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Hey everyone! My fiance and I are both RNs in a surgical trauma ICU. He is in the process of applying to CNRA schools and found out recently he was selected to interview at Villanova (yay!)! I was hoping there were some other applicants out there (cu...

@LexMichelle, The first summer semester was between $5-6k which included all school/clinical/lab fees. There were a couple of expenses that we had at the beginning of the semester that we weren't told about in advance...for the life of me I can't rem...

VCU SON Alum here :) Just wanted to say congrats to you all! I'm still checking this thread on and off if you guys have questions (and i'll also join your fb group so you can communicate through there, as well). For those of you wait listed - don't ...

Hey guys, New grad from VA here. I graduated in December (accelerated BSN), received my letter to test in the beginning of January, completed a live Hurst review (did 5 of the 6 Q-reviews [54%-78%]) and sat for my NCLEX today. It shut off at 77 ques...

Hurst is great for content, Kaplan is great for test-taking skills. Personally, I needed a content review more than how to take a test which is why I chose Hurst (my employer would have paid for Hurst OR Kaplan). What I liked about Hurst is it reinf...

Passed! :)

Hey Jessica, In my cohort, I can think of 2 people that I believe worked full time. One of them worked nights and would come to school for a full day of classes. This person fell asleep in class sometimes... but still graduated with us. The other one...

Hey Brielle, So sorry for the late reply - I never received a notification for new comments this thread. Aaron is spot on, though! Here's a bit more detail :) -The first summer semester is quite chaotic. You will have clinical in the hospital one day...

Hey guys! I'm also a current student in the accelerated program - graduating in 33 days!!! I remember talking to Aaron on last year's thread and look where he is now! Be confident in yourselves and don't be afraid to go after what you want! If I rec...

Hey LRN2525... I was initially wait-listed (rank #4) when I applied to start in Summer 2014. I was still completing A&P II and Developmental Psych in Spring 2014...I think if I'd had those completed, I wouldn't have been wait-listed initially. An...

Hey vcuram2015, I don't mind sharing my stats. I was initially wait-listed (rank #4) when I applied to start in Summer 2014. I was still completing A&P II and Developmental Psych in Spring 2014...I think if I'd had those completed, I wouldn't hav...

HOORAYYYYY! Congratulations to you, too, scottryana! Let me know if either of you have questions in the upcoming weeks. Oh - and join your class's facebook group if you haven't already! VCU Accelerated BSN Program Class of 2016.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! :)

Orientation is May 12, 13, 14. I will keep my fingers crossed for you! Every year is different with how many people are pulled from the wait list, so you never know. I would definitely contact the school a few days before you leave to see if they're ...

Hey wrtrldy, I'm honestly not sure. I think we had around 15 people pulled from the wait list for our cohort, but I can't give you an exact number. I believe there were still people being pulled as late as the week before orientation. How long ago we...

CONGRATULATIONS @warnerjj! :)

Hey waitlisters - good news from the inside: people are still being pulled from the waitlist! Idk how many and idk if you'll get another update from the SON about your rank, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you all :)

Hey Morgan, I am 99% certain that you can graduate with your BSN and go directly into your MSN without waiting (assuming the program times line up... I'm not sure what semester MSN classes begin). As far as the actual application process for MSN goes...

Hey @nfc, I'm sorry to say I haven't heard anything about when the next notification will be. I know that I received my "pulled off the waitlist email" February 18, last year, and I was in the first batch of students pulled. Hopefully within the next...

Hey ekoar! I don't recall how many weeks the summer is (8 or 9?)... but I can tell you that last summer I had a full month off before fall classes started. We were off from July 22 - August 21, or something like that. Your second summer in the progra...

Hey @wrtrldy! I agree with your final thoughts. I don't believe that e-mailing or sending in extra things to admissions will change your ranking. In fact, I'm fairly certain it wont. I think you'll just move up the ranks as people defer their admissi...

@rbbeattie - I think this is the page you're looking for :) SCI Minimum Computer Requirements Even though those are the "requirements," there are plenty of people that have laptops more than 2 years old. They don't have a preference if you use mac o...

Hey @cvillefredrva8 - There's another thread with a lot more action going on. Try posting there! https://allnurses.com/virginia-nursing/vcus-accelerated-program-955136.html Or just search "VCU's accelerated program 2015" :)

@ddaugette - I would say on average, you should expect to spend about the same amount of time (2-3 hours per day). The readings are what takes up a lot of time... if you're one of those people that can get away without reading, then it won't be as ba...

@rbbeattie - I think a short pump commute is definitely doable! There are a couple of people that live on the Richmond side of short pump and they don't mind the commute. Keep in mind, you'll have to pay for a parking pass if you choose to do that. D...