Which are the best and worth Nursing schools in GA?

08icuRN · Apr 14, 2008

:confused:I :nurse:attend Clayton State University and will graduate May 10, 2008. Love the school it is challangeing and well worth all of the experiences you will receive. You will love all the diversity that you will meet. Our program has a great NCLEX passing rate. You will like the teachers and they will help you to find your goal:bowingpur Please PM me if you have any additional questions about the classes you may need to take to ge into the program... :confused:

khuship · Apr 14, 2008

:confused:I :nurse:attend Clayton State University and will graduate May 10, 2008. Love the school it is challangeing and well worth all of the experiences you will receive. You will love all the diversity that you will meet. Our program has a great NCLEX passing rate. You will like the teachers and they will help you to find your goal:bowingpur Please PM me if you have any additional questions about the classes you may need to take to ge into the program...

Amazing, I already have sent u a pm with some questions... :lol2: Need answers please... :bow:

NurseBunky · Apr 15, 2008

I graduated from Gordon College and having nothing but great things to say about their program. It's an ADN program and they did a great job preparing us for what we would face as nurses. Other BSN schools I've heard that are great are;

Clayton State University

Kennesaw State University (but has a long wait list)

North Georgia College

Definiely check the pass rates and how many students start and actually graduate at each campus because it's very...very important! good luck to you!

khuship · Apr 15, 2008

I graduated from Gordon College and having nothing but great things to say about their program. It's an ADN program and they did a great job preparing us for what we would face as nurses. Other BSN schools I've heard that are great are;
Clayton State University
Kennesaw State University (but has a long wait list)
North Georgia College
Definiely check the pass rates and how many students start and actually graduate at each campus because it's very...very important! good luck to you!

hey thanks, I am in ASN program at Gordon college and now I m thinking of transferring to Clayton State University to get RN after getting done with pre-requisites at Gordon. And might continue BSN at Clayton state university...Let's see how it goes...

good luck to u!

JoJo_Ga_Girl · Apr 17, 2008

:heartbeatI am currently a junior in Emory's nursing program. I love it! The instructors treat you like colleagues and communication is wide open. They don't weed people out like I've heard they do in other programs. All they want is for you to succeed and will do anything they can to help. It is definitely worth every penny. I am a married mother of 2 and my husband stays home with the kids. My parents have been generous to help but I also live off of loans and grants. I spend about $300/month in gas to drive there since I live 60 miles away. Yep..120 miles round trip everyday! I wouldn't change a thing and when I come home in the evening I can't wait to go back.:heartbeat

khuship · Apr 17, 2008

:heartbeatI am currently a junior in Emory's nursing program. I love it! The instructors treat you like colleagues and communication is wide open. They don't weed people out like I've heard they do in other programs. All they want is for you to succeed and will do anything they can to help. It is definitely worth every penny. I am a married mother of 2 and my husband stays home with the kids. My parents have been generous to help but I also live off of loans and grants. I spend about $300/month in gas to drive there since I live 60 miles away. Yep..120 miles round trip everyday! I wouldn't change a thing and when I come home in the evening I can't wait to go back.:heartbeat

See Emory is my first choice and Clayton State University is the second. I think if I really get accepted to Emory then I would have lots of benefits including hand-on experiences and then no worries after getting done with RN plus more passing rates of NCLEX at Emory. But the only thing puts me down is its fees :cry: . If u don't mind telling me, wat's its tuition fees for a semester(with how many classes a semester)? And would u say over 3.00 is the GPA to get accepted to its program?

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Jalpa!

JoJo_Ga_Girl · Apr 21, 2008

Currently tuition is $15,100 per semester. Fees, books, cost of living, etc. are not included in that figure. I can tell you that the average cost of attendance for the first year is over $45,000. First semester was 17 credit hours (4 classes) and clinical started the second half of the semester. As far as GPA, The minimum is 3.0. They really look at your entire admissions package. The essay is very important. I believe the average GPA for my class (Class of 2009) was 3.5. We are also extremely diverse...our class was the most diverse in history with people from all over the US and the world. It's been a wonderful experience. We try to incorporate the different cultures into our classes and it has been enlightening. We are a very close knit group and there is a friend every time you turn around.

Emory was the only school I applied to and I don't regret spending the money a single bit. It is truly worth it.

If there is anything else you would like to know, feel free to message me.

khuship · Apr 21, 2008

Currently tuition is $15,100 per semester. Fees, books, cost of living, etc. are not included in that figure. I can tell you that the average cost of attendance for the first year is over $45,000. First semester was 17 credit hours (4 classes) and clinical started the second half of the semester. As far as GPA, The minimum is 3.0. They really look at your entire admissions package. The essay is very important. I believe the average GPA for my class (Class of 2009) was 3.5. We are also extremely diverse...our class was the most diverse in history with people from all over the US and the world. It's been a wonderful experience. We try to incorporate the different cultures into our classes and it has been enlightening. We are a very close knit group and there is a friend every time you turn around.
Emory was the only school I applied to and I don't regret spending the money a single bit. It is truly worth it.
If there is anything else you would like to know, feel free to message me.

Hey JoJo_Ga_Girl, thanks a lot for the informations that u gave me. I looked on Emory University school of nursing website to find out if I could transfer to its program after getting done with my pre-requisites. I m in ASN program currently and would like to transfer to Emory if possible. But I saw BSN-RN, MSN-RN and some other programs of nursing but nothing abt ASN. I mean I want to transfer just after I get done with pre-requisites but to become a RN not BSN yet. Do u know anything abt transferring policy at Emory? I will continue my BSN after start working as a RN but first I wanna become a RN.

Any idea?

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Jalpa!

yellow finch, BSN, RN · Apr 23, 2008

Currently tuition is $15,100 per semester. Fees, books, cost of living, etc. are not included in that figure. I can tell you that the average cost of attendance for the first year is over $45,000. First semester was 17 credit hours (4 classes) and clinical started the second half of the semester. As far as GPA, The minimum is 3.0. They really look at your entire admissions package. The essay is very important. I believe the average GPA for my class (Class of 2009) was 3.5. We are also extremely diverse...our class was the most diverse in history with people from all over the US and the world. It's been a wonderful experience. We try to incorporate the different cultures into our classes and it has been enlightening. We are a very close knit group and there is a friend every time you turn around.
Emory was the only school I applied to and I don't regret spending the money a single bit. It is truly worth it.
If there is anything else you would like to know, feel free to message me.

Ouch. That was more than my first undergrad degree. Granted, it didn't go anywhere, but it was a brand name school like Emory.

For the OP, I graduated from Kennesaw's accelerated program (2nd for the school) and have not had any difficulty obtaining jobs, grad school, and future NP jobs.

Just saying that you don't have to equate money with success.

Best of luck to you!

zimsaint · May 5, 2008

I am not sure why one would pay so much for an RN degree. :confused: Although Emory is a very good school it does not increase your chances of getting employment. In fact Emory Health System has so many RN job openings right now they are forced to contract with agencies for outrageous wages. They would hire any qualified person with an RN degree.........even if it was from Garage or Bus Stop University. :chuckle My entire ADN RN degree cost less than $5,000, I passed the NCLEX RN on 1st attempt and got my license. Now I am doing my RN-BSN at Clayton State and it will cost me nothing thanks to the Hope Scholarship. To each his own but you are paying for designer brand when generic works just as well. :bugeyes:

merellis2009 · May 5, 2008

I second what Zimsaint said but I do believe it's worth it to at least go for the BSN to start out with. There is such a high need for RN's right now that no matter where you go to school, you WILL be able to find a job upon graduating and passing NCLEX. I stress that you find a great program but with the least cost possible. I say this because financial aid repayments can add up to be much more than you anticipated if you don't keep track of the costs related to your school. (I myself am paying over $500 a month for undergrad/graduate school repayments right now.)

Best of luck in your decisionmaking!

JoJo_Ga_Girl · May 12, 2008

Well Emory is a lot of money, but the connections to the world and research are amazing. Not to mention the way they treat us. It is a school where the students are #1 and they bend over backwards to see us succeed. The instructors give us their home and cell numbers, join us for lunch, study with us, etc. I can't speak for other nursing schools in GA and I am sure everyone is going to praise their own. Emory is all I know! It has been worth every dime and very few of those dimes will be out of my own pocket. They work hard to find you the financial aid you need and keep your out of pocket expenses to a minimum. My student loan payments after I graduate will be a lot less than $500/month because I've set them up to be service-cancellable. I don't mind working them off, I'll be working anyway and I intend to stay in GA after graduation. 50% of my tuition is paid for through Emory's NEAT program which is also service- cancellable and means a guaranteed job after graduation. They will even train you in a specialty area if you plan on advancing your degree.

There is no ASN program at Emory. I completed my pre-reqs at Gainesville State before starting nursing school...so that saved a bunch.

Wherever you end up you are going to come out a nurse. Do what you can to fulfill your dream and best of luck to you!