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Nice, congrats! Are you doing the day or evening program? Regarding your previous classes, you would have to speak to the program coordinator directly. You may be able to skip a&p and/or micro, but don't hold me to that. They may require you to take the classes from this program exclusively. I'm sure you'll get a chance to speak to her during orientation...

I know of one poster on here (don't want to give his name w out permission) that went to mcvts and bridged to rn online. A few of the graduating seniors I talked to also were accepted to bridge programs. There are a couple routes available... Online, muhlenburgh school of nursing and Trinitas hospital are a few. It's definitely a good path to choose if you have to work in addition to going to school. I'm planning on muhlenburgh for my associates, then eventually going for my bsn. If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask and I'll help the best I can!

Book and uniforms are not included in the tuition... So far I've paid about $600 for books (bought them brand new at the rutgers bookstore) and about $200 for uniforms and equipment. I bought 2 pairs of the total outfit since we have clinicals twice a week, but I'm going to buy 2 more for the upcoming year. If you go to a scrubs or uniform shop for nursing shoes or sneakers, tell them you're a student- I got 20% off. Some of the books on the list are optional, but helpful for studying, so you can save some money there as well. Most of my classmates bought used books, but if you buy them new at rutgers, tell them you go to middlesex and they will be tax exempt. You can also try amazon or barnes and noble online for a discount. Have you decided yet? We get our results for our finals tomorrow night!

Thankfully, I have had nothing to vent or complain about yet (I'm lucky, I know), but I think in the near future I will be changing my username to make myself more anonymous. You never know who may be reading, and what I think may be a minor vent could come back in bite me in the a** one day. You know the sayings...It's better to be safe than sorry, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, etc.

I found out that the program coordinator of my school is on allnurses. One day she came into our class and said "Thank you to whoever is posting helpful information about our school on allnurses.com". I'm pretty sure she knows it was me since I use my first name...good thing I didn't vent lol

Awesome, make sure you have everything in the packet that they ask for completed by the orientation date. The evening class is 5:30-10:00, but for the most part we are out when we are done with whatever chapter we are working on, so sometimes 9-9:30. For clinicals though, we don't usually get out early. I believe the day class is 8:30-3:30, and clinicals are 8-3. Day program is 15 months, and night is 2 years (it goes by so quickly though). You have to have a 75 to pass, and there is no rounding up, even if you have a 74.9. I think they have an exit exam too, I have to dig out and check in the handbook (which you will be getting at orientation). Let me know if you have any other questions, and if you decide on the day or night class! :)

Congrats!!! Did they send just the letter or the packet with information? IIRC, I was sent the packet with my approval letter and that included a paper that I had to send back letting them know of my class choice and a confirmation of my attendance. If you only got the letter, the packet should be following shortly. You could always call the East Brunswick office and ask what the next step is. Have you decided on definitely going here? Are you choosing the night class? We are almost officially halfway through... next week is our med surg 1 and pharm finals!!

No problem! A&P is on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the 1st semester; if your credits were within the past 5 years you may be able to skip taking it. You would have to speak to the program coordinator once you are accepted. It is definitely very intense, and you must keep ahead of the lessons if possible, once you fall behind it is hard to catch up. No one in our class travels from NY, the furthest I believe is south Jersey about 45 min away. Out of county tuition is just a little over $5000, so it is still the least expensive program in the area. Keep in mind that the school doesn't offer aid, but you can use 3rd party reimbursement or grants. The school does use ATI, we had to complete a couple of modules prior to moving on to the 2nd semester, and we take ATI tests periodically through the program. I would highly recommend this program, I love it and the class becomes your 2nd family :) I've also spoken to a few graduates and they said that all have found jobs right after graduating; the program is thought of highly by employers. Let me know what you decide, I hope to see you in September (I'll be a senior then, yay lol)!

Hi LadyTee, Congrats on taking the exam :) I made it through the first round of finals and am currently one month away from being halfway through the program. The course is very intense, especially the first semester. We lost almost half of our class after the funds and a&p finals Even though I'm looking forward to the summer break, I really enjoy the course and the school. For the 2nd semester, we take med surg 1 and pharm, and have clinicals twice a week and every other Saturday, so enjoy having a social life now while you can lol. The instructors are great and helpful, they will work with you one on one if you're having trouble with anything. The only thing that I'm hoping will improve is access to hospitals for clinical sites; we are in ltc centers now, but since hospitals in nj only hire RNs, we are having a hard time getting in, but I think that's the case with any LPN school. I don't know much about UTI, so I can't offer an opinion. How much is their tuition? I am in county, so the total program not including books and uniforms is $4350, which is a great price. Feel free to ask me anything, I will be more than happy to help if I can! :)

Hair303, are you in the program now? I'm in the night class, just passed finals and started the 2nd semester...

Good luck megh! I received my letter about a month after I took the test. Are you going for the day or night classes?

Omg, I hate to admit it, but I probably would have lost all professionalism and completely freaked out! I am PETRIFIED of spiders! Ew ew ew my skin is crawling... You're a braver person than I am!

Hi Gina, So sorry, I didn't see your post until now! Yes, the classes will be at the school where the testing was (Piscataway campus). Did you hear anything back yet? The wait felt like forever to me lol I'm still loving it, they start you out slow at clinicals with mostly CNA type work... feeding, dressing, vitals, etc. The tests are starting to get harder, and we're definitely getting more in depth with care plans and such. I feel like all I do is work, study and (barely) sleep lol

Thanks again everyone. She didn't approach me last night, which might have been because of my "don't even try it" face I had throughout class (rough day yesterday lol). I did find out though that she has already asked everyone else in my clinical group, and everyone told her that they couldn't. I'm guessing when she saw my hesitation Tuesday night, she figured she wouldn't bother following up last night, and made other arrangements. I do feel empathy for her, but like almost all of you have mentioned, I am going to school for ME, and I'm not going to go out of my way to change my very carefully made rearrangements to my life for the next 18 months.

Thanks everyone! I'm going to let her know that I cannot change due to my boss' accommodations, end of story. I agree about the child care issue...I do not have children, and someone else's child care really isn't my problem (really don't mean to cause any offense, but all the other mothers in class have made the appropriate arrangements). I really have to learn to not feel so bad about saying no lol...