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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thanks Sarahcee for all your help! I'm wondering what my financial aid will be. I'm under 30, but married and considered in independent federally. I hope I get some grants and I'm wishing the same for...
Hey@handerson12, I totally agree with you! I am so lost now and it kind of all comes down to the financial aid stuff. Well, I guess for now let's just be happy and celebrate and we'll see in about two...
Sorry I wrote so much! I forgot to mention, if you're worried about strange roomies or you can't really afford to live on your own, you can always try to contact someone in this forum to partner up to...
BTW, if you look at the map of where Upenn is, you'll notice its west of the Schuykill river, so if you live anywhere east of it, you can still commute easily, but you'd have to take a trolley/bus...
Yes, you will freeze! But that is only because us californians are so pampered by the good weather. I am a baby when it comes to the cold, and even in LA, I would wear my uggs and a thick jacket in 60...
I think the culture is quite different here. I can't say it's "better" or "worse," but here are some things I've discovered for myself here. 1. Way more walking/commuting/public transportation. It's a...
congrats handerson12! i'm in the same boat here. I was sort of set on going to Jefferson university (also local in Philly) assuming I was going to be waitlisted to Penn or something. Now that I'm...
I think they said they accept about 115-120, and about 89 are matriculated into the program. I'm from California! But i moved out here about 2 years ago. It's going to take you a while to get used to...