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Hello everyone, my name is Philomena Church Ellie. We're going to get started in a few minutes before we get started. I just want to make sure that everyone can hear me so if you could just note in the chat section of the web and R if you can hear me and if you can see the power point, which is just basically has Penn Nursing University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing slide. It's a blue slide. So I just want to make sure that everyone can hear and see the presentation. But we're probably going to wait and maybe about 2 or 3 more minutes.
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OK, so we're going to go ahead and get started so my name is Philomena Charlie and the associate program director here at the School of Nursing and I work with our accelerated second degree. Students so today. We are going to spend most of the time really just talking about the admissions process. So we're going to talk go through the presentation that should only take hopefully if I don't talk too much 35 minutes or so and then we're going to open it up to question and answer you guys are.
Even able to post any questions that you have and feel free to come and it doesn't have to do with the presentation. It can also do with just pen Philly. The program nursing whatever it is that you're interested in so we're going to go ahead and get started so today. We are going to really just talk about. We're going to talk about the program options. So what are the 3 different options that you get to choose under the accelerated umbrella will talk about the graduate program and specialties. If you're thinking of going into an advanced practice nursing role.
We'll talk about all the opportunities that are available on Penn's campus. We're going to talk about the admissions process. So I didn't put it on your the admissions timeline, the admissions requirements will go over the prereqs very briefly and then we'll talk a little bit about the curriculum and the clinical as well as campus resources.
Sierra McSeed
03:04:04 PM
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Let's see here so under the accelerated umbrella so hopefully, many of you are probably either applying this fall to start a program next summer or your maybe a year out or so and just trying to learn a little bit more. The presentation apply to both of you for those of you already in the process. We can really talk about the admissions process? How to apply for those of you still trying to figure it out. You're going to get a lot of information that you'll be able to use at a later date, so under the accelerated program options. There's 3 different options, you can choose from.
When you're applying to pen the first one, is the second BSN second degree program, which is for students who know they want to go into nursing. They have an interest in the field. They may have an idea about population or setting they might want to work in or they may not. But they just know they want to be a nurse and that's where they are right now and they kind of haven't decided otherwise. What are their plans, they have the BSN MSN program is for students who know what graduate nursing specialty they'd like to go into so they know they want to be a nurse practitioner or a nurse midwife.
They know they want to go into pediatric acute care as a nurse practitioner or Women's Health or mental health. Whatever it is that they're looking at you know the specialty you're going to apply directly to both the bachelors and Masters component at the same time, and then the Hillman BSN to pH DS for the student who knows? I want to go into nursing, but I'm really passionate about research and the PhD is a perfect fit for me. Those questions out there that I want to answer I want to get involved in answering these questions, maybe you want.
Focus on Policie or, maybe you wanna change practice, whatever it is that you're looking for you know that you need that PhD to do what you need to do you can apply directly and you finish the BSN?
And then you go right onto the PhD program that program is not for you, if you want to be a nurse practitioner or in this nurse midwife prior to the PhD 'cause you have to go straight through from the BSN into the PhD. The doesn't matter which option you choose of the three options. Everyone does the BSN portion together so the BSN program is accelerated program is scheduled to start on Monday. June 8th and 2020. We do about 2 to 3 days of orientation and then classes start immediately after that, the length of the BSN is.
18 months, so it doesn't matter if you come in second degree. BSN MSN RVSM PhD. You're all one cohort for the entire T of the first 18 months, the end of the 18 months. You set for the end claques exam. You become a registered nurse and then. After that, you can kind of decide what you want your path to be. You can go into the workforce. You can work full time. Go to school part time for your Masters go straight to the Masters do your PhD.
Lots of options now the length of the graduate specialty really depends on my spoke graduate wrong of the fixed at the graduate specialty really depends on the special to you choose. So all the nurse practitioner specialties are between 12 and 16 months full-time. The nurse midwifery at administration programs are 18 months full time and the nurse anesthesia program is 3 years. Full time and that program is a DNP degree where the other specialties are all with a Masters of Science in nursing degree.
Now in Roman call in a little bit on the cohort data. So we usually admit around 30% of our applicant pool give are take we get a little bit over 600 apps. We had met about 30% and we matriculate eed class of about 90 students anywhere from 85 to 90. Sometimes it's 92. Sometimes it's 84 but it's within that range depends on some of the clinical sequencing that we have and spots available when national program. So our students come to us from all over the country over 17 states are represented within each cohort we sometimes have international students.
We've had students from China, Singapore, Ghana, Nigeria. I got so many so many countries. But every year that can be different. Sometimes will just have fun. Sometimes it's 2 to 3 students really depends of course. We know in terms of an underrepresented minorities were over 20% but that is something that we're consciously always working to improve an increase as well.
Um are accelerated nursing program, the admissions timeline, so the just to kind of give you an idea of the application is currently available online is submitted online. The deadline is October 15th so in about a month can't believe it in about a month deadline is approaching October 15th and we don't do early decision. We don't review your application. Prior to the admissions deadline, so feel free just submitted by the 15th but you don't have to submit it early for any reason.
We got a committee at the end of January, so between the months of October, 15th and maybe January 15th were reading your applications. We might be reaching out if we're missing some items things like that. Some of our programs may interview. Some do not will talk a little bit more about that as well. We gotta committee at the end of January and we hope to notify all of our applicants. In early February and then by mid March have to let us know if you're coming and the program begins in mid June.
Prerequisite courses so obviously you need to have these prerequisite courses completed prior to the start of your program so you can apply while you're completing the prereqs, but please make sure they're completed by the end of May, so that you can start the program on June 8th. The thing with the prerequisite courses is keep it. Simple introduction to anatomy introductory courses. Human anatomy and Physiology. Intro to chem into bio into micro nutrition and stats there all introductory courses.
Laura Alexandre
03:10:19 PM
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The foundation that we're looking for keep it simple, you shouldn't have any problems getting transfer credit for these classes. I do strongly recommend that anatomy, Physiology is completed within the last 5 to 6 years. Most of our pre. Recs we go over 10 years, but micro in stocks. They like it to be at least under 15 years. So we have a little bit of legwork. We have a little bit of wiggle room right there with the pre. Recs in terms of time frame except for AMP anatomy, Physiology should be completed within the last 5 to 6 years.
Application requirements, so the great news. The good news. I think I should say is that our application is online.
Everything is submitted online for the most part, even the recommendations are submitted.
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Luke Anderson
03:10:52 PM
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03:10:55 PM
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Let me just text just send another message if you still can't see the slides. Hopefully maybe it was the way I was pushing the screen, OK, good so application requirements. Application is completed online deadline is October 15th. We've got the personal statement, which is part of the application. We have 2 two recommendations are required. We're going to talk about each one of them individually. All of your college transcripts really important. We don't need official transcripts right now.
You can upload unofficial transcripts for all of your schools if you're accepted into the program and you matriculate to pen the requirement will be that you submit official transcripts to us. The resume which I'll talk about in a little bit. The GRE is required if you're applying to our hellman BSN to PhD and it's required for that program. There's no waiver or anything along those lines. You have to take the Jerry. We strongly recommend you're in the 60th percentile for the math and verbal but of course.
As always, we admit arrange so you don't have to be in the 60th. You're closer to it. Uh the 50th that's fine as well, but to be competitive. The 60% I was always a good idea. We do require the BS that generally for the BSN MSN program as well. But we do allow for a Jerry waiver so if you have an undergraduate bachelors degree GPA that is a 3.2 or higher or you're currently in your undergraduate programs. We have a lot of students who are finishing their degree this December.
Or this may and they're going to come into the program if you mean if you currently at time of application of a 3.2 BSNG bachelors GPA your wave from taking the jury. You're also weighed from taking the Jerry if you have completed a graduate degree so if you've completed a graduate degree or could you go and when the Jerry is waived now if you're applying to the BSN MSN I recommend minimum score in the 50th percentile to stay within the competitive range. We don't put a lot of emphasis on the jury when it comes to the BSN MSN, but it is required.
I'm still working on waving it completely, but as it right now. We just have the Jerry waiver based on GPA. We also have a video interview as part of the application and many of you have started the app. You'll see that some of the questions are very similar to the personal statement. And it's perfectly fine if you're saying a lot of the same things in the personal statement. But the video interview also gives you an opportunity to possibly give examples to tell different stories to tie things in experiences and opportunities you want to take advantage of that.
10. The video interview you'll have up to 2 opportunities to record.
Your interview you have up to 10 minutes to record the video. You can have a video interview that is 6 minutes long, or 7 or 4 or 8 it's completely up to you in terms of how you want to answer those questions. Now, some of our specialties. So the BS and a PhD will definitely have an interview component for the PhD component of the program and those who apply to the BS and PhD you'll get more information from me, usually in December or January is when we do the interview and it doesn't have to be in person.
We do Skype interviews as well. Some other graduate specialties may require it so historically are nurse midwifery applicants or Women's Health applicants have always been invited to interview.
So we'll have to see what happens, the faculty are still kind of deciding that piece of it. But I will definitely share. All this information. After October 15th will have all the details timeline everything for everyone, so in terms of.
Wreck I just wanna go back real quick start in terms of recommendation. The one thing I do want to mention is that we recommend a minute. We require a minimum of two recommendations unless you're applying to the Hillman program, which is 3 wrecks you can submit up to 3 recommendations.
I will say if you are a current student in an undergraduate program or you've graduated within the last 2 years. I would probably have 2 academic recommendations simply because it just adds a lot to your application. Your recent flag your current underground. If you don't have a lot of work history. Those academic Rex can hold a lot more weight. Now, if you've been out of school for 567. Twenty 30 years. Obviously, it's OK. If you don't have an academic recommendation, you can do up to.
You can do 2 supervisor recommendations.
My recommend what I always.
Encourage applicants to do is to either have an academic wreck or a supervisor wreck as one of your two required recommendations if your BS and MSN and then you can submit a third wreck from maybe a volunteer supervisor if you're volunteering in the ER or the hospital if you if you're at a non for profit in your volunteering there or if you've done some shadowing Work etc. That would be a good third recommendation.
What is the admissions committee looking for so I'm going to tie this into some of the emissions requirements so obviously when we're looking the one thing I always want to tell students is that we have a holistic approach to the admissions process, meaning we look at every student individually as its own person because everyone's coming to nursing from such different backgrounds and different stages in their life. You've got students were straight from undergrad who just finished our finishing or finished a bachelors degree in English or art history or psych or neuro bio.
Jamillah Millner
03:16:46 PM
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Chemistry whatever it is, and they're coming into a nursing program and then we've seen to have you know years of work experience? Maybe in a field not related to health care and are changing careers in coming to nursing or they've been working in health care in a different capacity and now they want to go down the nursing path so everybody comes to accelerated programs from a different perspective with different experiences. So I will say that the one thing that is.
The one thing that we look at for kind of everyone is your undergraduate VPN, so we strongly recommended GPA of 3.0 or higher. We definitely evaluate all GPS if it's you know it's not a 3.0 it doesn't mean you shouldn't apply. We admit under we admit students that have under 3.0 all the time we deny high. GPA's as well, just based on the overall application. But that's kind of the range. The average of the admitted classes at 3.5.
But I will say the further away. You are from undergrad. The less important your overall undergraduate GPA becomes because you've got so much. Other stuff going on if you're coming straight from undergrad are you been out for 2 years that GPA is a little bit more important so it's kind of that holistic approach that I was talking about the other thing that we look at him and look at this for everyone or your science grades. More specifically your anatomy and Physiology courses and any courses. You've recently completed that I think are probably the most important grades.
That we kind of look at so anatomy, Physiology, we want to see that you've done well in those classes. You know, there's a lot of data that says you know strong amp background can definitely set you up for success within the program.
And then of course, anything you've recently completed so if you just took a class last summer. You know, and you didn't do well in that class and you're applying this fall. You know it's a lot harder to overcome without some sort of.
Um reason for that lower grade because you know you want to go into nursing. You're only a year out from starting our program so we want to see that you have strong grades. The other pieces exposure to health care so this ties into both your resume and your personal statement one thing I.
The first thing I strongly strongly recommend is that when you were doing your resume for our program. This is not a work resume does not have to be one page can be 2 pages. It can be 3 pages. It should include everything that you're doing, it should include clubs and organizations, both related and unrelated to health care part time jobs full time positions research experiences volunteer experience is your hobbies if your traveler if you speak a few foreign languages, if you.
You know did some abroad work mission work things like that. All of those things can be part of your resume and I strongly also encourage students to have a section. Maybe that's like healthcare related experiences where you highlight your health care related experiences because In addition to having solid academic background. We also want students who know they want to go into nursing specifically there's a lot of health care careers out there where you can clinically practice have patient contact and involvement and still.
You know, and still be able to come.
Be in the healthcare field and not be a nurse, so we really want to know why you want to do nursing. But we also want to see that you've taken the time to meet nurses nurse practitioners and be in the health care environment where you really get to see the dynamics of all the different health care professionals that are out there in the field.
We also everything to us you know when I say exposure to health care. It's everything from volunteer work shadowing research experience clinical experience jobs. It's also personal health care experience. We have a lot of students who have their own personal health issues and make seen quality health care as well as health care that could be improved as well as applicants who have family members have been sick and being caregivers. You see a lot and you see from such a different perspective.
So it's really up to you to make sure you talk to us about why nursing and the exposure to healthcare, which can be highlighted on your resume and then you can definitely elaborate on it in your personal statement for your personal statement. You definitely want to make sure you talk about nursing why it's a good fit for you what you hope to accomplish with that career where you see yourself in the future all of those great things.
This was all of our graduates specialties so.
Jamillah Millner
03:21:21 PM
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All of the programs listed here except for nurse anesthesia. You would receive a graduate degree so you did receive a Masters of Science in nursing. Once you completed these programs so if you apply BSN MSN for Dalton Gero Cute care you do the BSN for.
Almaas Alam
03:21:37 PM
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Luke Anderson
03:21:41 PM
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Select so graduate specialties so we have.
These are our graduate specialties. They all are tide to a Masters degree except for the nurse anesthesia, which is a doctor of nursing practice. So if you come in BSN MSN. Let's say for adult and Gerald primary care. It's 18 months for the BSN and it's 14 months for the adult and Joe primary care. NP program if you were to go full time. But at Penn. We definitely offer our students a lot of options. Now the one great thing is that you have to be here for 18 months to get that Bachelors degree to become a registered nurse.
But once that's done once that ended you have so many opportunities and flexibility in terms of completing your graduate degree so we have.
MSN in DMP programs at Penn all of our programs. You have up to 5 years to complete your graduate specialty from when you complete your bachelors degree. We allow our BSN MSN students to take 3 graduate level courses, while they are finishing their undergraduate, finishing their accelerated BSN degree. We also have. We also allow our students to do the majority of our programs on a part time basis. Not all the graduate programs can be done part time nurse midwifery in a seizure full time only.
So you have to at some point be a full time student you may be able to start at part time, but not completed part time where some of our other programs. You could do part time. Now it will say when you hit the Clinicals. It's pretty intense. So a lot of times students will bank their vacation days so maybe for 6 out of the 14 weeks in the semester. They'll have a day off to have extra time to get some stuff done to insert in Clinicals for 25 hours a week and they're working for 3035 hours a week, so it can be a little bit intense.
But we definitely work with you in some programs require work experience. You know as you can see on the application. You can apply BSN MSN for pediatric acute care.
An incredible in critical care concentration, but that requires one year of icy of experience in a pediatric setting but you can still apply. BSN MSN an we hold your spot until you go out finish, completing your work experience and then you can come back and complete your degree sometimes students will come back after 6 months in the workforce or a year and maybe do the program over 2. Three years part time or sometimes the work for 2. Three years straight 'cause. They want the work experience, then they come back and they'll finish their Masters.
There's so much flexibility when you hit that MSN stage and that DMP stage that it does allow you a lot of flexibility. If you wanted to move to New York or to Boston and work for a few years. You could we've had students. Go back to California work for a few years and then they come back and finish their degree here at Penn. So there's a lot of opportunities, there as well. But these are some of the benefits of completing the graduate program here at patent. The one thing that is also really different from some schools out there is that we allow you to change your MSN.
Specialty now there's no guarantee that you can switch your specialty into this new specialty, but you can request to change. Your not locked into your specialty at Penn. The only exception is nurse anesthesia you apply to the anesthesia program. But you for all the other programs. You can request the switch by meeting the program director interviewing with them and possibly giving them some additional.
Material possibly an updated statement and updated transcript and they might want to see some things before they officially accept you into the new program. But you can change your mind and many of our students change their mind. So the sample. BSN second degree or plan. A study program so this just shows you the first 18 months of the program where 5 semester program. It's summer fall spring summer fall. The nice thing about our accelerated program. We are 18 months, which is a little longer than some programs out there, but we give you breaks.
You do get a little bit of break so you're here for 9 weeks over the summer and then you add a wekaf you do 14 week fall semester and then have about 2 weeks off for winter break.
You have a spring break and you also get about 3 weeks off between spring and summer and about a month off between summer and fall so it allows you time to just recoup re energize kind of figure out what you just learned take that mental break that physical break and then be able to come back and start back up again.
Clinical placement so there are 7 Clinicals That our students do at Penn And if you look on the slide here. The high the course numbers that have an *** trick next to it. They are the ones that are clinical courses. So we do in OB rotation. Psych mental health pediatric. Med Surg Gerontology, an extension of men search with the general population community health and our leadership in complex systems.
Which is our capstone clinical where students can request where they'd like to spend that semester it's just a request. There's absolutely no guarantee everyone will get their first or second choice, but you do get to put first, second and 3rd choice, so that last semester. If you know you want to go into nurse anesthesia and you need to be in an ICU setting for your work experience it might be a good opportunity to request an ICU environment again no guarantee but you can request it. It depends every year. There's a slight difference difference in terms of what?
Is available in terms of clinical sites from year to year so you know the previous year we might have had a site in the Emergency Department Presbyterian Medical Center but this year. We don't. It's in a different hospital things like that, so things can change, but at least you have the opportunity to request for that last semester.
This was just some of the slight sites for RV SN. The first three listed there are part of the University of Pennsylvania health system so those of you who are not from Philly are from the area. The hospital University, Pennsylvania, which we call help for short is literally right next door to the nursing school is one of the Top hospitals in the country. It's where you'll definitely do well. Hopefully doing one of your Med surg rotations, either at Helper Presbyterian Presbyterian Medical Center, 6 blocks North of here.
Part of the pen health system as well, where a lot of our students will do their Med surg in Gerontology. Rotations there as well as their capstone. Pennsylvania hospitals actually the 1st hospital new US, but it's now part of affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania and it's in the downtown area and close to the Liberty Bell and will you do a variety of different sites there? We do have an inpatient psych unit we have our OB clinicals can be there as well as aerobic clinicals could be at hub, but those are our main health system hospitals.
We're also extremely fortunate to have the Children's Hospital, Philadelphia right next door to the nursing school. It's not affiliated to pen. It's independent but it's right next to its right here on campus, with us and it's the number to Children's Hospital in the country so great environment to be in in our pediatric rotations are always at shop.
We also use some suburban hospitals. Lang canals out in the suburbs. Bailey hospital are in the suburbs of Philadelphia. VA Medical Center is a site as well. That's only 3 blocks from us here in Philadelphia and we also have some community Sciences, while nursing home Hospice. Schools prisons clinics behavioral health centers. Libraries public health departments that community location is your community clinical which is always outpatient.
So these are just some of the sites that we have an opportunity to go to in the VSN portion of the program. Please note you are not required to have a car and you technically do not need a car you should be able to get all of our sites, with public transit biking walking etc.
Um alright so opportunities available.
Opportunities available for our accelerated students so the one thing that I always like to really mention to Penn to perspective. Students is you know one of the benefits.
One of the benefits of being a pen nursing student is that your first and foremost a University of Pennsylvania student you're part of this amazing wonderful University with all of these great opportunities that involve research that involves Top faculty and professors Top technology. But the nursing schools are pretty small school were only 1300 students from the BS end to the PhD you really get to know your faculty. The staff your cohort so you have the best of both worlds. You have a smaller community within the nursing school.
Where you can really learn and be supported but then you have the resources of a large University and resources that you would need in terms of you know, we have the tutoring center and the counseling center and writing center and Learning Resource Center Office of student. But these resources are really amazing. You have access to that. But you also have access to what's going on on campus. The interdisciplinary study between professors in research.
Combined in dual degree options as well. Working with other departments on campus. There's just so many wonderful things that I think it's probably one of the biggest positives of being here is that you have access to pen and all the resources pen offers but you're not you're part of the University. You're part of this smaller community within the nursing school so some of their opportunities that our students take advantage of we have a state of the art simulation lab here on campus in the nursing building. I will say our simulation lab.
Is impressive we were one of the first nursing schools to have a simulation lab in the 90s? I think it was, but it's really a part of your education here. Every clinical course. You complete here at Penn includes a lecture component. The clinical out in the hospital or community site and a lap component and you have to pass each one of them independently to pass the entire course. Research is also a big component of being just that pen. There's a lot of wonderful research going on not just at the University level, but at the health system level.
We're very fortunate to be next to Children's Hospital, which has a lot of its own research going on. If you have any interest in research. If there's something that you just want to be exposed to a little bit more. It's the perfect opportunity for students now with the accelerated 18 month, BSN Program, I will say that the BSN requires it is intense and you can have a part time job. We just ask that you wait till after.
So I'm looking after the summer and just try to keep your your commitment to 5 to 8 hours a week when you first start and just see how things go and see if you can increase your hours or if you need to decrease your hours but you just want to play it by ear and research is the perfect opportunity because you have flexibility within research student organizations. You can get involved on campus. Not only within the nursing school. We have so many student or exam campus, but we also some interdisciplinary student organizations as well.
One of the more popular ones are united community clinics, which is an Inter student run interdisciplinary clinic.
Our Interdisciplinary Student Run Clinic Annetts nursing students social work dental an Med students at a makeshift clinic in West. Philadelphia is pretty cool. We also have combined programs. We have MSN MPH Masters in public health Masters in bioethics. A Masters in Business Administration, or a Masters in law and you can do it while you're doing your MSN and you apply to it while you're in your BSN program. Then we have our sub matriculation option for RV S and 2nd degree students so all of those wonderful opportunities, I talked about.
For the BSN MSN students are second degrees have the same opportunities in the spring semester of the BSN. You can apply to any one of our graduate programs and we streamline it for you, we waive the application fee. You don't have to resubmit your Tran Scripps. We pull your old transcripts. You only have to submit one updated essay updated personal statement and of course, the application as well.
OK um next slide study abroad so this.
We tried the one thing that pen always tries to do is to give students as many opportunities as possible to take advantage of different things. Whether it's research going abroad doing clinical work. Whatever it is so study abroad is one thing that a lot of students who are interested in global health will consider these are some of the programs that are students have been able to attend of all the programs listed Botswana's the only one that has a clinical component to it, meaning you get community. Health clinical credit all the other ones are tide to a comparative Healthcare Systems Course.
And you go abroad for 2 weeks during the break time I also put pen global programs down at the bottom there. the University has its own global health care and study abroad programs. In some of them work very, very nicely with our accelerated student schedule and I think we've had students who could have gone to like chili or gonna through the pen global program and it had a health care nursing focus as well. The ones listed above are only for nursing students with nursing faculty.
OK, so these are some of the resources available here at the University as I mentioned before it's the best of both worlds. Huge University with all the resources but a nice small school that you can really feel supported in the first three things listed. There are part of the nursing resources. We have a great Office of student services. You can go to them and say, I know I want my Masters in windows help. I want to study abroad in Thailand and I'm going to take 2 years off in between and get some work done.
Um and get some RN experience you can talk to them about the resources on campus. I'm really struggling with this class. I think I just need a little bit more help can you help me figure out how to sign up for a tutor things like that faculty advisor everyones assigned a faculty advisor and everyone's assigned to peer advisor. The other things listed or just a snapshot of the University resources here at Ted.
Alright, I'm sorry I feel like I talk, too much so I did I did 36 minutes, so perfect so this is just kind of just giving you a snapshot of the admissions process. The requirements kind of what Pence looking for as well as telling you once your student here all the great things that you can take advantage of what you want to take advantage of I think it's what makes pen stand out are all of the resources and opportunities that you can do while you're here and this doesn't even address all of the opportunities available in the city of Philadelphia.
You know, I have we have students here who are really passionate about public health and I have a student who volunteers it with a needle exchange program in North Philly. I've had students have been involved with different food. Banks and homeless shelters and variety of different experiences within the city itself. The Women's Health clinics here in Philly, so you can really kind of decide what your experience is going to be In addition to preparing and studying and being in the nursing program. You also do have that opportunity to take advantage of other opportunities.
Both on campus and in the city.
Georgina VanNorden
03:37:55 PM
Is it possible to transfer into the BSN program if you are currently enrolled in a Pennsylvania BSN program and already have a non-nursing bachelors?
Syd Cheney
03:38:01 PM
Could you please mention the name of the makeshift, interdisciplinary clinic again?
Alright so I'm done feel free to send me your questions and I will read them and will just go through them so perfect.
Is it possible to transfer into the BSN program if you're currently enrolled in a Pennsylvania BSN and already have a non nursing bachelors. No, we do have a transfer program for our traditional students who have those who do not have a bachelors degree, but have bachelors level credits can transfer. We don't transfer into the Accelerated Program, I'm sorry.
Jamillah Millner
03:38:39 PM
Will a copy of these slides be provided to us?
Oh yeah can you please mention the name of the makeshift interdisciplinary clinic? Yes, it's called the UCC it stands for the United Community clinic here in Philly, and if you Google. If you put it in the search engine up pen. It should pop up and it is one of the more popular ones with their a second degree accelerated students.
Sierra McSeed
03:38:47 PM
Are scholarship and grants available for the program?
Rebeca Teves
03:38:49 PM
If you apply to the BSN/MSN program is the financial aid for the BSN portion considered under graduate loans or undergraduate loans?
Yes, great question, yeah, we were going to share the slide with you were actually going to share the whole recording with you so in 3 days. I think it's 3 calendar days. It might be 3 business days. But by Friday. You will get a link and you'll be able to go on click on the link and see the power point presentation again look at the slides again as well as the Q&A again.
Jamillah Millner
03:39:15 PM
Good Question Rebeca!
Laura Alexandre
03:39:16 PM
You mentioned that it's important to obtain good grades in the A&P courses. I am currently taking A&P I now and will be taking A&P II next year in the spring. Being that the application deadline is before the end of the semester, will you guys request my transcript later on?
Mary Pat Beavers
03:39:16 PM
If I don't graduate until end of Summer 2020, do i need to wait a whole year to start?
Are scholarships and grants available for the program? Yes. They are available for the program. But I'm not going to sugarcoat it, I will say.
Sandra Manhan
03:39:34 PM
After completing the accelerated BSN program, is it possible to do a MSN-PhD degree?
It is a very loan heavy program so we do our best are very, very best to help students fun. This with grant with scholarship and of course outside loans as well so in terms of grant pen offers anywhere from 0 to $40,000 in grant funding for the BSN portion of the program.
But it is a need based grant so it's based on financial need. We also offer an accelerated scholarship, which is not based on need based on your application.
Kendyl Mull
03:39:53 PM
When should we apply for FAFSA for BSN/MSN program?
And not scholarship can be anywhere from 0 to $25,000 for the BSN portion you're also eligible for some federal loans, an then.
Anything that's left over would probably require alternative loans as well.
But the nice thing is that UM.
Laura Alexandre
03:40:14 PM
How do you apply for those scholarships?
The nice thing about the the way we do the processes that one students are admitted in early February. You don't have to deposit until you have a financial aid package in a plan of study so that you can really evaluate what is it that you are?
Going to be what can you afford? What kind of 8? Are you getting? How is this going to work and then we have a wonderful financial aid office that works with you as well?
Nolan Lea
03:40:40 PM
I took A&P in 2012, would they still be accepted. or do they need to be retaken?
If you apply to the BSN MSN program is the financial aid for the BSN portion considered undergraduate loans. Yeah, graduate or undergraduate loans. Great question so they're considered undergraduate for the BSN program so you're only eligible for.
The federal direct loans for undergrad.
Once you hit the Amazon you're eligible for the graduate direct loans, plus the graduate plus loans as well.
You mentioned that's important to obtain good grades and amp courses. I'm currently taking amp and will be taking Part 2 in the spring.
Since the application deadline is before the end of the semester will you guys request my transcript later on yes so this is what you want to do this is for? Laura you wanna send us your final unofficial. It can totally be an official via email. You can send it to me directly as well as admissions at nursing.upenn.edu click on that slide.
Uhm you can send it directly to me or to admissions at nursing an will upload the updated.
Great you want to let us know that what your final fall grades are if you haven't completed amp yet.
Sierra McSeed
03:41:59 PM
If I took 1 required course abroad (microbio with lab) would you need WES transcript?
Cally Cochran
03:42:10 PM
What if you are completing all of your prerequisites after the application deadline?
If I don't graduate until end of summer 2020 do I need to wait a whole year to start Unfortunately? Yes. As of right now. The program is scheduled to begin June 8th 2020 that could that change of course, but you have to have a degree. So it kind of depends some schools in a weird way like let's say they finish early May. But you have to take like a summer one section course it ends June 10th.
Nicole Kye
03:42:22 PM
I am a senior in hs, what are the more popular path options for prospect undergrad nursing students?
But your degree is not confirmed until August. We can work with you in terms of a Dean can write us a lot are saying, You've met all the requirements, but if you're taking classes through August or into August. You can't start the program.
Rebeca Teves
03:42:47 PM
Since the BSN/MSN program is geared towards people who have bachelors degrees already how do people pay for tuition and living expenses for the BSN portion if they already took out the undergraduate loan limit amount? Private loans?
After completing the accelerated BSN program is it possible to do a VNSM. PhD Yes, definitely definitely so you could do it. A couple of different ways. You could come in as a BSN MSN student and apply.
Luke Anderson
03:42:55 PM
Does Penn offer an accelerated MSN program for current nursing students? I am a current junior nursing student, so taking the 18-month BSN program will not be necessary for me.
Georgina VanNorden
03:43:09 PM
If i graduate from a separate BSN program, and I want to apply to the Critical Care PNP program, when should I apply? Especially considering the required work experience. You mentioned they can hold a place while you get your experience?
Kendyl Mull
03:43:17 PM
Some of my unofficial transcripts from community colleges don't list on the transcript which institution it is coming from. If I upload it to the appropriate institution's slot on the application, will that be okay?
And then while you're finishing your MSN you can apply to the PhD program because the MSN if you're looking for a clinical master so if you want to be a nurse practitioner midwife. You have to do the MSN first so you would apply to the PhD while you're in the MSN. The other option is if you know you want the PhD. You could do our hellman BSN to PhD finish that program 'cause. It's condensed. It's kind of all together and it has a scholarship attached to it, you can then do a post graduate level.
Zoerina Ledwidge
03:43:22 PM
When would I claim a Nurse-Midwifery track?
MSN to get the certification to become a nurse practitioner or nurse midwife.
After completing the when should we apply for fast buffer BS and add some programs, yeah, so you're going to apply for the fast. But I want to say you apply this fall and we have, like a December 15th deadline, So what will happen is after October 15th will send out an email just letting students to know how to apply but it's basically you submit the fast club and you submit your taxes and W choose from 20.
OK, How do you play for those scholarships so the accelerated nursing scholarship you don't apply for it's completely based off your application because every scholarship is slightly different in terms of.
Kesean Norris
03:44:32 PM
I'm currently taking some pre requisites but was in a graduate program previously, do I need to submit those grades? The classes are unrelated to nursing.
This is just slightly different you know, one might be based on leadership. Another one might be based on geography population. You want to work with things like that, so there's these random little ones that we have, but we will have other scholarships.
Possibly once you're a student here and that's when you would apply for those.
I took amp 2 in 2012 with these so we would still be accepted or do you need to retake it so this is for Nolan so I? what I would say is send an email to us.
If you did, you take if you took both amp one in 2 in 2012. We may recommend you take another class because you'll be 8 years out. But if you took amp one in 2. In 2012, but then you are a human Physiology. Major and you have a lot of background in the knowledge or in the field, then we can make an exception so I would just send us an email. Just kind of this a little bit more information of when you took the classes where you took them. What your major was and if you have any other courses related to the fields.
Nolan Lea
03:45:28 PM
thank you!
But if it was literally took both of 'em in 2012. I would probably recommend you either take a human Physiology course now. You don't have to take both of them again. But you just take one of them again and human Physiology is probably a better option or anatomy and Physiology. Part 2, which tends to be more Physiology based on anatomy based.
Zoerina Ledwidge
03:45:49 PM
which online prereq courses would you recommend?
If I took one required course abroad micro with lab would you need a Wes transcript at this point I don't think we need an evaluation if you're able to send us. The transcript and we can note from it. The school University attacked you attended how many credits the grade and the title of the course. I think you're fine if it's just one course. I don't think you'll need to have it evaluated if you're completing all of your prerequisite courses. What if you're completely or prerequisite courses after the application deadline so.
If that is the case it depends right so if you have. You know if your science background and you have a lot of science courses. Even if it's not the specific ones. That's fine. If you're a non science major or you in the humanities and liberal arts or art history. Major you want to make sure we get your final fall grades so by that point you'll have half of the Prereqs completed by the time we go to committee in January, which will be helpful.
So you want to just make sure that you reach out to us and give us your information.
Kendyl Mull
03:46:53 PM
How many students are typically accepted to the psychiatric specialty in the BSN/MSN program?
Um Nicole I'm a senior in high school one of the most popular path options for perspective. Undergrads nursing students high nickel, so it depends everyone does something different. Everyone all of our undergraduate students who come in have different plans just so you know the plan of study that I was talking about in this presentation is not for undergrads. Undergrads are here for 4 full years and it's a whole different plan of study. But if you want to email me, I'll send you some more information about our undergraduate program.
But I would say a lot of our students are interested in Pediatrics. Women's Health midwifery family. Like public health, but it can change. We have a lot of students that come in thinking they're going to be interested in peas and then they go into the ICU in a gerontology floor. So it really just depends and it changes.
Um since the BSN MSN program is geared towards people who have bachelors degrees already. How do people pay for tuition and living expenses for the BS and if they took out undergraduate loan limit amounts private loans. Correct so we're back of your correct so students who if you maxed out on your undergraduate loans.
You would take an alternative loan or a private loan where you may need a cosigner depending on your.
Depending on your credit score and your work history. So, yes, the majority of our students do have to take some sort of alternative long.
Depend offer an accelerated MSN program for current nursing students. I'm a current June Junior Nursing. Students are taking the 18 month program on that. Oh my gosh. Of course, so if you're already a BSN student. You can apply to any one of those graduates specialties that I mentioned that let me see if I can go back to the slide.
So you can apply to any one of these specialties right here. All the nurse practitioner tracks nurse midwifery nurse anesthesia at leadership in admin. But if you're a new grad and you don't have work experience you probably don't want to apply for acute care pieds or adult.
Anesthesia or neonatal as it has a work experience requirement, so you would want to have at least 6 months to 8 months under your belt before you apply so that by the time you start you have that full year to 2 years under your belt, depending on the program.
To spend offer an accelerated MSN program for current nursing students. I'm only I read that one already sorry any glasses. If I graduate from a separate at VSN program. and I want to apply to the critical care PNP program. When should I apply specially considering the required work experience, yeah, so if you're doing a BSN program elsewhere. You can apply to the peace, acute care. NP program until you're actually working so if you're interested in the critical care. You would want to be at least in the ICU.
Nicole Kye
03:49:58 PM
Will do!
For good 6 months because you end up applying about a year before. You would want to start so are Masters program deadlines are November, 1st but then again. It depends if you're in Philadelphia and you're working at Children's Hospital, Philadelphia. You could do one year. Part time and take all the non clinical courses, while you're finishing your work experience so you could apply part time after you've been there 6 months and start 6 months later. It just really depends when you have your work experience.
Now so it's hard to say, but the acute care in critical care programs in neonatal anesthesia. You wanna be in the workforce. If you're not currently at Penn and doing some matriculation right are are Penn. Students can some matriculate but if you're in a different BSN program. You can't some matriculate into our program so you want to make sure you're in the workforce prior to applying to those that require work experience.
Some of my unofficial transcript from community colleges don't list on the transcript, which institution is coming from if I upload it to the appropriate institutions will that be OK.
Mary Pat Beavers
03:50:42 PM
if i took Anatomy 1 without lab, and Anatomy 2 with lab (got an A), do I need to take Anatomy 1 (again) this time WITH lab?
I would see if you if that Community College if you're able to log back into the system to print out. A copy that maybe has the name on it or the website or something.
It should be fine, but it depends like how.
How it looks if it looks you know?
Somewhat somewhat that it's unofficial, but looks like an official or if it's kind of one of those that looks like it's typed up so it would really just depend if you can get something with the name of the school I think it's better, but will reach out to you if we need something from you so.
When would I claim a nurse midwifery track so you can actually claim it right now, so if you are applying to our accelerated program. You know you want to be a midwife. You would apply to RBS and MSN program for nurse midwifery and pick that specialty and then you could just come in finish the BSM and then go right into the midwifery program because it doesn't require work experience.
That being said, if you are not sure about midwifery. You can come into RBS and 2nd degree program and then in the spring semester of the BSN you can apply to some matriculate into the midwifery program and then go from there, so it really just depends if your 100%. Sure, I would apply right now to the nursery. Clifford if your ad to 100% sure of the specialty I would apply BSN MSN.
Laura Alexandre
03:52:32 PM
I am not from PA and wanted to know if you could repeat the breaks that we get between the semesters and how long they are?
Jamillah Millner
03:52:34 PM
Does the Women's Health track for the MSN portion require work experience?
I'm currently taking some prerequisites, but was in a graduate program previously do I need to submit those grades that causes are unrelated to nursing. I would definitely submit if you were in a graduate program or if you were just randomly taking graduate courses because it also addressed that time frame when you were in grad school because that's something that we also look at in the admissions office is from the date of undergraduate graduation. What have you been doing in are there any gaps so we would want to know that you were?
Taking grad courses for that 6 month period or a year period.
Elizabeth Cline
03:52:45 PM
I took Biostatistics at Temple University, will this count for the Statistics prerequisite?
Um, which online prereq courses would you recommend so technically you can take any of our prerequisite courses from any accredited college or University including online programs we've had students complete on line courses at Portage learning. We've had students complete online courses at University of New England University of Rochester has online program but also local community colleges will offer online courses. So it's wherever you can find them just make sure it's in accredited program.
Make sure there's virtual labs for all of the science horses.
How many students are typically accepted to the psychiatric specialty in the BSN MSN program great question I don't really know.
'Cause. It changes from year to year I will say Psychos really.
Zoerina Ledwidge
03:53:35 PM
thank you!
Grown in terms of popularity you know 10 years ago, I think we'd have like 10 people to the psych NP. An maybe 4 if I would come in and now we're getting 35 to 45 applications. I think last year. We hit like 50 for the first time of BSN MSN in Psych. It really depends and it depends on the applicant pool, so sometimes will have applicants that are really strong within a specific specialty and will end up admitting more of them over. Another specialty because the actual applications.
Applicant is stronger in the one program.
So I couldn't tell you, um, you know.
When evaluating our BSN MSN numbers, I would say every program is probably between.
12 per specialty, you know, we have 1213 different specialties. But that can change some years we have a little bit more. In one than the other, but it's usually an even split about 50% or second degree in about 50% or BSN MSN across all of those specialties.
If I took anatomy 1 without lab in Anatomy, too, with lab gotten any do I need to take anatomy, one again this time o'clock?
Um that's a great question.
If you if if you took anatomy and Physiology Part 1 without a lab.
You may need the lab if you took 2 different anatomy courses. You don't need to retake the Anatomy Lab.
I see how I'm not some PA wanted to know if you could repeat the the brakes that we get between the semesters, and how long they are of course, now Please note. This can change because you know everything faculty can change things can change, but right now students start June 2nd week of June and the 2nd Friday. Usually, 2nd Friday of August that 2nd week of August. You finish the summer session. You have about 5 days off between summer and fall come back at the end of August and you and you finish the fall semester around December, 22nd or so and then you come back around.
January 11th so winter break, is you know that December 23rd 24th through like January, 10th time frame.
Of course, those dates can change slightly because I don't have the calendar in front of me. Then you come back for the spring semester. In January, you get spring break, which is usually the 2nd or 3rd week of March and then all of our students and classes at the end of April and have about 2 to 3 weeks off in early May before they come back for the fall semester and then you gradually.
Uh because the Women's Health check for the MSN portion require work experience no no. Ali the acute care oncology critical care. Neonatal nurse anesthesia all require work experience, but I will say faculty can strongly recommend that you go into the workforce. It could be a combination of evaluating your clinical grades looking at your clinical evaluations meetings. You've had with your program director. There may be a time where they say you know what I think you will benefit from work experience.
Georgina VanNorden
03:56:43 PM
When does Admissions meet for the NP programs if the application deadline is November?
But technically there's no work experience for Women's Health.
Rose Puntel
03:57:03 PM
Do you know the average loan amount students graduate with from either the ABSN or the ABSN-MSN?
I took a bio stats class at temple with discount for statistics. Yes, Biostatistics will count bio stats business staff. Social stats accounts. When does admissions meet for the NP programs of the application deadline is November. It depends on when you want to start the program So what will happen is November, 1st is our deadline for most of our Masters programs. If you wanted to start part time in the spring. Give me one of the first ones to be notified probably by early December.
If you are full time summer you'll probably be notified around February or so and if your full time fall. It'll probably be March into April. But by April. All decisions will be posted so really depends when you're starting and special team if your full time or part time. But I think we have a chart online that gives you the timeline.
That's a great question so the question is, do you know the average loan amount of students that graduate with either the a BSN or the abs and MSN that's a great question. It's so funny. 'cause I'm actually working on that right now. I've reached out to financial aid. 'cause I kinda wanted to have an idea. I want to say. I don't think I can do. The ABS on MSN just because everyone does their Masters in so many different ways. Some go part time. They get tuition benefits from their employer. Some go full time, which is a holding to get some aid from Penn.
Georgina VanNorden
03:58:19 PM
Can you start part-time and switch to full-time?
Rose Puntel
03:58:20 PM
Thanks, will do!
It really just depends but I will say I can. I'm going to get that abs and number so feel free to email me? Maybe in like 10 days or so I should have the answer from soon financial services. I have a feeling it's pretty high. But hopefully we can find out for you guys.
OK so Georgianna wants to know can you start part time and switch to full time? Yes, for the MSN for certain MSN programs you cannot be accelerated BSN portion is so difficult to do part time.
In 15 years that we've had that program well in 15 years that I've been here for that program. I've had one person truly complete that program on a part time basis at another student try. But it just took forever could take a leave of absence is 'cause of work. So it's not guaranteed at the MSN level. Yes, but you have to really have a good conversation with the program directory. You want to tell them like I'm going to do about a year year and a half part time finish all the non clinical courses and then I want to go full time and finish my Masters that last year.
Almaas Alam
03:59:16 PM
What are the job outcomes of graduates from the absn/msn programs? Does this school recommend students work as a BSN/RN before working as an advanced practice registered nurse?
Full time doing clinicals so you want to have that conversation.
Georgina VanNorden
03:59:18 PM
Thank you!!!
Zoerina Ledwidge
03:59:22 PM
when can I apply to the DNP program?
What are the job outcomes of graduates for the a BSN MSN program? Does the school recommend students work as a BSN RN before working as an advanced practice registered nurse so.
Cally Cochran
03:59:59 PM
how Long does the ABSN-DNP program take?
The job outcomes, so for those are graduating from the art a BSN program. The job outcomes are great. You're in RN with anything. There's very cyclical concerns or across the country so like for a long time, like the Boston area was very, very difficult for new graduates to find a job. I think that's lightened up San Francisco. I think is still very, very difficult for new grads with no work experience to find an RN job.
So, in general, I would say this is anecdotal information. We do have a survey that goes out, but not everyone completes our survey that graduates from our program but anecdotally from students that I've heard I'd say within 3 to 6 months. Those looking for a job as an RN have a job as an RN as a new graduate working and most of them are working in those large teaching hospital environments. The MSN I think our students have been very, very successful in finding positions as nurse practitioners. There's a huge need for nurse practitioners, there's huge.
Laura Alexandre
04:00:42 PM
Would you recommend working while in the BSN program?
You know, and it depends on the specialty right. It depends where you want to work and if you're going to a specific area and you wanna work in a specific hospital under specific setting that could be a little bit more difficult, but I will say there's such a wonderful network here at Penn. You're going to get to know you at the clinical instructors in your a BSN program. They work at the health systems that you may want to work in if you stay in Philadelphia. But even if you don't stay in Philadelphia. They a lot of undergraduate server programs and they know students from all over the country.
Mary Pat Beavers
04:01:14 PM
Once you get the BSN, can you stay at Penn and work toward earning the Nurse Practitioner degree, or do you have to work in the filed first before starting NP program
Rebeca Teves
04:01:25 PM
Do you help the students get a job to get the required work experience to finish the MSN portion for the tracks that require the experience first?
And they're just a wonderful resource to network and to determine where you want to spend your time and see if they can give you those connections and at the MSN level. The program directores are amazing so many of 'em are in touch with so many of their graduates. They know where they are there are great tool to say like when I finish my MSN in family. I want to go back to Seattle and I went to work in this environment do you know any one out of 10 times they know somebody in Seattle, so the network that you have in terms of alumni.
Is really really strong here at pine you're talking over 14,000 alumni alumna from Penn nursing all over the country in the world.
In terms of working before the MSN. It's completely up to you. I will say students who don't have just general work experience like life work experience.
The program directors will tend to recommend that you work, but if you've been working in research. As a clinical research coordinator and you have a work experience you know work history of 5 years chances are they're probably not going to ask you to go work as an RN it really depends on the student.
And I will I promise you that students. I think internally really know if they need to work or wanna work and don't really need the faculty to let them know so we'll have students who come in and their gun home. I'm going straight through I'm not taking timeoff. This is what I'm doing and then there in there and they realize like I really love this nursing thing. I'm not sure this specialty. I want to take some time I want to enjoy myself or I just want to learn a little bit more. So I'm more confident in the MSN so it's definitely a personal choice.
When can I apply to the DMP program so at Penn. You can apply to the DMP program. If you're doing nurse anesthesia directly from the BS.
Right as a sub matriculate eed student now. If you have a Masters degree as a nurse practitioner or nurse midwife, you would apply to the DMP after you're in the MSN so while you're in the MSN you can apply. We're working on the sub matriculation option for the DMP, but you would right now. You would, in the middle of your MSN towards the end of your MSN you would apply to the DMP the DMP will be exclusively online.
And can be completed part time over 2 years.
How long does the ABSNDDMP program take it really depends on the specialty that you choose but let's say 18 months for the BSN. If you do a nurse practitioner track the longest it would be would be another 16 months and then 12 months for the DMP.
OK could be answered if you would recommend while in the working wallet. Oh would you recommend working well in the BSN program? Honestly, I think you have to know yourself. I think their students who know they can't work because it's just it's just doesn't work for them. They are not able to they want to maybe spend more time at their job or they feel like they're torn and then their students who need it. They need the break, they need to just kind of step away from the everyday program life and do maybe 5 or 8 hours a week.
That's why I recommend starting really low. I think you'll know if you wanna work. A lot of our students are just really passionate about specific things so for them. Yes, it's a job you're getting paid, but it's also like I really want to work in this field. I really want to do this research with this faculty and they have a position and I'm going to do it, so there's really no right or wrong answer I would say about 50% have some sort of part time job and 50% of our students do not work at all.
Once you get the BSN can you say a pen and work towards earning the nurse practitioner degree or do you have to work in the field first before starting the NP great question. It just depends on the special to you choose if you choose acute care.
Oncology neonatal nursing a seizure you have to go into the workforce. You can't go into the Masters. If you do any the primary care programs. You can go straight through Please note there is a natural break between the BSNN the MSN programs for those that are primary care.
Because you have to be a licensed are end to have to take the end clicks so there's usually a semester break.
Sandra Manhan
04:05:30 PM
How does housing work? Does the university have graduate housing or do you students live off-campus
Do you have the students get a job for the work experience requirement to finish the MSN portion?
Jamillah Millner
04:05:48 PM
What is the NCLEX pass rate for Penn nursing students?
We had a career services center that definitely helps students that are looking for a job. But I will say the majority of our students who end up needing to work. They work with the faculty. The program director of the specialty. They create create great relationships with clinical instructors that they've effect in different floors in different hospitals. Well, they've been here for 18 months. So it really turns out to be like that networking experience. But we don't find the job for you. We will do anything we can to help you find that job but we don't?
How does housing work does the University of graduate housing or do students live off campus great questions so it's up to the students. I will say out of a class of 90 students, 85 will live off campus. The majority of our students live off campus. They love you. There, in Center City, Philadelphia or they live in West Philly, which is the community West of campus.
We do offer graduate housing in our accelerated students can live in grad housing and they have a variety of different options singles doubles triples things like that, so you can request a living crowd housing and you could do grad housing just for a year until you get to know the city and then find off campus living. I think a lot of our students live off campus for 2 reasons. One financially it can sometimes be cheaper. Phillies, a pretty reasonably priced city used to be more reasonably priced when less people lived here, but now everybody's moving here, so it's getting a little hot.
It's getting a little hard to find extremely reasonable, but you can find reasonable housing when compared to other major cities.
The you know just having your own space your amenities things like that. Sometimes it's just it's just a better fit.
What is the N Plex pass rate for Penn Nursing Students? We as a school we are in the mid 90s for our pass rate our accelerated students are in the high 90s. I think our pass rate is probably like 98% or 97% for our accelerated. Students who take the end clicks as December graduates.
Jamillah Millner
04:07:41 PM
Awesome
Luke Anderson
04:07:55 PM
Thank you for the webinar!
I'm just going to put the email back up here. So if you guys have any questions and again. This is recorded so you can go back and review. Some of the slides and ask any questions that you review. Some of the questions as well. You can email us if things come up again.
Uhm you know, and hopefully many of you are applying for this coming year. An we will be able to work with you as you go through the admissions process for definitely available to assist in any way that we can.
Any other questions before we?
Emily Mugno
04:08:34 PM
This was awesome thank you so much! Have a great day everyone!
Zoerina Ledwidge
04:08:38 PM
thank for the webinar!
Sandra Manhan
04:08:40 PM
Thank you!
Jamillah Millner
04:08:43 PM
Thanks
Almaas Alam
04:08:44 PM
Thank you so much for the helpful info! :)
Rose Puntel
04:08:46 PM
thanks! :)
Sounds good. Thank you for logging a great my pleasure. I'm glad this was helpful. I know it's a lot of information and it can be very confusing 'cause. There's so many different schools out there and everybody is everyone does something different. I will say the good news is no matter what path you choose. You can't go wrong. You'll be able to work as an RN you'll be able to work as a nurse practitioner as a nurse midwife with all of these different various programs so but definitely feel free to reach out to us as you.
Filomena Circelli
04:09:06 PM
Thank you!!
Are going through the process of things come up and you have any questions?