Elouise2

Hi AspiringInCali! I'm a nursing student in the Philippines. One of my classmates is a Fil-Am and I remember him saying that he'd still have to take the CGFNS exam after grad. like nightyngale and silverdragon have said, it would be best to find out more about this (sitting for the cgfns and nclex after graduating from a school outside the US). There are non-Filipino students enrolled in nursing, dentistry, and medicine in a number of universities here. Fatima is good. rent in valenzuela city (where the main campus is located) ranges from U$40 - U$100 a month. You might also want to look into Manila Central University, Centro Escolar University, University of the East (Ramon Magsaysay Campus) and Far Eastern University. Before flying over you might want to find out what subjects you'd have to take here before getting your BSN, so you'd know whether you'd be done in 2 years or so. Perhaps the admissions office could tell you this if you fax/email them. The regular semesters here begin in june and end of october/november. Most subjects are also offered during the summer break (April-May). "Regular" coz there are schools like Philippine Women's University (it's actually coed now) that are on trimester. I don't know how much the tution fee is for international students but textbooks here cost less than those in the US since you could buy the international editions (also known as LPE's low price editions) for fundamentals of nursing (kozier), medical-surgical nursing (brunner & suddarth's), etc. all the best!