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A little late but for others who want to know....REVIEW OF MSN @ GWU You will pay a lot of money in tuition to teach yourself (if you have the time) after you have spent the majority of time checking the boxes on dumb assignments that don't really teach you the material. The instructors are just glorified assistants who grade your assignments and comment on the syllabus but rarely teach you anything of value. I am pretty disappointed in the amount of tuition I spent :\. I would consider another school that has a less well-known name so at least you won't feel like you are wasting your money. The advanced patho course at least provided videos from the PA school so that was more helpful. In pharm you spend much of your time proving that you can look at a pharm book and regurgitate information on a weekly tracker of side effects, dosages, and monitoring parameters. It leaves little time to actually study. I only got my assignments reviewed once every three weeks in pharm so if I was doing something wrong then I was docked 3 weeks worth of grades (not cool). EBP is an absolute awful joke where "every week builds on the next" to analyze articles for a poorly designed course that taught nothing of new value beyond a BSN EBP course. There is a group grade and if you get stuck with people who work full-time, have a family, or don't care, you will be stuck carrying the group. Genetics was interesting and the instructor posted legit lecture videos which were great! I was grateful that a theory course was not required (again like other MSN programs.) I highly doubt it would be any different than a BSN level theory course (aka waste of time). At least genetics was something new and useful. The discussion board assignments in genetics also serve as the quiz which is actually helpful because you end up knowing what you need to learn. Advanced assessment feels like pharm in the sense that you will have to teach yourself a lot AFTER you have wasted time doing assignments that aren't as helpful. I was accepted into Georgetown as well and declined because I thought GWU would be a better value but I wish I had looked closer at Simmons or something more affordable. I had a 3.9 GPA during my BSN at a different institution. I managed a 3.9 GPA during my first semester at GWU while working full-time (it was rough...do not recommend unless you are secure enough to allow yourself to be a B and C student) but I don't feel I learned a lot. I just proved that I can tell them what they want to hear and check boxes. You are told that you be will assigned a clinical coordinator to help you keep track of clinical and....that never happened. GWU seems like they just want to do as little as possible to maximize their profit margins. Womp womp. This is just my experience thus far. Others may have better feedback.

Awesome!! Congrats! I will send you a private message with contact info so we can add you to our group. :)

I sent you a private message! You can PM me back if needed. It might say it doesn't go through, but it does.

Hi JNelly, I only applied to UCCS so I don't know much about Pueblo. However, I've heard they have a great program as well. I suppose another benefit is that it's shorter? UCCS does have a mental health rotation in Pueblo. I'm not sure how it works exactly, but it seems plausible that we may have to drive to Pueblo occasionally. Good luck in your decision and congrats!

Nonsense. The party is still young! Congrats! I will private message you. We're thinking of making a Facebook group since our little party is growing.

Sent ya a private message with contact info :).

For anyone that wants to potentially meet up, feel free to respond to this message. I can send you a private message with contact info so it's not out in the open. Congrats 68Wednesday! Glad your joined our little community after all! :)

Ah okay! Crossing my fingers for you. The email I have says we have to respond by February 13th 5:00pm. So hopefully you will get your acceptance letter shortly after that. I imagine some people applied and got accepted to multiple locations, or some out of towners may decide to attend elsewhere. I think your chances are good!

You should be able to respond to my private message, even though you can't initiate messages yet, (in case you don't want to put your info out for the internet to see).

I will private message you my name!

Yay!! I got in, too!! Congratulations! :)

Hey Soccer22, You absolutely don't have to PM me back if you can't! Feel free to respond here. It doesn't matter to me either way. :)

I sent you both private messages about what I know!

Hey, I know 2 years seems daunting, but I would say that's realistic. It took me 2.5, but I worked full-time in order to pay for it. I also took courses I didn't necessarily need like Organic Chem II and Trigonometry. I had a friend that quit his job and he cruised through the prereq's although he received a few Bs. I was set on getting As. Time passes whether you want it to or not, so 2 years from now, you might be applying to nursing school or wishing you had. I think UC Denver had a shorter list of pre-reqs. You might want to check that one out, I do not know this for sure, but it seems more competitive to me, since it's such a big school. UCCS had a few extra pre-reqs that others did not require, like Nutrition (but at least that was an easy A). Regis had a few religious course requirements that I wasn't thrilled about.

Hello, My mom went through their program years ago when she was in her 40s. She was never a great student when she was younger, but she passed the course and passed the exam on her first try. Quite a few people dropped out throughout the program due to the intensity. The school does have a great reputation in the area. Best of luck!