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Location: Boise, ID Experience: 4 years, RN, BSN Specialty: Perioperative Facility: Large hospital organization Base pay: $30 + differentials OT: time and a half after 40 hrs/week

Congrats nursesarak! Wow.. you'll be starting soon! I was admitted into several other programs and have applied to FAFSA. FAFSA caps out somewhere around $24,000 for me, so the rest of my program costs will be paid for through private loans. I di...

Thanks Aprilshower.emma! Good luck to you, I really hope you get a call!

Congrats Garciwarsi and jessel02!! Aprilshower.emma - nope, no call yet Good luck to everyone waiting! :-)

Congratulations nurse4ev!!! That's fantastic news :-)

berkeleygirl - where did you decide to go? Hopkins?

Thanks for sharing your experience llh5057! Sounds like you really like it and get a lot of exposure to different things. I've also given a $500 deposit for another school, so I'm in the same boat you were. Good luck with the rest of this term! :-...

llh5057 - One more question, sorry! What do you think about the classes you are taking? Are they interesting and do you feel they are preparing you well for your career? Thanks again!

llh5057 - Hi! Thanks for your response! I appreciate having a student's perspective and do have some questions for you. You say the faculty is personable.. do you feel they are very supportive of student success and well organized in presenting mat...

gwelltravaille - I've decided to attend JHU and will be moving there from out of state. I am paying for school through a combination of federal loans, grants, and mostly private loans. It is a lot of debt to take on, but if you can live frugally fo...

Hey aprilshower.emma - I am planning on attending the ABSN program at JHU that begins in the fall. I'll be moving to Baltimore in 3 months! I'm planning on doing some in depth research about OHSU this week and how it compares to JHU so just in case...

aprilshower.emma - it seems that about 9-10 people just in this forum are waitlisted... who knows how many in total. It would be great to know and yes, interesting to see how it plays out! berkeleygirl - I loved JHU! They offer fantastic programs a...

Washington89 - I'm about 85% sure that I'm going to choose Linfield. I feel that an accelerated nursing program is so intense already and moving across the country would add too much stress to my life, along with the fact that I will have around $40...

alkalinetreeo - I have a 4.0 pre-req gpa and a 3.7 cumulative gpa along with 6 months of volunteer experience at a clinic in Portland. The more experience you can get the better. Also, I took 3 classes over to raise my grades from B's to A's. From...

pnlu007 - Thank you for sharing this information with me about Linfield. I'm leaning towards staying in Portland to attend Linfield. Johns Hopkins is a wonderful school, but it's hard for me to rationalize spending $50,000 more to go there (with mo...

Waitlisted for OHSU.. now to decide between Linfield and Johns Hopkins.. but not sure about moving to the east coast and paying twice the cost for tuition... pnlu007 - I'm leaning towards the Linfield ABSN.. have you learned a lot about the program? ...

Hi Jagoda3 - I'm in the exact same position as you. I'm also waitlisted at OHSU. Did you decide what to do? I'm having a hard time deciding because I love Portland. I'm currently in Baltimore visiting and going to accepted students day this Frida...

jessel02 - I rent a room around SE 50th and Hawthorne for $350.. it's small, I have 2 roommates, and we have dogs and cats, big yard, close to everything... just to give you an idea. I've lived around NE Glisan and 60th also, which is also a fine bu...

Daruma and jessel02 - Hi! I live in the SE Portland Hawthorne neighborhood and love it. It is close to OHSU by bike or bus. I usually bike downtown and it takes me about 20 minutes. The SE Belmont and SE Division/Clinton neighborhoods are great t...

Berkeleygirl - Thanks for sharing that information! That definitely gives me a better idea of how to break the different programs down. Are you leaning towards attending JHU? smallfry - I haven't contacted OHSU because someone in this post did a co...

Elprup - I know many nurses who don't feel that they give up their souls for a job. I made a career change after getting my undergrad in business because that was where I felt I was giving up my soul.. an office job with little human interaction, st...

Kengland88 - I just finished reading these posts and also have been recently accepted to BSN programs. I found myself concerned at first, but we have to remember that many of the comments stem from very personal experiences from people in different ...

Berkeleygirl - Thanks for the tips on those neighborhoods.. I'll make sure and check them out. I haven't heard a lot about the OHSU program other than word of mouth that students really like it and it has an excellent reputation. What have you lear...

Hi Habitus and Berkeleygirl - Looks like I'm in the same boat as you both, I got into Johns Hopkins, but am anxiously waiting to hear from OHSU. From reading these posts, looks like decisions will be sent out mid-April. I'm planning on attending th...

I don't know how they are going to notify people, but the email specifies "summer BS students," so I think fall students still have a shot...?