Online BSN class comparison

[sergent06]

I have recently enrolled in online BSN classes through Grantham University. I have 1 discussion board submission with 2 responses due each week and a 3-5 pg APA paper due as well. I was wondering what other online students have to say about their class workload. I feel overwhelmed at times due to the amount of time I need to research and compose a paper each week. It seems that my colleagues taking on campus classes have a much easier work load. I would like to know where you attend and how you perceive your work load.

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

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[pknurse]

Pretty much the same as you.

Your peers going to a campus to take the classes don't necessarily have it easier; they just have a live professor telling them what to do, where to go, and how to write whatever they need to turn in. Online classes are incredibly independent (read this/that, watch this/that, write about it) whereas on-campus classes are more structured. In my online program, my one class alone consisted of 25 people and has dropped to less than 20. I was told it would go down to 10 by the midterm due to the sheer amount of self-study required, and I already know five people dropped out because they could not work the website (BlackBoard).