UMass Boston accelerated nursing program in Fall 2020

LCD123 · Sep 26, 2020

@Quincy39 Could you give me some feedback on the program so far? I also have little kids at home, so this online program is really looking like the best fit for me academically. I'm just trying to figure out if the workload is realistic while home with kids! Thanks!

Quincy39 · Sep 27, 2020

I study from 5:30 to 9:30 AM. Then it’s my turn to take the kids until 1 PM from 1 PM to 3 PM I study while my kids nap or watch TV. Then from 3 to 5 PM we play outside and honestly I try to memorize things while playing with them outside. Then from 5 PM to about 9 PM I study. This is every day during the week on the weekends both days I have been studying all day. So far I do not have many breaks. I am hoping since it is the first month of school I will find more time to rest. The general consensus is it is more than 40 hours a week of study time. However that is not the program goal. Perhaps the extra hours are because we recently changed from 16 to 12 months. I am starting to feel like I might need to get a nanny one day a week. I’m going to try and do without that. So far it is working. I just got my first day on my exam.! It is far more challenging than I thought. However I keep reminding myself it is just one year. 12 months goes by fast. If you do not have a supportive family member it would be hard. I am unable to cook or pretty much clean most of the house. My husband does all the grocery and cooking right now. Even though he does bath and put the kids to bed I’ll take study breaks and come up and sing them songs and spend quality time with them but yes, I usually eat dinner by myself while studying. So far, I get enough quality time with them during the day that it is working out for our family overall. No one has burned out yet.

LCD123 · Sep 27, 2020

This is SO helpful. Thank you!! My husband does not have an academic background so having a system to show him the realities of what I'll need is wonderful. I'm so glad you are making it work for now!

Wen · Oct 9, 2020

@Quincy39 hello! I will be starting the program in January and is wondering if you were qualified for the merit scholarship at UMB or any scholarships applied through the general application? Thanks!

Quincy39 · Oct 9, 2020

I did a FAFSA and received a grant for $800 for each semester so they took that off my fall bill.That’s the only scholarship type thing I got and I think the general consensus is we have to go Google around and find scholarships on our own. The program assistant emails us scholarship opportunities every now and then but I never qualify. If you contact Northeastern or applied there, they have an awesome scholarship packet with websites and what not. I don’t have it anymore but if you say you’re interested and apply maybe they can email you a packet ? hope that helps!

Wen · Oct 9, 2020

@Quincy39 that’s great! But I was expecting UMB to give you some scholarships too perhaps the merit if your GPA is good. I’m excited to start in January. How are the online courses so far?

Quincy39 · Oct 9, 2020

It doesn’t seem like people got scholarships because everyone is asking about where to find them online through private companies. Sometimes a random scholarship will come through email but they’re mostly ethnicity related or for some random club. Online courses are good! A little disorganized at times but we are one of the first cohorts doing 12m so that’s expected. I do school about 60 hr a week and I don’t have time to finish all the readings. Mostly readings, about one audio Or video PPT Per class per week. Lots of online quizzes for practice/homework. You get to keep your iPad forever so that’s a bonus! All the textbooks come on it too ?