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I made two formal complaints and I did receive one email saying they would forward my complaint but after that nothing happened. Hope we get some news soon!

No update for me yet. Sent in application April 18. It was received may 4. No deficiencies. Just a waiting game

If you know for certain that you want to work in California, you should just take the nclex for california board. It takes just as long endorsing and maybe even longer. I had friends who took their nclex in california and got their license quicker than expected.

Hi Seas, MSN, I am in the same boat as you. I submitted everything by paper April 18th and it was finally "received" May 4, 2016. It used to say "missing educational history," but about a week or two ago it just says open with no deficiencies. I also emailed a complaint and today i got an email saying they would forward my complaint to the Board of Nursing, but I'm assuming I might get a similar email in the near future repeating the timeline. Hopefully we get our licenses soon!

Make sure you go to update profile and add license or else nothing shows up. Not sure if that's the issue but i was clueless and didn't see anything show up until I did that. I applied by mail on April 18, and my application was received May 4 on breeze website. I had the missing educational history thing for about a month and now it says open and np deficiencies and pending. I'm just waiting and hoping it will be within the next month!!

The class size average is about 90 students. Everyone, whether or not you are submatriculated into an MSN program, is in the same BSN program. From what I recall, about half of the students were BSN only students and half were BSN/MSN students. There's really no difference during the BSN portion. You go through the program together, then if you want to take a few MSN courses you can take them as electives during your BSN. You can take up to 3 MSN courses in your BSN program. You can also apply to be submatriculated to an MSN program during school after two semesters. You don't need to take the GRE if your gpa is higher than 3.2 i think. There's also Fast-track which is a 1 year MSN program for FNP, PNP. These two specialties don't require you to work in between, so you could apply for it sometime in the fall of your first year and then you would take a few more classes, but basically you would finish the BSN/MSN program in 2.5 years (1.5 for BSN, 1 for MSN).

Also, for the BSN portion you cannot go part-time. It is an 18 month full time program. For the MSN portion, you can go part time and some MSN specialties require you to work in between the BSN and MSN portion. Financial aid - you can receive different types of loans, federal sub and unsub loans, perkins loans, nursing school loans. There are also grants that penn gives you (free money) depending on your financial status. It's pretty cheap to live in Penn (if you're comparing penn vs columbia) -i live in a 1 bedroom apt 10 min walking distance from school and it's 975$/month. You can live in a 1 bedroom for as little as 700 (if you live a bit farther) and you can live in center city (like "downtown") for around 900-1300+ (depending on how fancy you want it). Hope this helps!

Hi, I'm a Penn ABSN graduate (dec 2015) and just wanted to help clarify some questions. The 109,100 tuition is only for the BSN. MSN is separate.

Hi enileg! I guess everyone's study strategies aren't the same, but I would probably stick to one or two books max because you don't want to overwhelm yourself. Have you used Kaplan qbank or uworld qbank? I won't say this for everyone, but I feel like most can agree that getting familiar with the style and format of questions is most important. If there's something you don't understand, then go to your book and review that part. The ones you do know, still review it, but you don't have to go into too much detail. It may seem really intimidating to take the test, but since you haven't taken it yet, try not to put so much pressure on this one exam. I know you want to do well and that you want to pass and there's probably pressure from your friends and family, but remember that if you don't pass the first time, there's always a second chance! I'm not saying that you should think you will fail, but for me I told myself, I'm going to give it my best and if I fail, it's not the end of the world. I am still me, I still have my support system, and I'll try to learn a different strategy for the second time around if it comes to it. It definitely made me less nervous thinking about the test. Also, if you do take it soon, don't worry how many questions you are on during the NCLEX. From 75 to 265, you can still be in the game and pass! Since you work 5 days a week, it will be tougher, but try to do maybe 50 questions a day? Give yourself a good amount of time to study and i think practicing answering questions is the best thing you can do for yourself. Content is helpful for understanding deeper concepts, but test taking strategies are even more helpful when it comes to the NCLEX world.

Hello guys ? I took the NCLEX on January 22nd and finished in 75 questions in an hour. My license was posted today at the BON. I just wanted to share my tips as well and hope that everyone here excels and passes! I watched two short Kaplan intro videos that my friend had - The main thing I got out of it was using the decision tree and maslow's hierarchy (very important tools). I bought the one month Kaplan qbank (has ~1500 questions). I studied from January 9th to January 21st (2 weeks) from 11:30am-6:00pm and would do about 75-150 questions a day, totaling 1435 questions. I would give myself the rest of the day to do whatever I wanted, watch tv, hang out with friends, etc. I would remediate each and every question I got wrong and even the right ones. By remediating, I mean I would type the question and the right answer(s) in a document. I ended up having about 75 pages of notes, which I read through once (got too exhausted to read through again). Near the second week of studying, I stopped remediating as thoroughly and would only type down things that were harder to remember. My total average percentage was 60.35%. I got as low as 50% on my quizzes and as high as 68%. The day before, I know some people recommend relaxing and not doing anything, but for me because I studied in only 2 weeks, I used the last day to review my remediation notes and skim over the study guide that's been floating around. I was actually kind of bored and nervous at the same time, so i did 150 questions on that day as well. I still had time for a nice dinner out and went to bed fairly early. The next day I woke up and quickly glanced over the study guide and had a good breakfast and went to take the test. I'm not sure if this helps, but I felt that the nclex was a little bit easier than Kaplan. The questions seemed to be a little more obvious in what they were looking for and the answers as well. I don't remember how many SATA questions I had, but I think I really only had about 10-15? I had one exhibit question and a handful of drugs. I had no sounds, videos, pictures, calculations, or drag and drops. What kept me going was every time I saw a SATA question, I knew that I was at the highest level question type, and it gave me hope that I was doing something right. Don't get discouraged and just keep answering each question to the best of your ability. For me, I almost treated the NCLEX as if it was just another practice exam. I tried to take deep breaths and take my time (but not too much time to over think it). I did not ever crack open a content book. No matter how much content you will learn, there's always more! I think the key is really learning how to answer the questions, rather than knowing content. A lot of the questions are priority questions where they will ask which patient does the nurse see first? Oftentimes, you don't even have to really know each pt's disease as long as you recognize ABCs are first, etc, you can get the right answer. I only studied drugs that came across the kaplan qbank. I also remembered a few basic lab values, but nothing too extensive. I hope you guys all pass and feel free to message me or comment!

Hey guys, saw some people wondering why they had to do financial aid so early. The reason is so that they can calculate what grants and loans you will be eligible for by the time you find out if you get in or not to help you decide whether Penn I'd the place for you. I'd definitely say it is worth doing because I got a lot of Grant money. Good luck!

I know that penn has the program, but i'm not too sure if you can apply for the direct entry. The good thing is you can switch your master's program once you're in penn, and the process is really simple and I heard about 95% of people get what they want. So if that is what is keeping your friend from applying, let her know she can always switch into it later!

I went to UCLA for my undergrad as a communications major and graduated in 2010, GPA was 3.7. After that I worked at a healthcare plan in so cal for about 2 years as an events coordinator. Around 2011 I started to volunteer at my local hospital in the ED and Medsurg floor for about 3 months. 2012, I moved over to Philly and started working a temp job that led me to become an ophthalmic technician (was hired as a receptionist, later trained as a technician), did that for about a year and a half. I decided to finally take all my science prereqs at CCP (took 2 semesters) and got a 4.0 (anat & phys I & II, general chemistry, intro to biochem, microbio, bio). Then I applied to Drexel, Jefferson, and Penn and got into all three and ended up with Penn! I applied as BSN only and did not apply for a master's program. Disclaimer, this is just my impression, I think there's roughly half of the students who are BSN only and half that are MSN submatriculated. I also think that don't be discouraged or worried if you're not a science major because they actually like it if you have something different to offer. They realize that you're all second degree students who found a passion for nursing and so focus on your goals and what brought you here and try to see how your undergrad degree can help you, not hinder you, from becoming a great nurse!

Hi guys, I just wanted to say good luck to everyone applying! I'm a current accelerated BSN student at penn and I was in your shoes just last year! As I was reflecting on my past, I randomly thought about allnurses.com and how useful it was for me last year so I thought I'd offer to help if you guys have any questions! I might not be able to answer all of them, but feel free to ask! Sorry if I also don't respond as often, as we have 3 weeks left until this semester is over and it's pretty hectic! Good luck!

Wow, thanks Sarahcee for all the financial aid info! It's very helpful! I am hoping I get a lot because, yes, my husband is dirt poor, haha. That is because he's a medical student, i hope that doesn't somehow make us "less" poor because he's going to be a doctor. As of now, we are in debt due to his medical school loans, so I'm hoping they look at our finances and such, and not my parents (even though I had to send their info because I was under 30). I wish they could have changed their policy to say, "if you're over 30 OR married," you are not required to turn in your parent's info. Nonetheless, hoping they'll offer more like you suggested, due to us being married! Thanks again for your help and I'll try to contact the office when the weather gets a little better.