It has its good and bad points...but mostly good, and graduates are well respected. I'm in the regular B.S.N. program & don't know much about the accelerated program. You already have a Bachelor's degree? So you should just have to do the core curriculum. You should be able to get info on it on the NIU web page.
I'm a nursing student at NIU....there are more than 1000 applicants for about 150 spots each year. You are accepted for Fall or Spring, deadline to apply for either one is February.