Whose going or been to Barnes-Jewish College

kdbm13009 · Aug 31, 2011

Jenny-

Congratulations! I also received my acceptance letter today! So I'll be starting with you next September 4th!! Thanks for sending me a private message, I just couldn't send you one back as I am nowhere near the minimum of 15 posts.

Congrats again!!

caellen · Sep 6, 2011

Hi, I'm just now starting to take the pre-req classes for the BJC accelerated program. I should be finished by the end of summer 2012. When should I apply for the program? One year in advance or more?

caellen · Sep 6, 2011

And where did you guys take your pre-req classes? I'd like to do as much as possible online because have a 2 year old... But the labs I'm planning on taking at the community college

kdbm13009 · Sep 6, 2011

On the BJC website they recommend that you apply at least 12 months in advance. If you apply for a term that is already filled you can still get accepted into the program, but will be put on the wait list. If you're on the wait list you are guaranteed a spot in the following semester if one does not become available for the semester you applied. I applied 14 months in advance and was able to get into the semester I wanted.

I am taking all of my prerequisites through St. Louis Community College. I have been able to take the statistics and psychology classes online. I also took the first semester of A&P as a self-taught course so I only went to campus once a week for the lab. St. Louis Community College has a wide offering of times and locations for all of the required courses, so hopefully you'll be able to find ones that work with your schedule.

Best of luck!!

ThatNurseGuy04 · Sep 7, 2011

Hi everyone, I'll be putting my application to Barnes after the current semester and I had a question. To those of you who did the pre-reqs at STLCC which Nutrition course is the requirement for Barnes. I know they offer several and was wondering which one is used as the transfer course so I don't take the course that isn't needed.

1spunky · Sep 30, 2011

Goldfarb is not all it's cracked up to be. Someone posted about it having the top rated sim lab. The simulation dummies are very rarely turned on, I we never saw the pregnant one give birth. You are rarely in the labs after you take intro to adult health. We have the least amount of sim lab hours out of all the nursing schools. Not trying to be Debbi downer, but I would suggest seriously talking to someone in the program before you decide to make this very expensive investment. They have the same problems keeping staff as any of the other schools. Most of teachers there teach at all the other schools as well. I have been on the Dean's List every semester, so I'm not just some disgruntled student. Just wish I had did more research before making my decision.

MadpeysRN · Sep 30, 2011

I happen to think it is a great school and compared to most other nursing school in the area it is probably just as good as or better. It's not Yale or Columbia but it is affiliated with one of the top 10 hospitals in the country. The Sim's were on just yesterday for us and at the very least Big Barnes looks highly upon Goldfarb grads. And in my experience, yes it does have it's not so good points but, so far it does have an outstanding support staff and all the instructors I have encountered have been awesome at what they do.

1spunky · Oct 6, 2011

You sound like I did when I first started. I'm just pointing out that for the money, it's not all it's cracked up to be. I know plenty of nurses that work at Barnes that didn't go to Goldfarb and those who did, dont have good tings to say. I know fellow students who cant even get hired as techs right now at Barnes. There are plenty of nursing students all over Barnes from many different schools. It's all about how you impress the nurse manager and charge nurse during clinicals. Going to Goldfarb is not an automatic hire as a new nurse. Getting a job as a tech after your first med- surg clinical will go a long way. By the way, I can count on one hand how many times those sims have been turned on.

armada14 · Oct 24, 2011

hey there 1spunky. Im looking into applying to this school pretty soon.. I have all the pre-reqs except micro which im enrolled in now. Do you like the school? Im a 20yr old male from California and really want to start at a BSN school. are you saying its hard to get a job if you graduate from this school? thanks for any info you may have, much appreciated!

1spunky · Nov 10, 2011

I would say not having experience will make it harder. From my experience, the best thing to do is get a job as tech in the dept where you would like to work as a nurse. A lot of people assume that because you attend Goldfarb that Barnes will automatically hire you, and that's not the case. They wont even hie you as a tech unless you have at least one year of nursing school left. Some of my classmates got hired by getting to know the charge nurse during clinicals. You have to start networking and setting yourself apart from the pack. (leadership positions, volunteer work etc.) It takes more than just good grades. Just know that Goldfarb has a lot of issues just like any other nursing school. (lack of faculty, classroom space, study space etc)

MadpeysRN · Nov 10, 2011

No one should assume. Also, the reason they don't hire you with less than a year as a tech is because they know that you are going to turn around and apply for a RN position, so why waste the resources-makes since. Not everyone is going to get a job, but the people I have talked to say the GN's not getting jobs at BJH are the ones being picky about the dept. they want...

:)

IamNew · Jun 22, 2012

Hi there,

I am wondering why tuition at Goldfarb is sooo expensive. Also, Goldfarb bookstore seems to not want to disclose what textbooks would be for the next term for those that wanted to prepare. I can't find anything about Pathophysiology of my first semester to prepare. This is s difficult subject. Any idea? thank you.