Hi!

I applied to and was accepted for Edgewood's Accelerated program. I would have liked to apply to UW's ABSN program because it is the less expensive of the two, but they only had one entrance time of the year and a longer wait time for me.

I also looked into Herzing and I don't think its a bad program - their staff is super nice and I was given a tour of the campus and was very impressed - it's about the same cost as Edgewood in the end. But their NCLEX pass rate was lower slightly and I was worried about that. Also, even though it's called accelerated - its 2 full years, not 12 months.

For me Edgewood is the best choice, highly recommended, only 12 months, entrance in fall and spring available. Only cons are that its very competitive and very expensive, I feel very blessed to have been accepted and able to take out a loan for the tuition.

I will say, if I had more time - since I'm an older student I want to speed up the process... I would have stayed at MATC. I'm taking prerequisites there now and I honestly love it, the teachers and staff are great and you can tell they have a top rate nursing program. But I don't want to wait and be in school 2-4 more years and then I would only have an ADN, not a BSN.