Direct Entry Programs- How hard to get in?

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Thanks for all of your responses to all of my previous posts. As you probably assume, I'm evaluating all of my options including ADN, BSN, and Direct-Entry MSN. The direct entry programs look extremely appealing, but seeing that they are at the best of colleges, I don't know how easy they are to get in.

Does anyone know what the typical GPA, scores, acceptance rates of these programs are? Anyone have any experience applying?

I'm in MD, so I'd consider Hopkins, but Columbia, MGHI in Mass, Case Western, Vanderbilt, Pace, and Yale also look appealing.

Seeing as nursing traditionally isn't an "ivy league" profession, are the credentials required for these programs less than what a typical "ivy" student would need?

I'd love to hear experiences with any programs.........

I got in to MGH today for gerontology!!!!!!

:balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons:

Relief, sweet relief!! I am totally excited!!!! Thanks for keeping me from getting down after being rejected at Simmons. :p

Congratulations!!!! I'm so happy for you! :balloons: This is a good week for celebrating for the 4 of you guys!

Smile123

I got in to MGH today for gerontology!!!!!!

:balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons:

Relief, sweet relief!! I am totally excited!!!! Thanks for keeping me from getting down after being rejected at Simmons. :p

Congrats Diana !!!!!!! Wow, that makes four of us that could possibly be classmates in the fall

Jess:

Not to be the devil's advocate, but I have 4 kids and it seems that they're growing up at lightning speed. You will never get the preschool years back. Once they get into school, you will blink and they will be graduating. If it were me, I would go to the evening program and spend more time with my kids. If I've read the posts correctly, you will end up with the same degree, but with less childcare for your kids. If I remember right, your mom was also willing to help watch them. You only get one chance to raise them. Enjoy it!

Laura

congratulations!!!

Are u waiting on anything else?

I got in to MGH today for gerontology!!!!!!

:balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons:

Relief, sweet relief!! I am totally excited!!!! Thanks for keeping me from getting down after being rejected at Simmons. :p

Hey everyone... I was wondering if anyone out there had a copy of these rankings they could send me via e-mail?

I know us news has a ranking but they charge to see it... is this the ranking that is brought up in this thread? Does anyone have one I could glance at?

thanks so much! (I'm curious :p )

I got in to MGH today for gerontology!!!!!!

:balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons:

Relief, sweet relief!! I am totally excited!!!! Thanks for keeping me from getting down after being rejected at Simmons. :p

That is so great! I'm so happy for you PdxDreamer. You go out and celebrate this weekend! :Melody: :balloons:

Gerontology, huh? So you want to change from working with children to working with older folks? Sounds like there's an interesting story in there somewhere...for another time when you're not jumping up and down with joy and excitement.

(Seriously, I'm sure both age groups are wonderful to work with. )

(Still nothing here in the boonies of Northern California...maybe tomorrow)

Good luck! I hope you get soem good news

That is so great! I'm so happy for you PdxDreamer. You go out and celebrate this weekend! :Melody: :balloons:

Gerontology, huh? So you want to change from working with children to working with older folks? Sounds like there's an interesting story in there somewhere...for another time when you're not jumping up and down with joy and excitement.

(Seriously, I'm sure both age groups are wonderful to work with. )

(Still nothing here in the boonies of Northern California...maybe tomorrow)

Specializes in Postpartum.
Hey everyone... I was wondering if anyone out there had a copy of these rankings they could send me via e-mail?

I know us news has a ranking but they charge to see it... is this the ranking that is brought up in this thread? Does anyone have one I could glance at?

thanks so much! (I'm curious :p )

I PMed you..

-Jess

Specializes in Postpartum.
Jess:

Not to be the devil's advocate, but I have 4 kids and it seems that they're growing up at lightning speed. You will never get the preschool years back. Once they get into school, you will blink and they will be graduating. If it were me, I would go to the evening program and spend more time with my kids. If I've read the posts correctly, you will end up with the same degree, but with less childcare for your kids. If I remember right, your mom was also willing to help watch them. You only get one chance to raise them. Enjoy it!

Laura

Thanks Laura-

I wrote out the academic schedules for both schools (Regis and BC) and other than one is afternoons/evenings and one is mornings, the difference in childcare I'd have to use is an hour and a half a day (4.5 hrs for Regis vs 6 hrs for BC). Considering that BC is a two year program and Regis is a three year program- that difference is more than made up by the total length of BC's program. I know these preschool years are sooo fleeting- but I think I will be a happier mom if I have more of a balance of me time (school, work, learning) and kid time (hands on day to day parenting). Right now I am on duty and solo parenting from 8 am to 7:30 or 8pm when my husband gets home. I'm glad I have had the choice and have been able to stay home and I'm definitely not complaining because many have it far worse than me. But I think that I will be a more patient happy mom if I have more of a balance.

-Jess

Thanks Laura-

I wrote out the academic schedules for both schools (Regis and BC) and other than one is afternoons/evenings and one is mornings, the difference in childcare I'd have to use is an hour and a half a day (4.5 hrs for Regis vs 6 hrs for BC). Considering that BC is a two year program and Regis is a three year program- that difference is more than made up by the total length of BC's program. I know these preschool years are sooo fleeting- but I think I will be a happier mom if I have more of a balance of me time (school, work, learning) and kid time (hands on day to day parenting). Right now I am on duty and solo parenting from 8 am to 7:30 or 8pm when my husband gets home. I'm glad I have had the choice and have been able to stay home and I'm definitely not complaining because many have it far worse than me. But I think that I will be a more patient happy mom if I have more of a balance.

-Jess

Jess -

I think you're doing a wonderful job !! You are thoroughly weighing all of your options w/ both your and your kids best interests at heart. You sound like a wonderful mom. Spending 2-3 years doing what is best for you will not change that one little bit (it may only make you a better mom) !! Your girls will grow up watching their mom set a wonderful example for them. What could be more inspiring than watching your mom realize her dreams. You (and your family) deserve this !!

Great work !!

- Jen

Good luck! I hope you get soem good news

Thanks Max6well,

Nothing came in the mail today, either. Monday will probably tell all.

I called the post office today to see if there was any lingering mail to be had; I offered to come down and pick up anything that might not have made it into the letter carrier's bag, but hey said that everything comes in at 6AM and goes out w/the carriers. They said it usually takes 4 days from Boston to here, and it's been 4 days since Tuesday's postmark that Jess said was on her envelope from MGH.

I appreciate your words of encouragement.

Thanks Laura-

I wrote out the academic schedules for both schools (Regis and BC) and other than one is afternoons/evenings and one is mornings, the difference in childcare I'd have to use is an hour and a half a day (4.5 hrs for Regis vs 6 hrs for BC). Considering that BC is a two year program and Regis is a three year program- that difference is more than made up by the total length of BC's program. I know these preschool years are sooo fleeting- but I think I will be a happier mom if I have more of a balance of me time (school, work, learning) and kid time (hands on day to day parenting). Right now I am on duty and solo parenting from 8 am to 7:30 or 8pm when my husband gets home. I'm glad I have had the choice and have been able to stay home and I'm definitely not complaining because many have it far worse than me. But I think that I will be a more patient happy mom if I have more of a balance.

Jess,

I have been reading all the back and forth about the childcare issue and concerns about how to be the best mom, and I want to share my thoughts.

I was a latchkey child and I think the part that was hardest was that there were no scheduled activities for me or adult or peer companionship while my parents were still working after I came home from school. That was the most painful thing about it, not that my parents weren't there.

If you arrange good child care, which you are planning, either with a family member or a well organized, caring child care provider, with structured, stimulating activities, I think all the benefits of learning additional peer relationship skills, increased recreational, intellectual stimulation, and physical activity, and a diversity of relationships with adults will occur.

I also agree with all that has been said about the importance of your kids seeing you as a person in your own right, who exists as their mother but also as a woman who has the right to and the ability to develop yourself and have your own career and is able to do so and contribute in the world in that way. I also think that can increase their sense of responsibility and confidence in themselves if handled in the right way.

So don't let anyone guilt trip you about this, is my view. Obviously, as you've been discussing, a program which lets you do everything in a shorter period of time, with less time away from the kids at a less expensive rate, if equal in its instruction, is optimal, like you've been saying BC is.

Okay, I'll stop with the unsolicited advice now. I just wanted to offer you my support in this area, but I've been down in the last few days about the MGH letter missing in action, so it's taken until today for me to pull together the energy to do this. Have a great weekend with your very pleasant decisions to make, Jess. I'm so glad the ball is in your court now!

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