san diego kaplan

Hello, Cutie is correct in that you have to pass each semester with a 75% average. Also, that if you fail a semester you have to pay to retake it. realistically though, I don't know of any school where you can retake a class for free. To me, school is school, whether it is a community college, state/university, or private post secondary education. these classes transfer to kaplan university and university of phoenix. That shouldn't even be an issue.

Cutie started in the old quarter curriculum. Everyone that i've spoken to in the ADN program agree the structure and grouping of classes is awkward and confusing. I am, and everyone after me will be in a new semester program. the class breakdown and schedule is well organized, straight forward and easy to follow.
When Cutie stated that all RN programs are impacted, she is totally correct, even national university. you have to apply for the following year at national and you have to pay more out of pocket. kaplan is becoming that way too. only the top 45 are accepted per semester.

bottom line, how long do you want to wait? I was like Cutie, i thought to myself, "the sooner i got in, the sooner i finish". It's all on how you make of it. Im not representing kaplan college, i just don't want you to research forever and not end up anywhere. everyone is going to have an opinion because our situations are different. my educational experience at kaplan is different from Cutie's. To me, an RN license is an RN license.

Just to be clear, I understand if you fail a class that you have to retake it in order to proceed. In any other circumstance, I would just pay for the class without a complaint. The problem here is that if more than half the class isn't passing, there's an issue with the layout of the schedule and/or the instructor. The director confirmed that they know it's a problem yesterday and told me it something they are working on but it takes time. So in the meantime, students are having to pay for the school to work out the bugs in the program. Some students were kicked out of the program yesterday because of this. That is what I'm upset about.

Also I did not start as a quarter student, I started as a semester student and I am in the semester program and it still has issues. I started last Sept. into the 2nd semester because I had so many classes transferred over, I see from your previous post that you are in second semester and probably have a certain instructor ...that class was a walk in the park and it has an awesome instructor. I think he's my favorite instructor so far. Actually everyone in your first two semesters there are pretty good...no complaints there so I can see where you're coming from. Fourth semester (technically 3rd for us) is what I'm talking about...I hope when you get into it they've fixed everything. The instructor is inexperienced and they have her teaching an accelerated course. This is a 5 unit course (usually taught in 16 weeks, being taught in 8). It's an insane amount of material to cover in all fairness but then it taught by an instructor that has little experience and no respect for students. On top of all that she can be sarcastic and mean at times. These issues have been discussed w/ the director and she's told us that things will be different and the instructor will be addressed (she told last semster students the same thing). So nothing changes and I have to pay to retake the same class, in the same format w/ the same instructor. It's just not right.

Regarding National though, I have heard they have a BSN program. Yes it's a little bit more and I think it may be 2-3 months more but you would have your BSN. Besides if you retake a class at Kaplan (which seems to happen all too often) you've then spent more time and money anyways but you still get an ADN (if you make it through). I don't know though, all I'm saying is check them out.

Bottom line, I just really regret not going elsewhere and when I was researching this school (which is hard to do btw because there isn't much online, you pretty much have to call or set up an appointment with a *counselor* to get anywhere) I came across this website as one of the only places that I could get feedback on this program. It was all pretty positive and led me to make the decision to go to Kaplan. This is why I think it's important to let potential students know both sides of the story so that they can make an informed decision. Yes an RN license is an RN license, we all sit on the same boards but that's only if can make it through the program. I think it's terrible that some students walked away yesterday with nothing but a ton of debt. These students were not slackers. I am not a slacker (I got a B in med surg 1 and Pharm. last semester), I worked really hard but still I failed but I don't feel so much like I failed the class, I feel like the program has failed us as students. Just my