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For those of you considering Chamberlain I might have some useful information. My job had an education fair last week and I went to check it out even though I already know where I'm going to school. Chamberlain said they offer discounts to employees of certain hospital systems. I live in the Houston area and he said Memorial Hermann employees get 15% off and St Luke's employees get 30% off (I might have those backwards).

I think there are people who are not working for the entire program, mostly because they were new ADN grads and couldn't get a job anywhere. There are classes that require you to be working. The Co-op electives require a manager to sign off on your hours (but there are other electives you can take). I think you have to be working for Capstone.

My acceptance letter was sent to my gmail account. After I returned the acceptance form everything went to my mavs account

I got a $533 scholarship from UTA (i think everyone gets that) and if you are enrolled in at least 6 hours per semester you are entitled to $20,000/year in loans. They split it up equally per semester. I was awarded $10,000 for fall and spring so I called and asked for aid for the summer. They took back the 10,000/semester offer and changed it to like $6500 a semester. My tuition for 6 hours was $3900.

pink, I think I would have been perfectly fine if I had not been working 40 hours. Try to cut back on your hours and be prepared to spend all other time working on homework. I did my RN-BSN through UTA and didn't find that to be any help other than Blackboard navigation. I did have one coach from the RN-BSN. I liked her then and she did offer tips that were a help. The other coach annoyed me. After the first patho quiz when everyone was in shock she posted something to the effect of "you're shocked...welcome to an accelerated graduate program." It felt like she was laughing at everyone's distress.

Maryann, I'm trying to send you private messages, but it says you have reached you inbox limit. Lindsay

My advisor urged me to only drop one class then continue with just one at a time in future semesters. I am emailing her today and will ask about it.

I really think I would have been fine if I had been able to reduce my work hours from the very start. I also heard about the next 5 week class which is research. There are a lot of assignments and I have no idea how I would have managed them with patho. It is a very serious decision. Dropping these courses is costing me about $3200 (got a 25% refund on patho). Another thing is I'm not married and don't have kids. I don't know how anyone with a family manages this.

Maryann, My friend will be graduating from UTMB in December. She says it is tough. She hasn't been able to work at all for the last semester. She said patho is extremely hard and is the only C she has (UTMB only allows 1 C for the entire program). UTMB also uses a traditional grading scale (100-90=A, 89-80=B, etc) UTA's is different (100-92=A, 91-83=B, 82-74=C). I don't regret my decision, I think it is better for me in the long run.

You can do one class at a time, but then you don't have enough hours for financial aid. Each class is $1900 and I cannot come up with that every 5-10 weeks. Especially if I reduce my hours at work.

Hey everyone, My relationship with UTA has officially ended. I dropped both classes on Friday. In all honesty, I would have been perfectly fine if I had only been taking 1 class at a time (but then I wouldn't qualify for financial aid). I was taking Theories and Pathophysiology. Theories is 5 weeks and had 1 or 2 discussion boards due weekly, a 15 page paper due at the end of week 3, a group powerpoint due at the end of week 4, and a 10 page paper due week 5. There was also a quiz that was taken in week 1 that was incredibly easy. I was not worried about any of the assignments, they were all understandable and seemed like my biggest issue would be not going over the page limit. Patho was another story. First, let me say that I really like the professor. He was a constant presence on the discussion boards and was always the one to respond to all questions, not the coaches. There was a weekly quiz on Tuesday, except 3 Tuesdays where there was a test instead, discussion boards were due on Thursdays (with 2 references), a case study due every Sunday, and one poster about a disease that was due week 9 or 10. This sounds completely doable, until you finish the first week. Class starts on monday and the first quiz is on tuesday. The reading assignment is usually 4-5 chapters for the week, but the quizzes only cover 1 of these. This was not clear to many the first week, including myself. The quiz was insane. 20 questions and 25 minutes. It was not looking to see if you understood concepts, it wanted finite details. I got a 45. The professor reviews every question and ultimately accepted multiple answers on several questions, this raised me to a 55. He also increased the time to 35 minutes. The quizzes totaled together are worth either 10 or 15% of the final grade. I can makeup this failure. The second quiz I got an 80. The case studies consist of a given patient and includes history, physical, and lab values. There are 12 questions that he wants very detailed answers with references. Both of the case studies I turned in were 10-12 pages long by the time I was done (I got a 90 and 97). The kicker is that they are worth a total of 15%. This means 10 case studies are each worth about 1.6 points each. I had not taken any tests yet, the first is this Tuesday. This class is so busy that I could not work on my theories class at all (keep in mind I work 5 8 hour shifts). This past tuesday was the 3rd quiz. You have from midnight to midnight to take the quiz. I got home from work at 2030, ate, reviewed, and sat down to take my quiz at 2235. I could not log on to Blackboard, strange since I was logged on at work. I called blackboard support and they could not get it fixed, they said a few others were calling in with issues also and gave me a case number and told me they might not get it fixed in time for my quiz. They said email my professor immediately and give the case number. I emailed the professor with the info. I was never able to take the quiz. The next day he emailed me back and apologized but explained that there are no makeups and I will have to get a 0. I emailed back explaining that I truly had tried to login well within the time constraints of the quiz, but that the problem was with blackboard. This was completely out of my control. He apologized again, but I still got a 0. Blackboard support forwarded me to the help desk, who eventually had to delete my account and reenter me into the system. I explained the situation of my grade to them and they said the teachers were usually understanding when it was a system issue. I explained that my teacher was not understanding and he told me he would send it on to his manager. I cried all day wednesday (thank God my boss is a close friend and tolerated my emotional state). I could probably get by with those grades if I did really well on the tests, but I was terrified of the tests. They cover many chapters. What if this happened again during a test (you only have a 3 hour window to take the tests)? I don't understand how I was to be penalized for a system problem. I understand that I could have taken the test earlier, but when they say you have until midnight, you should have until midnight. I emailed the professor and explained that I was going to drop. He said he decided to allow the students to drop their lowest quiz grade to make up for system problems, but I still worried this would happen again. And I was upset that I was going to be penalized for a problem with their system that I had no control over. I called UTMB (I was accepted there for fall) and asked if I could accept even though the deadline passed and they said yes. I think this is a better option for me. I do plan to cut down on my work hours, but I need to work for a little while longer. I think the compressed classes were also just too much for me. UTMB's classes are full semester. There are people who are doing perfectly fine at UTA, so I'm not saying it isn't possible. If I hadn't gotten that 0 I doubt I would have dropped, it literally pushed me over the edge. I have been suffering from severe stress headaches since the first quiz and I do nothing but homework and never leave my house unless it is to go to work. This program just did not work for me. When I called my advisor to drop she requested that I send an email detailing my reasons for dropping. She said she is hearing the same things from everyone who is dropping. I said I was relieved to not be the only one dropping and she told me there have been many. She did say the curriculum was going to be reviewed and there was a possibility that patho would be recommended to take alone. I don't expect UTMB to be any easier, but I think it will be manageable. The patho professor mentioned identifying my limitations, and I think 2 graduate level compressed classes is beyond my limitations.

I'm not going to have a mental breakdown. I'm not going to have a mental breakdown. I'm not going to have a mental breakdown.

I am seriously overwhelmed now. The other class I'm taking is very busy. It is all doable, but difficult (keep in mind I haven't turned anything in yet so I only think it's doable). As far as financial aid is concerned, I had no problems. Back in January I went online and changed my 2013 Fafsa to reflect graduate studies and had it sent to UTA. When I was accepted I called the financial aid department and I had funds a week before class started. The May 19th start is considered summer, which falls under the 2014 FAFSA. When you get accepted just call the financial aid department and request aid for summer.

So 1 class is already on Blackboard. It is the 5 week theories class. I can do this. There are 7 discussion boards, 2 papers (15 page and 10-13 page), and a group powerpoint. The reading assignments are not as unreasonable as they were in the RN-BSN program. The other class is the 10 week Pathophysiology class, hopefully it will be posted soon.

Daizy, I'm sending you a private message.