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most people i know have been able to call the va board of nursing the next day after taking nclex, put in their ssn, and find out that they have a license and therefore passed the boards! i have tried the "pearson vue trick" and i get the response "t...

Nursing school -- you can always do your NP, and work as an RN while you're doing it -- but I really believe nursing gives you much more flexibility than PAs. Plus in many states, I believe that NPs actually have more autonomy than PAs. It's also ...

Our goal is 45 minutes for admits -- and to be honest I'm not sure if this goal is from the time that they are put in for a bed assignment or just once they have the bed assignment I just treat it like it's the time from the bed assignment because t...

From what I've heard, all of the schools have their problems. I know several people who were graduates of Marymount (private) who had similar problems with organization. I think the problems with organization/communication at GMU stem from it bein...

Hi everyone! I am graduating from nursing school next week! I am eager to take the NCLEX-RN as soon as possible. I know that I have to wait until my school sends my transcript to the board of nursing (I'm in VA), but I'm wondering about the turnaro...

Oh I meant to mention that you do not have classes during the preceptorship period in the summer, but you do have a class during the last part of the summer when you are in your Community Health clinical. We are done on August 6th!!!! :)

Hi guys, I'm in the program now, so I can try to answer a few of your questions, although they supposedly make changes each year, so I can't promise things will be the same for you guys. First semester, you take a LOT of credits, it's stressful and ...

sorry, just re-reading the messages above, and it looks like you'll hear in april about getting into the nursing program? also, i didn't realize you'd already sent in your deposit. you may want to contact gmu and see if they can cancel the payment u...

Yes, it looks like you have SO FAR just been admitted to the university, not yet to the nursing program. Don't panic, though, last year the nursing program didn't send out decision letters until June. I think this year it may be a little earlier, b...

i can't believe you find out in april! that's an improvement from last year -- we weren't notified until june. as far as gpa, i don't know about anyone else, but i got As in all of my prereqs and i think that's really the only thing that matters. ...

I think they are very strict on the prereq policy -- we had to send our transcript in by the end of May. If you can't make it to an information session, definitely give them a call and see if you can talk to/email one of the advisers.

Hi everyone, I am looking to get some information about George Mason's accelerated BSN program. Is anyone out there currently in the program? Or graduated recently? I am attending the university's orientation on 7/21 where I am hoping to get all o...

I knew you were being funny I just wanted to make sure I didn't come across as if I thought it would be easy. When you say major changes, what types of things are they changing? Do you think it's for the better? Also, a more specific question, we ...

Thank you for your response! I know that we won't have a day "off" and that this is an extremely intensive program, I was just thinking how great it would be to have one unscheduled day to work from home or just to have several straight hours to wor...

I'm going into the Accelerated BSN program this fall and I'm attending orientation on Tuesday July 21 during the day -- I hope that was ok because that was what worked with my schedule. I also didn't know we had to take the TEAS so I'm trying to sch...

I just got in to the program and would LOVE to talk with a current/recent student. I would like an overview of what to expect on a day-to-day or weekly basis, for example, how much time is spent in classes? How do clinicals work? What is the schedu...

I got in too! I'm very excited but really curious about what to expect in terms of schedule and just day-to-day lifestyle. Anyone have any good info?

I applied for the accelerated BSN program at GMU (I also applied to the traditional program as it only required and extra check-box on the app but I am hoping & praying to get into the accelerated track). I live in north Arlington and so I also ...