEX review course for the ADN class, it may even already be set up into one of the ADN courses. Or you could just try to register for the NCLEX review class. I know its listed for the BSN program but you should still be able to take it if you want, I mean its your money. I hate the way they named the courses for the ADN program. You dont know exactly what youre learning in each course just by reading the name b/c they dont have any specifics. Like for the BSN program NUR 270 is health assessment but for the ADN program they have names like Universal Self Care...it just seems a little odd to me.

But I was actually thinking about calling and switching from the BSN to the ADN if they had any spots left, but some people are saying I should just stick with the BSN since its only two semesters longer. I checked prices and it seems to be cheaper to just go straight for the BSN as opposed to doing ADN then RN-BSN. But I HATE the fact that the BSN program is 3 yrs, I guess I still have to think about it some more.

And yea, Im really exited too!

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I had looked at this school as well. I already have a bachelor's degree, but had heard they didn't have a waiting list so I decided to look into it. It takes 3 years to complete the bachelors program because certain classes are only offered during certain semesters. I don't know if it's because of a shortage of instructors, money, or what. 3 years was a little too long for me considering I don't think I'll be able to work during that time.

Yeah I understand. Im going to try to work though because I have everything already done so I get to focus strictly on my nursing courses. I think working may be okay for the first year because there arent many nursing courses but throughout the rest of the program there seem to be 5 nursing courses per semester and that just seems to be too much to work during. They claim to have an accelerated program for those who already have all the pre reqs done but the only thing accelerated about it is that you get to start in the summer session, but the program still equals out to be 3 yrs long b/c only the intro nursing courses are offered in the summer, the rest of the nursing courses are only offered in the spring and fall.

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I am mailing off my application today! Hopefully there are still some slots left!

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I highly interested.

However, I live in Grand Rapids and it would be a super long ride, but what is the schedule like for the nights/ weekends? Can you work it around a job?!? If anyone could get me some information that would be fabulous! Thanks!! :)

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I highly interested.

However, I live in Grand Rapids and it would be a super long ride, but what is the schedule like for the nights/ weekends? Can you work it around a job?!? If anyone could get me some information that would be fabulous! Thanks!! :)

I dont start until the fall but I heard the nights/weekend schedule is pretty good and is designed specifically for those who work full time during the week. Check out this thread about the night/weekend track that was started a couple days ago https://allnurses.com/oh-nursing-programs/mercy-college-nw-461319.html

I hope that helped some! Join us...We MI folks need to stick together, LOL

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Hi. I am attending schoolcraft at this moment and have just recently found out about mercy college in Toledo. Are any of you able to tell me if there is a waiting list to enter the nursing program after completion of the pre reqs ? I went to the website, checked it out and the credit per hour is not bad compared to alot of those accelerated programs and I'm assuming this is an actual college not a community college because at schoolcraft I'm paying 113 per credit hour and I'd like to go to a school with a good reputation and I've heard from you guys posting on here that Mercy looks great on resumes !!!

So why do some of you say the program is 3 years, is that because you are talking specifically about the evening and weekend program or is that being full time as well ? The outline for the bachelors only showed 2 years.

Please just give me any information ! Thanks

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Hi. I am attending schoolcraft at this moment and have just recently found out about mercy college in Toledo. Are any of you able to tell me if there is a waiting list to enter the nursing program after completion of the pre reqs ? I went to the website, checked it out and the credit per hour is not bad compared to alot of those accelerated programs and I'm assuming this is an actual college not a community college because at schoolcraft I'm paying 113 per credit hour and I'd like to go to a school with a good reputation and I've heard from you guys posting on here that Mercy looks great on resumes !!!

So why do some of you say the program is 3 years, is that because you are talking specifically about the evening and weekend program or is that being full time as well ? The outline for the bachelors only showed 2 years.

Please just give me any information ! Thanks

No. The bachelors program is 3 years and the ADN program is 2 years. The bachelors program can be done in 2 years, but in order for that to happen you would need to have all of the pre reqs done including organic biochem and pathophysiology. If you have those two courses done as well as all of the humanities (and a few others) done then you can start the BSN program in the summer. The first year nursing courses (assessment, discipline, foundations) would have to be taken at an accelerated pace in the summer session and then you would finish off the program in two years at the normal pace.

All of the programs (ADN and BSN) are full right now so there is a waiting list. They are going to start pulling people off the waiting list by GPA starting around May 15th. So if you have a good GPA then you should go ahead and apply, you may get in. But if not just try for next fall or the summer session if you have all the pre and co reqs completed. The school is really nice and from what Ive heard theyre really respected in the community.

I had my advising session last month and the staff seemed really helpful. Although I really want to attend, I may have to decline my admission because I cant picture spending 3 years in the program, Im getting too old for that, lol. If the BSN program was 2 years like most schools then I would surely do it, but as for now I think Im going to attend a 2 year ADN program I got accepted to.

Ask any other questions you may have.

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Oooh okay, thank you so much. That was really helpful. And yes the 3 years is quite a long time on top of having to complete pre reqs. The ADN program doesn't sound too bad, I'll already have my pre reqs completed for that program. I just know that even though the BSN program is 3 years here in Michigan it's like a 3 year waiting list to even get into a lpn program so if push came to shove, I'd definitely rather be on my way towards a degree in their BSN program than waiting on one of the Michigan waitlists to let me thru !

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I completely understand how you feel about those MI waiting lists. Some of them are 3-4 years long! But I honestly feel like Mercy is a really good school and they have really high standards; in the nursing courses a C is 80%. They set the bar really high. You should go for it. And if you cant get into the nursing program for this fall you should still attend and get some of their gen ed courses out of the way so you wont have to worry about them while doing the nursing courses. They require 3 religion courses for the BSN program, so maybe you could do those online or something, and also get the Patho and Organic Biochem done so you can start in the summer. If you start in the summer though, you would be attending 5 days a week and I dont know if thats an option for you. I wish I wouldve had those 2 classes done though, so I could start this summer and be done in two years, but oh well..

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Okay thank you so much. That's good to know. I was definitely wondering how many days a week I would have to attend class.

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