idc1971a

I will be going to campus next month. I had to find my own accommodations, you can always share with other classmates and there is an option to rent a mini dorm room. As for my week of study generally I spend 3-5 hours a day working on school work, and then there is 2 timed tests a week.

I am not sorry in advance for what I am about to post. I am glad to see that headphones can be considered such an important part of the quality of education received. Secondly after attending the program I can tell you it is not rigorous in any definition of the word. It is however poorly organised. Does not provide a quality education which corresponds with the level of tuition. As I have said in previous posts. I have no issue with online degrees. I expect to learn the information myself and have done so without issue. I do however expect that if I have a topic of concern or question to receive feedback from my professors. I knew full well what I was getting myself into when I enrolled in the program, or at least new I would be teaching myself and completing coursework on my own with the tuition I paid providing me with the ability to take the NCLEX exam. I rarely require any support from professors as I have attended on line school, but I would expect that when I do I should get such support.

I am applaud you on your dedication to your education and commend you on your completion of the program. I never had any issue with the pace of the course. More with the presentation and representation of the course. I have done my research and the tuition for a one year accelerated program at UW Oshkosh is the equivalent of paying for a three year nursing program. Since all of us entering the program have a Bachelors degree or better to begin with, end up paying for to ability to study on our own and complete a degree in one year. I agree in the long run it is probably financially the best option for some. While a 100% pass rate is great it reflects more on the quality of student then the quality of education. I understand your feelings towards the school and again commend you on your accomplishments, I wish my experiences at UW Oshkosh had been as good as yours. However I had very poor response from professors and know that if you do the math the laptop, ipad, and stethoscope all cost you more than if you had bought them individually. In addition the ATI program provided for study is wrought with errors which many students have noticed. Should I as a student spend my time editing the errors of the information provided by the school? I personally cannot recommend the program as a quality education. I can recommend it if you wish to complete your education quickly and teach yourself to be a nurse. Which I have no problem with as I have obtain all my education through none traditional routes, but received significantly better support from all of the other schools I graduated from versus UW Oshkosh. Just as a final note you will notice I did not guess at your motivation, or attention to detail in evaluating the program. Nor did I question your dedication to time spent towards study and dedication to the coursework. Again congratulations on your new career and best of luck to you.

I can't speak for the others in the cohort. I consider myself a professional online student. I have attended what some would consider a degree mill and I have attended higher level private state colleges online. For comparison my Bachelors is from Trident University International, nd I have Masters from Arkansas Tech University as well as Des Moines University. Multiple community and technical colleges in between. Comparing all of those schools I would rank the quality of education from UW Oshkosh below all of the others.

The program is not designed to allow you to absorb information instead it is built to push as many people through as accreditation will allow. A normal college semester is made up of 12-20 credits depending on the school and student. This means between 3 to 6 classes taken over a 4 month time frame. UW Oshkosh has you take the same 5 classes during the same period of time but as 5 individual classes. Each class is roughly 15 to 20 class days long. This does not allow for proper absorption of the information. If I am essentially going to teach myself through an online school I should be given time to study and learn the material. It is expensive and we are not paying for time we are paying for education. Minus all of the fundamental classes we bring to the program as prior college graduates we take class for class the same courses as standard BSN students yet we pay 4 times as much per credit. There are accelerated programs which account for prior education who do not try to get 4 years of tuition out of you for a one year program. The program also does not post its NCLEX pass rates like it does for its standard BSN program. While the one year program is a great benefit, the quality attached is not. After having attended the program I would have preferred to do more research and attend a different accelerated program.

I got accepted without a CNA but I had an extensive military background. I would recommend seeking out an ASN program and then complete a full online BSN bridge. More cost effective without the hassles of UW Oshkosh.

For all of you considering University of Wisconsin Accelerated Nursing I recommend looking to Indiana or seek out an ASN then bridge to BSN. The cost and quality of the program are not worth it. I am mid way through the program and regret it already. I will graduate without any issue but the $43,000 price tag for one year of school is outrageous.