Dilemma: Accepted to BHSN and GWCC (Gateway Community College)

Hey there! I'm in the same boat but for BHSN and NCC, living in Stratford. I would send the letter back to Gateway to buy you some more time, you can always withdraw later and they will just give your seat to someone else.

I am going to wait for my financial aid letter, then decide. I have heard good about both. Good Luck, maybe I"ll be seeing you.

Both of you! Stay away from Gateway Technical College. I am in there 3rd semester. Most teachers are horrible! They don't teach but read powerpoints, the ones that you can print at home and read for yourself. I pay for my classes and waste time at school learning everything by myself at home. They weed out students like crazy and boast high % on NCLEX pass. Arrogant, never give you a credit for proving them wrong-they are always right! They also have master's degree's and when write make unforgivable spelling mistakes. I know so many students who failed classes and have NO desire to continue nursing in that school, at least until the teachers get replaced. Teachers there need to be reeducated (nursing instructors). I have a class where you have to read 3 diferent books, + powerpoint and take lecture notes, you come to the test or exam and you know MOST of these questions are not from the material you read! That's why so many students fail. If you go to the dean as many did (a whole class did I was told by a friend), he would just listen to you and do NOTHING! That's how horrible nursing program at GTC is! Teachers protect each other, and blame students for working too much, having a big family, spending not enough time studying, etc for failures. There are several ridiculous rules/education strategies they employ not worth mentioning here. Some of them treat you as a kid or inferior to them just becuase they have master's degree and spell wrong, and don't explain the rationale behind abdominal cramping or nausea or why you should be checking for lung sounds when infusing NCl 3% etc. They just don't know how to teach! It's a self-taught nursing program with high flunking rates and no support whatsoever! Some teachers lift you up and prod and push you forward and offer help without asking, and explain, and draw diagrams, boost you self-esteem level during class and boast you==that's how you get your strength and get encouraged to study harder and know more! At Gateway Technical College -- there is no such thing! Stay far away!

we were told last night that they have a 98.3% passing rate. They say they want to help you on every test and quiz and give you plenty of resources to do that. Are they lying? No one failed out last semester. How many have failed out of your class? My friend at NVCC has lost 30 so far out of 130. Are you under the new community college cirriculum or the old? When the instructors don't give rationales for things do people keep asking until its answered or no? Which class has the 3 books? I was impressed by the orientation but now.... please explain a little about the strategies that are ridiculous just curious if they're the same they said last night.

Hi Matt..,
Sorry, my reply got routed to a different college. The one I discussed is GTC (Gateway Technical College in Kenosha, WI).

So since this is months later, which did you choose and why and are you happy with that decision so far?

I don't know much about Gateway, but BHSN is fantastic. You see patients the first week of school.
Good luck with your decision.