candooit

Well here is the deal. You intend to go to nursing school right? Well, you are obviously losing at the waiting game with the regionally accredited programs and the longer you wait, it seems the higher the bar is to get accepted. Why don't you ( gasp - dare I say ) apply to a school that is BON approved and get going! Sure it may be more costly but heck student loans give you a lifetime to pay them back. If you do some military reserve work, they'll reimburse you for your tuition. Then with your A.S. in nursing in hand, find a fully accredited RN to BSN program and get your butt going. It can be done. That's what I'm doing.

I got accepted into their program and paid the registration fee. I would love to hear what existing nursing students have to say about the program. I get the feeling they are still trying to tweak their program. I mean they used to accept credits from previous bachelors degrees. Now, they dont and you have to take all their courses. Also, in the past if you had previous credits, you had to sit in the class but did not have to pay for the class. Originally, they accepted previous credits from accredited degree programs. Seems a little confusing to me. But the program is very new - I don't think they have even graduated their first class. However, it is approved by the BON - Florida and that is really all that matters to move on. They signed my acceptance letter with classes starting on Aug 8 but yesterday, they pushed up the start date to July 11 which really threw me for a loop. Strange. It seems ALL the schools can really set whatever standard they want - I mean, each school wether it be accredited or not has different criterea that can change at anytime...including the teas test.

I am currently being enrolled. I paid my registration fee of 50.00. I am waiting however, to hear from another school which I would prefer to attend simply because it is 20 thousand dollars cheaper and may accept some credits from my BA. However, if I do not get accepted at the preferred school, I'm going to enroll here. Why? well, I'm older and I just do not have the time to play the waiting list game at Kaiser or MDCC. Also, I passed the TEAS test on the first go around with these schools and Kaiser and MDCC have a much higher teas requirement which means another round of waiting and testing out. The bottom line is that for me an RN degree is very valuable and worthwhile. I am willing to pay the price despite what others may say. It's all how you look at it and what your life plan is. Attitude is everything. And, while others are waiting and competing to get into a program, I will be in and on my way. I would like to hear from existing students to this new program. Good luck!