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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Hi everyone,

Thinking about NP yet again. The local program I was interested in switched over to a DNP.

Anyone have experience with University of Cincinnati or University of Ohio online FNP?

Is Vanderbilt really hard to get into?

Also how does it work with some states now allowing certain online NP programs?

My undergraduate GPA is just shy of 3.3 (could have done better, I know) but I took two NP classes as a non matriculated student locally and I got an A in advanced pharmacology and a B (got an 88%) in advanced pathophysiology. I know that I am smarter than my GPA.

Does it pay to take the GREs?

Thanks

Specializes in Internal Medicine.

I can't really attest to the quality of those schools, but you should call each respective school or email them and see what kind of information you can get. Find out about their board passage rates. Hopefully someone here can shed some light on them for you.

The GRE to me is only worth it if your school requires it. Lots of NP programs don't. If the schools on your list don't require it, don't bother.

States blocking certain schools are typically blocking for-profit online universities that have poor admission standards and little oversite of their clinical practice. As far as I know, no state blocks any public or private non-profits with online programs like the schools you have listed.

Also, be prepared for some people here to criticize online learning and the profession as a whole. Try and locate actual graduates of the programs you have mentioned to get a better perspective.

Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

My state allows some school's brick and mortar programs but not their online programs. Every program needs to be approved individually.

Specializes in ER.

What state are you in? I am in Ohio so I know people who have gone to both of those programs. I go to Spring Arbor University and I know a handful of my former Michigan coworkers go to Spring Arbor. University of Cincinnati I know one coworker who is going to start his clinicals soon. I know several people who went to Ohio University and liked it although they usually say you get what you put into learning.

OU's RN to BSN program is well known.

Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Thanks for that info.

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