Villanova BSN Express Class of '10!

zia238 · Dec 13, 2008

Hi! I just received my acceptance letter to the BSNExpres to start this May!!! I am so excited. I was an absolute nervous wreck waiting to hear back from them.

I was also accepted to Jefferson and Drexel but as soon as I heard back from Villanova I was so happy! It was my first choice.

Do you live in the Philadelphia area? Or will you be moving here? :up:

apoptotic · Dec 13, 2008

Hi! I just received my acceptance letter to the BSNExpres to start this May!!! I am so excited. I was an absolute nervous wreck waiting to hear back from them.
I was also accepted to Jefferson and Drexel but as soon as I heard back from Villanova I was so happy! It was my first choice.
Do you live in the Philadelphia area? Or will you be moving here?

congrats!

I live in the suburbs of Philadelphia (greater northeast) with my boyfriend, so I will be commuting to Villanova (mostly by car, possibly by train some of the time). How about you?

mb835 · Dec 14, 2008

I received my Villanove BSN Express acceptance this week too. I'm really excited, but still detabating Jeff vs. Villanova. Why are you guys so set on Villanova over Jeff?

zia238 · Dec 14, 2008

Mb835.... my advice is pick the one that you feel most comfortable in. I heard people say good things and bad things about Jefferson, Drexel and Villanova. So I decided to visit each school and pick the one that I saw myself comfortable in. Personally, they all have excellent reputations.

zia238 · Dec 14, 2008

I live about ten minutes away from Villanova so I will drive and take the train if it's a snowy day. I am so anxious to start! I know our lives are going to be insane but I am so happy to finally be in Nursing school!
I am waiting on my information packet, did you get yours? I'm assuming thats when I'll find out if I am in the day or evening session. Do you know which one you are in?

kimpop · Dec 14, 2008

i just found out i got in today too! but now i'm torn, villanova or johns hopkins!!?? i got accepted to both this week! :) any suggestions?

apoptotic · Dec 14, 2008

I live about ten minutes away from Villanova so I will drive and take the train if it's a snowy day. I am so anxious to start! I know our lives are going to be insane but I am so happy to finally be in Nursing school!
I am waiting on my information packet, did you get yours? I'm assuming thats when I'll find out if I am in the day or evening session. Do you know which one you are in?
What do you mean by day or evening session? I thought the night sessions were for the other program (alternate sequence curriculum?)...not sure though! I didn't get my info packet yet!

apoptotic · Dec 14, 2008

I received my Villanove BSN Express acceptance this week too. I'm really excited, but still detabating Jeff vs. Villanova. Why are you guys so set on Villanova over Jeff?

I really liked to hear what the students were saying about Villanova, vs. what the students were saying about Jeff...I talked to a few people in the Jeff program who said although overall they were happy, it was really disorganized and chaotic as far as class and clinical schduling went at times. I also fell in love with Villanova's facilities (their new nursing school is AMAZING), and felt that a 14 month program would be a better fit for me!

zia238 · Dec 15, 2008

What do you mean by day or evening session? I thought the night sessions were for the other program (alternate sequence curriculum?)...not sure though! I didn't get my info packet yet!
Hmm... I could be wrong. During the open house a current student told me that they divide the total students into day/evening sections. I could be completely wrong, but I thought that was how they did it. Maybe they just rotate some of the classes or clinicals....?
I guess we will just have to wait and see.... ahh I hate waiting!

zia238 · Dec 15, 2008

i just found out i got in today too! but now i'm torn, villanova or johns hopkins!!?? i got accepted to both this week! :) any suggestions?

Congrats!! Well that is going to be a hard decision! Both are great schools and excellent programs. I have not seen the John Hopkins campus so I can't give you a fair assessment. But I do know that Villanova has an unbelievable Nursing school. The facility is brand new and I fell in love with the place the second I was there. Have you visited both campuses?

apoptotic · Dec 15, 2008

Hmm... I could be wrong. During the open house a current student told me that they divide the total students into day/evening sections. I could be completely wrong, but I thought that was how they did it. Maybe they just rotate some of the classes or clinicals....?
I guess we will just have to wait and see.... ahh I hate waiting!
Hmmm...yeah, when I interviewed Dr. Mariani told me the basic schedule of classes/clinic, and it seemed like everybody in BSNExpress was in class during the day a few days a week, and then clinicals were chosen by the staff (you get a preference, but they end up deciding). I think the alternate sequence is part-time and may be at night...