UMDNJ accelerated nursing program, Spring 2008 application

atomRN · Apr 25, 2008

Oh my undergrad was pretty terrible, like a 2.7 with a BS(tell me about it) in Anthropology. But when I did my pre-req core classes, I had a 3.5. I also had eleven year of work experience including 2 as a manager and 4 as a lab supervisor for a physical therapy DPT program.

I ended up graduating with a 3.5 from UMD. I also passed the NCLEX on the first try, so all in all, a success. Hopefully they have the bugs worked out with the program, because there were quite a few when I attended from '06-'07. I think Dean Koslowski was turning it around my last semester, but it has to hit rock bottom before it gets better, and for me, rock bottom was a voluntary Saturday clinical (which ended up being pretty damn awesome, I would suggest it), a half crazy clinical capstone teacher, a more than crazy psych professor in which I learned jack, a despotic gerontology teacher who would threaten us with test we couldn't pass.

And I still couldn't tell you who the dean was since we went through 3 in those months, but that was also at the height of the UMDNJ shake up.

I am not trying to discourage you at all, but just be prepared for the unexpected. Which is actually a pretty good rule to live by in the profession as well.

83studentnurse · May 28, 2008

Jones, I really appreciate your thorough explanation of the program at UMD! Now that you've been there a few more months, I'm hoping you can give me even a little more insight -- I've heard you need to study for 50 hours a week (add 20 hours for classes/clinicals and 10 for commuting and that's 80 hours a week just for school!). Do you find this to be the case? If not, how many hours -- outside of class -- do you usually have to study? I suppose integral to that question is how many hours -- on top of studying -- you spend in tutoring and other voluntary sessions.

My goal is to find a program that allows me to have SOME balance in my life (to be able to spend, say, 2 hours a night and Saturday and Sunday afternoons with my husband). Would that be feasible in UMD's program?

Anyone else in the program PLEASE feel free to chime in too! Thanks!

J Celi · Dec 30, 2008

Been there a year now. I gotta tell ya......if you go to UMD-Newark, you really have to "grin and bear it!" They do very stupid things there, again, the ONLY good thing about it is: it's the cheapest accelerated BSN program in NJ, compared to Seton Hall and Fairleigh Dickinson.
If you can put up with the crap for 15 months, then go.....but don't say "no one told me it would be this disorganized."

I am a new admit to UMDNJ BSN accelerated program. Can any one of you provide me the ppt's used by the professor in the class?

oldfashionedlove · Jan 8, 2009

I applied in 2006 and I was accepted into the program. I had to leave one month later because I had a serious car accident. At that time all of my prerequistes were fine. I applied again 6 months ago because I was told that their policy changed and the two classes had to be within a 10 year time frame. I was in provided I get a C+in Statistics and Sociology. I got two A's. Well, the recruiter totally mislead me. (nicely stated) because I received a rejection letter 2 months ago. So I basically wasted my time and I did not apply anywere else because I was told I was in there for Jan. I had to personally give the paperwork to the woman because they kept losing mine. Maybe its better I did not get in the second time around.but if it is that disorganized I would rather go somewhere else.