Is anyone out there enrolled in this BSN online program? Please share your experiences...starting to shop around for the shortest/cheapest avenue to a BSN.
I was considering WGU but loss interest due to their 3.0 GPA scale.
Hi Shuggypie! I have been reading your posts tonight and like what I hear so far, but am curious about these power point presentations. Do you have to DO a power point or read them? I am trying to decide where to go as well and this has been very helpful.
In your personal opinion, do you think that I am too old to get back into this? 46 yr old. Graduated with diploma RN in 1987. Havnt been to school since. Life got in the way but now I think its something I really need to do.
And I LOVE that you don't do facebook. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!
Both. Most of the chapters from the textbooks have PowerPoint slides that accompany them to highlight the main points. In a few classes you are required to do a PowerPoint presentation as either the final, or an assignment. The presentations do not have to be elaborate, I only know the basics. As far as age, I'll just say that I graduated from high school in the 80's
I have also decided to attend the University of Louisiana Lafayette (ULL) RN to BSN. I was torn between WGU (Western Governors) and ULL. Chose ULL after reading the feedback on both.
Many of these RN to BSN programs are beginning to change their programs and making it tougher to get a degree. Some of the RNs I work with were in the OU (Ohio University) program but dropped after they changed it. It went from 1 and 2 papers a class to 1 paper a week and the grading got tougher. I knew people who were A and B students who suddenly became C students over night and dropped with only 1 semester to go because they felt they could not / would not pass. I heard the same of Notre Dame College (NDC). I mention these two because I had considered them. Both are affordable and not long to take BUT both have changed the program and made it really HARD.
I work full-time and have other things in life besides school. I am not young, even though I just got my RN. I have four degrees; one being a MBA and frankly I am sick of school. But with this economy employers constantly playing games. First you need more education and then when you get it you are over qualified.
Anyway, ULL sounds reasonably priced and the work load does not seem bad (yet) and the grading seems fair for now.
I took a couple of classes at Ohio University and it was just not a good fit for me. The one thing I like about UL@L is that they have traditional quizzes, so if you're not a good writer your whole grade is not dependent on 1 or 2 papers. Also, you only have to respond to one other student on the discussion board. So far the grading of papers has not been too tough, and it seems the grading is based more on content than format.
I have been reading your posts about LLU and was wondering if you could update me on how the program went for you. Last I read, you had completed one semester. It sounded like you were quite pleased with everything up to that point. Would you have any other feedback to add? Thanks again!
I am considering this program, is it possible to complete it in less than 12 months? I just applied, after deciding to give up university of texas - arlington, since I applied back in October and they are yet to review my transcripts (totally wasted time!) So far ULL has been great in terms of the application process, which gives me hope! I also applied to Purdue and Thomas Edison
I talked with a representative at ULL today, and he said the nursing program takes 12 months to complete if you take one course at a time. The courses are 7 weeks long. He did also mention that you can take more than one course at a time, so I believe this could speed things up a bit if you want to finish in less than 12 months.
Oh ok that makes sense! I asked if I could take two courses per term and he said yes. Then I asked the length more into the conversation. Thank you! So far my experience with them is better than UTA -- which was a complete disaster.
It will take me exactly 12 months to complete and that is with doubling up in the 2nd semester. I don't think you can finish in 12 months if you don't double up. Also, all of my prereqs were done. Of course, some instructors are better than others, but other than that, I really don't have any complaints. All of the classes are basically formatted the same way. Weekly quizzes, discussion forum, papers and a final. Depending on the complexity and credit hour of the class, determines how many papers, discussion forums, etc.
Thanks for the info. The rep did tell me that you could complete the program in 12 months, but when I did the math myself, I don't see how you could do this without taking more than one course for some of the seven-week sessions. There are nine nursing courses, and they are seven weeks in duration. That makes 63 weeks right there, and then you have a week in between each session, so add eight weeks to that to make 71 weeks (and there are only 52 weeks in a year). It sounds like the program would last about one year and three months if you took only one course each seven weeks. Do you think you could double up on coursework all the way through the program? Would that be possible in your estimation? Do you think it's "do-able"? Thank you for your feedback!
I don't think you could double up all the way through, I'm doubling up in the 2nd semester and will finish in exactly 12 months. Some of the classes just have too much work to do. If you don't work you probably could double up all the way through. The degree plan I received when I started had the double classes, it was not my decision, I just followed the plan. I would have the rep explain to me exactly how you could finish in twelve months without doubling up.
That makes sense. Thanks for the information. I am still waiting for my transcripts to be evaluated and will see what they give me for my "plan of study." I would actually be perfectly fine with finishing in a year and am not in that big a hurry. I just don't want it to drag on and on when it's only for a BSN.
But with this economy employers constantly playing games. First you need more education and then when you get it you are over qualified. 
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Hi Shuggypie! I have been reading your posts tonight and like what I hear so far, but am curious about these power point presentations. Do you have to DO a power point or read them? I am trying to decide where to go as well and this has been very helpful.
In your personal opinion, do you think that I am too old to get back into this? 46 yr old. Graduated with diploma RN in 1987. Havnt been to school since. Life got in the way but now I think its something I really need to do.
And I LOVE that you don't do facebook. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!