UPenn ABSN 2021

yamgirl · Feb 9, 2021

Hey everyone! I went ahead and made a facebook group for ABSN/MSN admitted students. I'm not too familiar with making these groups, so let me know if there's any problems and if anyone else would like to be an Admin ?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/246410783637461

kac1225 · Feb 9, 2021

26 minutes ago, yamgirl said:

Hey everyone! I went ahead and made a facebook group for ABSN/MSN admitted students. I'm not too familiar with making these groups, so let me know if there's any problems and if anyone else would like to be an Admin ?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/246410783637461

Thanks! I just sent a request to be added ?

ohwhaless · Feb 10, 2021

3 hours ago, yamgirl said:

Hey everyone! I went ahead and made a facebook group for ABSN/MSN admitted students. I'm not too familiar with making these groups, so let me know if there's any problems and if anyone else would like to be an Admin ?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/246410783637461

Also just sent a request! ?

kesha111222 · Feb 11, 2021

Hey all! Did you receive your financial aid packages yet?

kac1225 · Feb 11, 2021

12 minutes ago, kesha111222 said:

Hey all! Did you receive your financial aid packages yet?

Nope!

NursingMentorPRN, BSN, MSN, NP, CNM · Feb 13, 2021

Congratulations, everyone! I'm a Penn alum (2014 ABSN, 2016 MSN WHNP/CNM). I saw this thread and figured I'd say Hi and see if anyone had questions I could try to answer for you. This forum was incredibly useful for me when I had just been accepted. It's actually how I met my nursing school bestie!

kac1225 · Feb 14, 2021

3 hours ago, NursingMentorPRN said:

Congratulations, everyone! I'm a Penn alum (2014 ABSN, 2016 MSN WHNP/CNM). I saw this thread and figured I'd say Hi and see if anyone had questions I could try to answer for you. This forum was incredibly useful for me when I had just been accepted. It's actually how I met my nursing school bestie!

Thank you! How have things changed because of covid? And how did you afford the program?

NursingMentorPRN, BSN, MSN, NP, CNM · Feb 14, 2021

To be honest, I'm not really in-the-know with what Penn is doing right now with COVID. They have a really great sim lab and I heard they upped the utilization of that quite a bit, but I've heard bits and pieces (through groups on social media) about all the students currently in clinical scrambling to figure things out. Things continue to evolve quickly, so even if you got info now, I imagine it will be different by the time you start.

As far as affording the program, I took out giant loans and got scholarships. If I could do it again, I would have applied for the HRSA scholarship. If you don't do that, you can always use it for loan repayment (assuming you want to work with an underserved community.) Also, I'm really glad I didn't try to work formally during the ABSN program. But if I could do it again, I would have probably worked as a RN part time during the MSN program. Also, the first semester was hard to pay for. I had to use all my savings and take out a private Wells Fargo healthcare loan (which they're not doing anymore). The next semester, I qualified for more loans and lived off the loans the rest of the time.

kac1225 · Feb 14, 2021

Thank you so much for all of this information! The only reason I might not attend is because of the cost. Especially knowing that I might not get the full clinical experience because of Covid. Decisions, decisions!

allynurse2b123 · Feb 14, 2021

Sadly was waitlisted but still hopeful! Anyone else?

Nurse2be2021 · Feb 18, 2021

I've given up my spot for the ABSN-MSN AGPC. I am choosing a different program. I hope this helps someone on the waitlist!

Peaches52 · Feb 25, 2021

Another alum here (graduated from the ABSN program in December, planning on working as an RN for a bit before heading back for my MSN), happy to answer questions! I do know that Penn just announced that they'll be online-only for classes this Summer, with the exception of clinicals and labs. There are no clinicals for ABSN students the first Summer, but there are two labs (physical assessment and patho/pharm).