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No, I don't think there is. We should make one!

Hello all! I decided to go to Simmons so there will be one spot opening up for someone on the waitlist. I just emailed Jackie Montgomery and told her. Best of luck!

I actually got my TCE prior to getting my acceptance letter. I received it through email on January 27th and then I received my acceptance letter a few weeks later. Yeah, it can't hurt to call the registrars office! You'll want to ask for Sarah Hurd I believe, or email her at [email protected]. I bet all of your prerequisites will be accepted! Yes, UMass Boston has a 15 months accelerated BSN program. They accept 35 students per year, and you have to have your prerequisites finished before applying (which is why I ended up doing a few of mine online - to finish them sooner so that I could apply to UMB.)

Hi, congratulations to you too! Yes, I did get my TCE. All of my prerequisites transferred. I took Bio, A&P 1 and A&P 2 at a community college. I took Microbiology, Nutrition (I forget if that was a prereq for Simmons for for UMass Boston), Human Growth and Development and Statistics (also might have just been a prereq for UMB) online through Portage Learning. Simmons accepted all of them! I haven't taken Chem yet, but they told me that they would accept it through Portage Learning so I am going to take a combined Inorganic/Organic Chem through Portage this spring/summer - basically as soon as I decide if I'm going to Simmons. At first they said that I had to take Psych 101, but I took a 200 level psych course in college and worked a job that encompassed psychology, so I submitted the petition and had it waived. Basically, I thought they were good about accepting prerequisites, and I bet they will accept yours! Where did you take your prerequisites? Where are you from? Did you apply to UMass Boston as well? I did, and was waitlisted.

Hi! Was anyone else on here accepted for the accelerated nursing program at Simmons, beginning in Fall 2017? Anyone attending the accepted students day on 4/14? I was accepted, and am trying to decide between Simmons and UMass Amherst. It turns out that Simmons would end up being cheaper for me because my mom lives near Boston, so I would live with her rent free and have a much lower cost of living than if I were to live in Springfield and go to UMass Amherst (the ABSN program at UMass Amherst is now in Springfield). I would love to speak to others planning to enroll at Simmons, or people who have gone through the program!

Yes, I did get my application complete email. I haven't heard anything else. @Asiyah.futurern, thanks for letting us know that they're not conducting interviews this cycle - I was wondering about that!

Hey Nk31, no I didn't end up applying. I applied to Simmons, UMass Boston and UMass Amherst. I wanted to apply to Salem State but they didn't accept prerequisites from Portage Learning.

Hi @kelsmcc, I was waitlisted as well. I don't have any information about the size of the waitlist, and when I asked, Admissions wouldn't tell me. I guess that makes sense. A friend who is currently in the program told me that people got off the waitlist last year as late as May. I guess we'll see! Good luck!

You could try calling again and seeing if you get a different person on the phone. I tried asking via email and they wouldn't tell me. I then called and asked if they could tell me when my letter will be sent if I provided them with my student ID number.

I applied!

Hi all! I still hadn't received a letter so I called today and was told that I was waitlisted Sad!! They weren't able to tell me what number I am on the waitlist. I'm hoping that I get a spot.

Hey! Congratulations to both of you on your acceptance to Simmons! I am applying to programs for 2017. I'm very interested in Simmons. Did either of you apply to other schools in Boston, or just Simmons?

Hello! I am applying for ABSN Programs for 2017. Assuming I get into a program, I will start in May/June/August/September 2017 (depending on which one I go to). I'll be leaving my job in August 2016 and moving back home with my mom. I'm going to spend the fall taking my four remaining prerequisites, taking the TEAS, and applying for programs. A lot of my energy will be focused on those three things, but I want to work part time assuming I am able to. What should I do, that would look appealing on my applications? I am not a CNA, and don't think I can take the training AND pay for preqrequisites, so that is ruled out. Any other jobs that you can think of that would give me a little bit of experience and look good? I would be working part time from September to December and then full time from December to May/June/August/September. Do you think maybe it's worth it to put the cost of CNA training on a credit card and do that, since it's a good amount of time that I'll be working full time, and I could probably pay it off? I have a Bachelors Degree in Marketing and I've been working for a religious non-profit as an admin. I don't know if this matters, but I'm very interested in mental health and I volunteer as a court appointed special advocate for a teen in foster care. I'm soooo excited to go to nursing school and to become a nurse.

Hello! I am applying for ABSN Programs for 2017. Assuming I get into a program, I will start in May/June/August/September 2017 (depending on which one I go to). I'll be leaving my job in August 2016 and moving back home with my mom. I'm going to spend the fall taking my four remaining prerequisites, taking the TEAS, and applying for programs. A lot of my energy will be focused on those three things, but I want to work part time assuming I am able to. What should I do, that would look appealing on my applications? I am not a CNA, and don't think I can take the training AND pay for preqrequisites, so that is ruled out. Any other jobs that you can think of that would give me a little bit of experience and look good? I would be working part time from September to December and then full time from December to May/June/August/September. Do you think maybe it's worth it to put the cost of CNA training on a credit card and do that, since it's a good amount of time that I'll be working full time, and I could probably pay it off? I have a Bachelors Degree in Marketing and I've been working for a religious non-profit as an admin. I don't know if this matters, but I'm very interested in mental health and I volunteer as a court appointed special advocate for a teen in foster care. I'm soooo excited to go to nursing school and to become a nurse.

Congratulations!!! Are you going to go? What was your GPA? I am interested in applying for 2017.

Hey everyone, I am interested in applying for Salem State's 2017 cohort. Did you get into the program? What was your gpa?