LaurenH38

Hi! Just reaching out! I applied for Curry's Accelerated nursing program starting in January of 2015, and I'm pretty sure we'll know in a couple of weeks who made the cut. Now that it's getting close, I'm starting to sweat it a little bit. I didn...

Hi @knh1006- I am very happy with the program. In terms of clinical placements, it really can't be beat. My first semester I was working on a very busy neurology floor, and our clinical instructor put us to work right away! It was an amazing learn...

Hi guys- I'm a current ABSN student at MGH, and I wanted to clarify a little bit on what another poster had said. There is an online component to some of the classes, but it is most definitely not the majority. During first semester a couple of the...

I hear you! I can procrastinate with the best of them. :) the classes that really are the "meat and potatoes"-- the nursing process, nursing assessment, etc-- those classes are not online in any way (other than materials being made available onli...

Sorry, I should clarify.... PCAs, nursing assistants, patient care technicians.... Every hospital calls them something different... All good networking jobs for potential nursing hires. Trust me, though- as someone who is in the midst of nursing sch...

The cohort before mine is still in school. However, I'm told that it can average 6 months to a year after graduation to get a job (if you're looking for placement in one of the big hospitals in and around Boston. ). That number can fluctuate dependi...

pizzamyheart2 in case you are still checking in on this thread. I am currently enrolled at the MGH Institute in the ABSN program. To answer some of your questions, yes, the cohort is large (we have 120 or so people). However, the cohort was split ...

I was told by a faculty member during orientation that it takes a few weeks following graduation for your status to be updated with the NCLEX people so you are eligible to sit for the exam. So I would not expect to take the test immediately followin...

Hi Everyone! I'm a current student at MGHIHP, and because some people have mentioned it-- you do not get to pick where you go for your clinicals. However- the great thing about the Institute is that it works with the Partners network of hospitals, ...

Also-- I think the "no calls" thing is more about calling admissions after the decisions are sent out to ask why or why not you were not accepted into the program. I do remember seeing that somewhere online.

Don't feel bad about calling. I don't remember seeing anything about no calls allowed, and obviously a bunch of people didn't see it either, because I remember a whole bunch of people calling when the responses were slightly delayed for the Spring 2...

Hi SKay226! I heard back on a weekday-- I want to say like a Tuesday or Wednesday... and I also remember that it was a week or so after I had expected to hear. There was some sort of delay and I remember that other people were like me and were very...

Hi Everyone! I am going to be starting in the MGH Accelerated Nursing program this January. In case you were curious-- we had an open house over the weekend, and the assistant dean indicated they had received around 300 applications for our cohort,...

The only prereq I did not have completed in time for the application deadline was Microbiology. The applications were due July 1, and I think my Micro class ended somewhere around July 14th. I was able to submit my grade after the application deadl...

Hi Treid05. I felt it was a longshot because I only had 2 of the 4 science prereqs completed at the time of my application submission. My Microbiology course was completed maybe a week after the June 1 deadline, and I hadn't taken the chemistry req...

I haven't gotten any packet yet. I figured they were waiting until after the 30th, when they have more of a definite head count.

If I can add one other thing... I don't know what it was that factored into admissions decision to accept me into the program, but I do know that when I got rejected by Curry this year I was SO upset... and like you I was killing myself trying to fig...

Hi-- I had a 3.37 undergrad GPA, but a 4.0 GPA for my pre-reqs. I also am not in the medical field. I work in Human Resources.

I'm in too!!! Hooray!!! Congrats to everyone else who's hearing good things! I'm over the moon!

I haven't gotten any email yet either. This is SO nerve wracking!

Nope! Not a thing! My email checking was getting a little out of control... I had to put my phone under my pillow and walk away....

I haven't heard anything yet either! Starting to go crazy. When I called admissions and the guy said we'd hear this week, I should have asked what DAY!

I just called Admissions and the guy I spoke with said that decisions will be going out this week. Doesn't sound like we'll hear anything today

Yes. I got that email maybe 2 or 3 weeks ago.

Khan Academy was a huge help to me-- especially in a&p 2 when I could NOT get my head around muscle contractions. I agree with the other people here. I learn visually so if there was a concept I didn't understand, I would go on YouTube or Khan ...