ashley_kumar48

Hey! Thank you so much! I'm so excited (and nervous) to start! I know don't you just love the feeling of finishing finals and finally being free? That sounds like a pretty relaxed schedule, I was figuring as much based on the courses I was told are usually taken for fall semester. I noticed that that amounts to 10-ish credits? ( if I figured that out correctly, lol) and was wondering if you ended up having to take other classes to meet that 13 credit requirement or not? Since it seems as though the Twin Cities students take a bit more classes than we do in the fall such as Anatomy and Physiology whereas we take that before the program starts. Do you also find yourself having to take classes at the Twin Cities campus as well or having to go there for anything such as events, etc. or is everything primarily at the Rochester campus? Yea I felt as though it would be a bit tiring commuting and hour and half possibly 3-4 times a week so I ended up getting housing at 318 commons. Do you find yourself being able to spend as much time with family and friends as you would have hoped with the course load that you were given? If what I figured it correct, I'd be coming home on Thursdays and going back on Tuesdays or Wednesdays given what day I have class and was wondering given your experience if that would be doable given the course load and all of that. I was planning during the spring when the roads are a bit less iffy to commute and was wondering if you would be able to tell me a bit about how the spring semester looks like in terms of classes and homework load? Also, do many of the nursing students commute to school or at least back to the cities on weekends? I'm afraid I may be known as the girl who goes home every weekend or something lol, but I'm just so used to being a commuter. Sorry! I feel as though I'm asking a bunch of questions! It's hard being a first generation college student, you feel like a deer in headlights and have no idea what you're doing! Thank you so much for responding, I was going to give myself a heart attack with the amount of stressing and whatnot I was doing trying to figure out how I was going to do all of this in terms of the classes, going to Rochester, whether I would like it or not, if it was safe, if I would be able to do the drive back to the cities, etc. so thank you for taking the time to respond, it means allot, I'm afraid I have so many questions! xD

Hello, I recently got accepted to the University of Minnesota's BSN program and selected either campus and got into Rochester!! I'm currently a Twin Cities campus student and am a bit nervous about starting the program and would love to hear personal experiences of how your first year at Rochester was like. I am planning on staying at 318 Commons for 3-4 days out of the week depending on how my schedule looks like and then commute back to the Cities for my off days since for the most part my life is centered in the cities with family, work and all and was wondering if anyone has commuted to Roch and how it was like. I would love to hear back from anyone on any advice, experiences their first year in terms of the schedule, workload, going to and from the Twin Cities, etc. it would definitely make me less nervous about this new journey I'm about to start on! It would also be great to hear from any students who will be starting this Fall 2015 along with me! Any advice and experience would be greatly appreciated! thank you in advance!