UMASS LOWELL- BSN: Accelerated and Non-Accelerated

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Hi Everyone,

This past winter I applied to the UMASS-Lowell standard 2-year BSN program and was accepted but was placed on a waitlist. I am pumped about that. At the time I was curious as to whether or not I could actually get into nursing school so I applied to see if I could get in to see it would be worth applying to other programs. Naturally, I was elated when I found out I was accepted but was slightly disappointed when they said I would be on a waitlist. Anyway, over the summer a nursing program administrator contacted me and said that they were going to create an Accelerated BSN program and asked if I would be interested in being in the first program. I said absolutely! They then said that I needed to complete a few prerequisites in order to start the program in the Fall of 11. I have those classes planned for and ready to go.

I have searched some of these boards with information about the UMASS Lowel BSN program and havent been able to find much. I found in a 2009 Performance Summary for Massachusetts Nursing Education programs that UMASS-Lowell ranked number 11 out of 47 programs with a 98% NCLEX pass rate. Clearly that is pretty good considering they beat out the likes of Northeastern, Boston College-BSN, Simmons-BSN, UMASS-Boston, and UMASS-Amherst.

My main question is, does anyone know anything about this program? The goods? The bads? The okays? How is it getting clinical placements? Do they stress one area over others? What makes their NCLEX pass rate so high-good professors, students, or both?

Thanks for your help!:coollook:

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Hi!

I graduated from UML in May 2010! I am not familiar with this new accelerated BSN program (I took the standard 4 year one) but as far as the school goes I loved it there.

The faculty is great (of course, like anywhere, there are a few exceptions.) Clinicals mainly consist of the surrounding hospitals, but many of us got placed in Boston for our preceptorship. I personally got to precept at MGH, and they hired me after I graduated, along with a few other UML grads as well!

Let me know if you have any more specific questions, I'd be happy to help!

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