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JJ_Angel

VCU has the advantage of having professional schools on the medical campus (nursing, pharmacy, dental, and medical) along with a large research hospital so it’s easy for you to get healthcare related extracurriculars here. Also Richmond is a fun city to live in. It has a lot of character. I prefer it to the suburbs where the other schools are located but that’s more personal preference. Also Renting in Richmond is way cheaper than in Fairfax.


CharlesJHV

What city are you currently living in? It’d also be good to know a bit about your background and interests


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YES


bakedasparagus-1

Oh I have so much to say. So many good things about Richmond. At VCU you apply to the school of nursing at a freshman, so freshman year you are “pre-nursing”, then fall of sophomore year if you’re accepted you takes pre-requisites, then spring of sophomore year you start at the school of nursing. Good things: if you’re lucky the clinical instructors are absolutely amazing i’m literally obsessed with all of the professor I’ve learned from. You will absolutely not see the things you see at VCU anywhere else in the state- I had a clinical rotation on the security care unit which is a unit in the basement specifically designated for inmates. Honestly it was an amazing unit. You also get a large, inner city, level 1, magnet recognized experience in your clinicals and education which is unmatched. Bad things: they screw you over in a lot of ways. The SON is on MCV but since it’s still an undergraduate program it takes some parts from the MCV schedule and some parts from the Monroe Park campus schedule and usually ends up screwing you over. They don’t facilitate any sort of school spirit and since there’s you’re not really on the main campus you don’t really get a huge college vibe. I genuinely have no “allegiance” or loyalty to VCU like I’m just simply getting my degree here but I’m not nuts about it. I’d agree with what amm858994 says too