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Thank you for your reply. May I ask where you are enrolled? I wonder about the in-state issue...whereever I school, it will be a new state for us, and I suppose it takes a year to become an official resident... And yes, I really don't have much desire to be an RN, although that may be what I do as we clump along moving from place to place (military) until I can go to an NP program... What do you think are the main differences between direct entry programs, content-wise? Pax et bonum, Carol in OK

Thank you for your meaty & helpful reply. Lots of good advice! Lots to digest! Thank you also for the kind wishes. I have almost finished my matrix of schools/prereqs/costs... Pax et bonum, Carol in OK

Thank you for your kind reply. Right now it looks like we will be moving to another state on a military move, and then after that & retirement of dh, will be able to go to school...so I will definitely keep in mind your advice concerning transfer-ability. Pax et bonum, Carol in OK

Thank you for your kind reply. Glad to read I'm not the only one frustrated with varying prereqs! It looks like it will be a couple of years before I can apply to NP schools, because dear husband will remain on active duty for that much longer...now if I only knew WHERE we will be after this summer... Pax et bonum, Carol in OK

Hello- I hope I am in the right forum, and would like to introduce myself: a 44 yo with a B.S. in Humanities (1984, US Air Force Academy) and lots of Master's work in Environmental Science (early 1990s), homeschooling mom, wife to a husband still on active duty...hoping to apply to an accelerated NP program. Found the list of 30-odd schools, started correlating the prereqs, and of course few schools ask for the same things! I cannot grasp that the two Ivy Leagues who offer such programs vary from (a) no prereqs [Yale] to (b) the longest list of prereqs [Penn]. My husband is on the verge of stroke as he contemplates us trying to fund my degree while two of our kids are in college, and us having to move to an appropriate school, while his retirement pay will be less than half of what we get by on at the moment...not wanting to take loans to carry to our graves... Anyway, besides $, the other stressor is difficulty accessing prereqs. I commute 3 h/day to take Anatomy, and will do the same for Physiology next semester. Would like advice on finding an online Nutrition course...and what do you think about studying for the CLEP for Growth & Development? Lots of ideas going through my head...also wondering how can Boston College make an NP in only 2 years from a non-nurse? Thoughts swirling in Oklahoma like a tornado, Pax et bonum, Carol