Chamberlain College of Nursing

U.S.A. Illinois

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I was wondering if anyone has information about this school? I spoke with admissions and they do not have a waiting list so all I would have to do is pass an exam and I can start in July. The school is in Addison which would be perfect for me :D However, I know it is a new campus so I am a little speculative about how easy it is to get in. There are no pre-reqs except you have to have held a GPA of at least 2.75 or higher in all previous college. Does anyone have any advice or info about his school? Any personal experiences? Thank you! :heartbeat

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTC, Rehab, Hospice, Endocrine.

Not to drag up a relatively old thread, but what is the entrance exam that Chamberlain uses? Is it a national exam or an internal exam?

It's called the HESI A2. I believe it's one of the national exams. Some schools have others and some schools put different things on the test. Chamberlain has biology, anatomy & physiology, chemistry (not bad) it says it has physics but I didn't have any. It also has math, basic 8th grade stuff. Also English comp., vocab, word usage, that kind of stuff. You can buy the study guide on Amazon for like 20 bucks. It's pretty good but I got Kaplin's book too at Barnes and Noble. Both are good. I got a 92.2% and I never took chemistry in school, took math and biology lik 13 years ago. Just study enough but don't freak out on it. I say that because I did. I got in and turned them down. I am not trying to find out about the PAX test. I have to take that one now.

Study for a month or so for just a bit a day. Pick up the pace for the week prior and the night before test, don't study, you should be ready, get a good night sleep and have a good breakfast. JMHO!!!!

Good luck!!!

Lisa

Hi, I'm nearly ready to graduate from the Columbus campus of Chamberlain and the last two years have been the worst of my life. The faculty does not respond to constructive criticism, we were told if we didn't like the program that we should find another school. Instructors show up if they feel like it, and if they bother to show up, they often choose not to teach. Forty percent of the class ahead of us has not passed the HESI exit exam after two attempts. Class morale in in the toilet. I have been told that other classes in the program don't have the negative feelings about Chamberlain that my class has, and I'm glad for them. I have attended two other colleges and the quality of instruction was much better than Chamberlain's. Often instruction consists of receiving a Power Point and being told to read the text.

One instructor told us not to publically criticize the school, because it would make it hard for us to get jobs, but what are we supposed to do when others ask us about our experience here? I' not going to lie because it costs about $50,000 to complete the ADN program. Most of my classmates plan to purse a RN to BSN program elsewhere so that they can feature the BSN on their resumes.

Sorry to be so negative, but I really can't say anything good about Chamberlain.

I'm pretty sure you're talking about my college and not Chamberlain! ;) haha jk. It's sad to say, but I think this is universal for most nursing schools. Initially I felt this pertained exclusively to my college....but say it isn't so!

PS. I'm also interested to know if any of you graduated from Chamberlain and transferred your license out of state. I know that I would like to finish an LPN-RN program, however, I will need to work in NY,CA, or TX. ...realistically, all three. I heard that can be an issue in general. Chamberlain seems legit, however. I would love to hear back from any of you :).

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I hear you with only hearing positive things about Chaimberlain but you might consider reading the entire thread that you posted on. There might be something that you are concerned with. Also, there has to be somewhere in NY to go to, not sure about out of state tuition, just know that $700 bucks a credit makes it one of the highest costing schools here without the reputation of a UIC or something of that nature. Good luck.

Lisa

There is also another Chamberlain page on here that is 7 pages long, at least, that give lots of great information. THAT is the one to read before you apply.

Lisa

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tuition was no biggie for me when they accepted me. What was not acceptable was the fact that I have all the gen eds and they wouldn't accept them and wanted me to take them over again. That was an extra 20K. I have the cash but they wanted me to actually take the same classes again. Not happening for me. Maybe some people like to pay and take classes again. They have a funny way of auditing classes that are the same class. The 80% rule. If you have a bachelor's degree like I do, that rule doesn't work out great but you can find all about it looking in allnurses.com and looking at everything under Chamberlain. you will find a wealth of information. I was accepted and turned them down. It is the only nursing school that I would never go to.

Lisa

Hi. Such helpful information so far, thank you to all that take the time to respond! I will soon be taking the A2 exam and am super nervous! I am horrible at these standarized tests. Can someone who has taken this at Chamberlain give me some and insight and let me know what study guide I should purchase from Borders or Barnes and Noble to help me get through this. Thank you so much in advance!

Signed,

freaking out!

HI. I will be starting at Chamberlain-Addison this July, summer session. I took the HESI a couple of moths ago. I bought the study book that Chamberlain's bookstore sells, I think it was the HESI/Evolve/Reach book. Sorry I don't know the exact title, but they kept it behind the checkout desk in the bookstore. If you are ever on your Campus you can stop in the bookstore and ask about it, but I am sure you could get it online too. It had a blue and white cover I think.

Anyway, I studied and studied that little book and every time I took the practice tests in it, I felt like a complete idiot. I never seemed to get a passing score. BUT, when I took the actual test, I did get a score in the 90th percentile, so study it as much as you can and use your common sense when testing. I have seen on this forum that there are several versions of the HESI, and if they are using it for admissions, they cannot expect you to know detailed medical information before you have had the chance to learn it. Think basics, math, vocab, science, etc.

My test took me about 3.5 hours to complete, but I am slow, because I like to be sure I read carefully. I have not taken my chemistry/microbiology yet, and I usually stink at math, but those two areas I actually scored higher than the A&P section, which I am currently taking and passing with an A. Go figure.

Anyway, my advice, study the book that they recommend, which for my location was the one I mentioned above, and take your time. I have a feeling that the version I took as an entrance exam was probably easier than than anything I might have to take as an exit exam, but it wasn't terrible.

My test was broken into sections, math, chem, A&P, language, etc. I started with the subject I thought would be the hardest for me, math, then as I completed a section, the computer graded it immediately. I got a decent score and it was very encouraging to see, so then I took the next most difficult section and got the results, and so on, and so on...I did the hardest stuff while my mind was the freshest.

By the time I got near the end, I was feeling tired and spent, but I also had the easiest section of the test left. Overall, it was long, but not terrible and you should be fine.

Definitely buy the book! Good luck.

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