HelloKitty123

I'm excited to start the program as well. I just got a revised financial aid award and it looks like I won 2 scholarships so I am pretty happy about that. Anything helps!

How do you feel about the program? Are the profs helpful? Does it take a lot of time/effort to do well in?

What year did you graduate? I just graduated from there in May.

I got my financial aid letter..I don't have enough fed loans to cover the whole thing, I will have to take even more private loans

I turned in my app end of May...heard back finally beginning of July. My GPA was low, just under 3.0 but I believe my essays were pretty good. I'm glad I got in.....let me know how it goes, good luck to you!!

Thanks for the replies everyone.

I got accepted to the ACE program at NMC Jan 2011...anyone else going there or currently attending?! Actually, for the interview, they just had me fill out a list of "consultation" questions and email it to them. I didn't have to take any tests? or go to a formal interview.

I got accepted to the ACE program at NMC Jan 2011...anyone else??!

It is 15 months. I will take 10-13 hours per term, each term is 8 weeks then we start classes. Glad to hear it is not TOO bad... how many hours are you in class/clinical everyday?

I just got accepted to an acc. BSN program and I am wondering... What are Accelerated BSN programs like? What is a normal day like? How much time did you put in for classes/studying? Clinicals? Did you work at all? How many credit hours did you take per term? Are you able to take out extra loans to pay rent, etc? It looks like I will be taking between 10-13 hours every 8 weeks and in the summer just a little less. Is this typical? Also if there is anything else you could share with me, that would be great! Thank you!

Hi all, yes I am young, but I have been doing some research on the differences btw. NPs and PAs. That is why I keep pushing to get my Pre-PA reqs but the Dean of Nursing keeps pushing me to the NP side. It seemed like she was more willing to help me if I wanted to do NP, but when I said "no I want to be a PA" she was more reluctant. My intention was to become a RN first bc it is a great field and one that I admire, yet to also keep my options open. Say I don't get into PA school, I could go on to NP or CRNA etc. Thank you all for your comments, it made me feel better and not so discouraged.

I wanted to transfer into Nursing while doing my Pre-PA requirements, but my school's Nursing curriculum is pretty set and strict, so it is hard to move classes around for Pre-PA, even though I am doing it in 5 years instead of 4 years. I talked to the Associate Dean of Nursing yesterday about getting into the Nursing program. I told her I want to be a PA after this, and she kept insisting that NP is the same thing in all aspects! I talked to the PA school that I want to go to and they said NP/PA are both great in my state and that I should shadow and that neither is "above" the other. However they said that the Anatomy/Physio/Microbiology nursing courses do not fit into the PA reqs. So I told the nursing dean to see if I could get into a higher level Anatomy/Physio/Microbio. She was like, "If you want to do it then I could try but last year I had to stand on my head begging so that I could get one student in there. I don't know why those PA people think nursing courses are not high enough for them, but that's a political thing." She keeps saying, "I dont understand why you want to be a PA, is it your mom wanting this for u?" I told her, NO it is my choice. I switched a few things around and told her I'd take some summer classes, just so I could get the Pre-PA reqs in also. She called me and yapped at me for 20 minutes about how stupid of an idea this was. She then said that my ACT scores are not that great and most ppl going into Pre-NP/PA have ACT scores of 29 and above. And I would putting myself in a pool with higher ability applicants and might not make it, so why put the effort into getting these Pre-PA classes in. She said she is just giving me a dose of reality! After I got off the phone with her, I was just in tears. I wanted to be a RN because I respect nurses so much and they have a lot of responsibilities that people don't always see. I could of just got a BS in Bio or Psych and go on to PA school, but I wanted a BSN in which I could do something I like. I also want to become a PA because I feel that it is right for me, esp. in the speciality I want. But now I don't know if this path is right for me because she makes me feel like I'm not smart enough or that it is too challenging and difficult for me. Sorry this is just me ranting and letting my frustrations out. Now I am so confused even more on what to do.

I know this question has been asked so many times, I'm sorry. People keep telling me different things! I just finished my undergrad Freshmen year and I am thinking about transferring into the BSN program this Fall while completing my PA prereqs. So by the end of my BSN, I can go to either NP or PA school. But the nursing advisor lady was like "why would you want to be a PA when u can be a NP with more latitude?" So I don't know, I think it would be too tough to do BSN w/ Pre-PA. Should I just stick with BSN to NP? I just want to know the real differences between NP/PA. I have heard that PA is going to have more jobs available than NPs will in the next 10 years. Is this true?