UNE ABSN Spring 2020

Citrobacter · Sep 23, 2019

Hello,

Congratulations on your acceptance! I'm also planning on applying (I know it's at the last minute) for Spring 2020, I wonder how your stat was like? UNE actually asks a lot more than a lot of schools (essay and 2 rec letters!) and I'm not sure if this is worth putting in when I only have 1 rec letter and would have to write an essay now...

jonisol · Oct 9, 2019

I am currently at UNE and will graduate in Spring 2020. I have a room for rent within a 20 minute walk of campus. It's an upstairs bedroom in a very spacious house. Only one bathroom but it's a great layout for a share as there's plenty of privacy. It also comes with a parking space and laundry - good things to have in Portland Maine in the winter. Be in touch via [email protected]

Jonathan

hannahnicole · Jan 5, 2020

Hi Jonathan!! @jonisol

I am currently applying to UNE and was wondering if you could tell me how you're liking the program! I am undecided, as from what I gather, the tuition is pretty high. Is it worth it? Could you get any financial aid?

Thanks so much!

Hannah

jonisol · Jan 5, 2020

UNE has some excellent aspects. It's not the cheapest program but they do give scholarships that reduce the costs anywhere between 25% to 50% for some. I think a lot of people come in at it being around $54K so long as they keep a passing grade point of 77%

There are some terrific professors. And it's a good city so far as being relatively affordable (compared to Boston, NYC, etc.), with some interesting cultural diversity so far as food and music.

They also have three cohorts a year now, which could be a good thing (jury out from my perspective).

The clinicals can range from okay to great. The clinical instructors do care a lot about your success and we do have good rotations in the area.

I think UNE suffers from what others have said is symptomatic to nursing programs; less than stellar design of some of the course work. Again, I've heard this is typical for nursing programs. What does that mean? Information overload at times - at least from some professors - who can throw masses amount of data at you that leaves more confusion than clarity. But my sense is that's less a unique problem to UNE than to the approach to nursing education, at least among some professors. It's the "more is better" strategy of sharing. In any ASBN program - where everything is abbreviated, that can make processing the learning difficult. My sense is that UNE is absolutely no better at addressing this - but it is probably no worse than any of the schools.

If you do come, make sure you take ethics on your own. The online course really is one of the least useful elements and gets in the way of your more important studies. I really enjoyed Maternity and Pediatrics. Some folks didn't much like the Mental Health professor, but I thought that course was pretty interesting. Assessment is excellent and you have one of the best professors teaching it.

It's a very serious program. But they do have strong NCLEX first time passing rates. And a lot of the graduates do seem to get nurse residencies. Hope that's helpful.