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Charmed said something that I am definitely struggling with right now: I would absolutely love to go to med school from an academic stand point, but reality is that NP is a better fit. I am currently enrolled in an accelerated masters degree for non-nurses program that I absolutely dread attending. It compresses the material for the RN and CNL into 20 months. Still, the academic challenge is nothing compared to what I was anticipating. Example: Today we had a math exam in fundamentals and anyone who scored below 95% can retake it. It was simple dimensional analysis with no more than 1-2 conversions in each problem. People scored below 95%. We had spent 90 minutes on these math problems the week before. Example: In pathophysiology, our first unit was a review of fundamentals. What were the components of the cell? membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm. Those were the things we were responsible for!! I was flabbergasted. Example: There is a specialty field in nursing called 'transcultural nursing.' The class is hours upon hours of hard to digest information that you will be tested on and will receive a grade. (I'm such a sucker for getting good grades.) There is a textbook and a journal in it, so I know that it is bigger than my prof and my school. We watched a documentary on Lembas: The Black Jews. I have the strangest notes written down: 'Race is a non-fact.' and 'The number one status symbol in America is owning a house.' Example: Nursing research will knock your socks off. There is quantitative and qualitative research. It makes no sense to me whatsoever. Entire PhDs are earned by interviewing about feelings and then presenting the dialogue as raw data. These are things you do in nursing school. It will not compare to a biology degree in the slightest.

"frustratingly shallow"... definitely sums it up for me.

As a student in my first semester of a second degree program, I am already scared ******** of this happening to me. Did anyone have looming thoughts waay before graduation?

Hello all! I am definitely considering this program, but their website is near cryptic! What is the order of classes for the program? There is only a list of all the required classes, but rumor has it that MSJ has a VERY intense courseload from the get-go.

Holllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Yay us!

^^ Is this Ohio State?? That's my top choice and their deadline is Dec 15!!

I am applying to Ohio State for fall 2008. Our deadline is December and I'm losing my mind!! Its really my only choice, but I'm applying to a few other Ohio schools.