New Grad looking for advice

Who knows how much this school cost per credit or how much it costs at all? Im in RN program and Im taking some classes on line.Any advise where to find cheap internet.The places I called wants $50-60 per month

AM confused and need advice please. I am looking to possibly attend Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico this November
I just got off the phone with NYS Board of Education office of the Professions. Anyway, they seemed to indicate that I should be weary of schools outside the US even though I reminded them that PR is an American Territory. They were telling me of several student graduates from PR who could not get jobs in the US. Am I going to have a problem? Anyone have any advice or experience they can share with me? thanks so much.

kasia13b - the cost per credit hour is around $170 PER HOUR. It is very expensive IMO. I paid around $80 at the community college in Orlando, FL. Plus there are other fees. My husband took 12 credit hours this trimester and I think the cost was $2,200 or something like that. As far as internet, there are only a few options. DMAX is DSL and is around $50 a month. That's what we have. The other companies are about the same. Centennial and Liberty are two other choices.

diamondgirl - You should have no problem getting your license if you graduate from Interamericana. As for starting in November, you will only be able to take general education classes during that time because the nursing program only starts once a year, in August. Well, that's for the Bachelor's degree in the English trimester program. I don't know if they have other programs that start in November. I'm painfully aware of that fact because they took over a MONTH to transfer my credits from my degree in Florida, and by then the August trimester had already started. So now I have to wait a whole year to start.

Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico:
Thanks Designer-Mommy! I was under the impression I might be able to start in clinicals in November...its very difficult to get clear answers over in PR. Not sure why everything is so slow..either understaffed or cultural differences. I have spoken with a wonderful woman over there. She is very helpful and on the ball.

Anyway, NYSOP implied that hospitals really care about where you graduate from and that it would be more difficult to get a job in NYS when graduating in PR. Has anyone graduated from there or know someone who has and gotten hired in a good NYC hospital?

I can see how hospitals might be picky about that. It's weird though, because there must be a high demand for bilingual nurses in NYC! I was just talking to a nurse about a month ago and she said that they still recruit heavily over here. She said that every week there are tons of "relocate to the United States" type of ads in the newspaper. She said if her mom wasn't here she would move to the US for sure. They pay CRAP here in Puerto Rico. My husband's cousin has been working in the same place for 25 years, she has a Master's degree and is in management, and she makes $14 an hour. Yes...Master's degree, 25 years, FOURTEEN DOLLARS. Wow.

I'd like to hear from others that have graduated from Interamericana and moved back to the states too. My best friend said that there are about 5 optometrists at her job that graduated from Interamericana's School of Optometry. So, the school has a pretty good rep over there in Orlando.

And yes...it is almost impossible to get answers to anything over the phone. I always physically go in any time I need to ask a question. I hate to deal with them over the phone. There is someone in the English Trimester office is AMAZING. He's a counselor and he is so extremely helpful. Every time I go in, I go straight to his office LOL

You do not need to have your PR license to take the NCLEX here in CT if you graduated from an accredited university/college. If you did not graduate from an accredited university then you will need to apply as a foreign nurse. I graduated from INTER Metro and I had no problems here in CT.

Thanks Corjenn...I was hoping you were still on the board bc I was really interested in hearing your response. Did it take a long time to get hired? NYS dept of Education is telling me it may take as long as 8 months to have all the paper work done. I told them it was NLN accredited but they still told me the same thing. Do you know anyone from NYC that graduated from there?

Anyone know whats the average cost of a studio or 1 bedroom apartment in Humacao. I plan on attending school there and would like to know the average rent. Thanks much everyone.

The whole process with applications, waiting on the school for the proper documents, and then getting my ATT from the board of nursing in NY took about 2.5 months. Not long at all. I tool the boards shortly after. I recieved a license endorsment from CT and now work in Connecticut. It took me about 2 months to find a job, and that was because I got great letters of recommendation from several physicians that are affiliated with the hospital I currently work with. I know of nurses that have been working as medical assistants because they cant get hired as new RN's. The job market for nurses is very bad right now, especially for new RN's. As for the other post about rent prices in Humacao, a studio with electric and gas included should not cost more than $350/month. Keep your eye on the news. Puerto Rico is facing very hard economic times and rents may be on the rise.