unitek college

hi cmami, so from what i understand, you attended unitek's LVN program and from reading your posts, it sounded like a horrible experience. and i can certainly agree to that because i myself attended a horrible private school in san jose, and as you phrased before, everything is self learned. have questions? "look it up!" is what the instructors will tell you...honestly, even though our instructors were bad, clinicals were monotonous, and classes were a waste of time, i still finished it only to take the nclex after graduating. and i feel like, if i have to go through that mess again in a different school, i'll do it only because nowadays, you cant find a really "good" school with teachers who will actually want to help you learn. and right now, i dont want to wait any longer to obtain my RN license. so if i have to sit and go thru the grueling 8months of torture, then ill do it. as long as in the end, i study for the nclexRN and pass, thats all that matters....now the real question is....is the LVN-RN bridge at unitek just as bad? is it more rigorous? i was suppose to go here for my LVN but read so many horrible reviews that i changed my mind, but ended up realizing that the school i went to was just as bad.....thoughts? advice? greatly appreciated

sorry for not getting back sooner about all the questions

i was at the fremont campus.. and i still stand by saying that the teachers are questionable at best.. my understanding is that there is a new teacher there who should be a geriatric patient not a teacher lol... havent met her personally but i hear bad things out of the recent fremont class

if you have more questions PM me here and ill give u easier contact info..

i cant fully say every teacher there is bad.. some do actually care, some look @ it for more of a paycheck possibly.. i believe that my experience is one of many that DOES NOT get posted here.....

for the ATI you are required to pass with a 90% or higher after the average out or you do not graduate.. the key here is: they dont let you walk with your class or go through with pinning i believe and get your diploma.. you can retake the ATI at a cost of 100 i think until you pass.. this is word of mouth not personal experience..

remember every test section that they have requires you to pass with a 75% they do not include homework in that only the test scores.. so you can average a 74.4 and will fail a whole section having to repeat a level or semester as they call it now...

try hard there and make sure you get along well with your teachers and you will walk away learning more....

as for finding a job, bay area is saturated, you must move away from here to find a job easily.. san diego is one of the first places im looking at for jobs right now, the bay has some, but you must know someone very well with a great reference to find a good job.. otherwise start marketing yourself now to potential employers so your time will not go to waste

I'm currently going to Unitek and 100% totally agree with yoyoyo.

There are some great and bad teachers at Unitek. Some really care, some teach for payroll, and some are just not knowledgeable. For the program you're assigned three teachers to teach you throughout the program. Unfortunately, my class had to keep rotating between teachers and until this day they can't freaking assign us a permanent one. For example, imagine trying to learn a specific subject in which theres 3 different teachers trying to teach you the same stuff at different times. It sometimes gets you confused and you will not know what to expect on the test since this information is coming from different people and they all emphasize on different things.

They definitely put the "you paid and chose to enter this program, you can also leave" card. They'll go on to how you should've done more research on choosing your school and so on. The administration treats us like kids, and less of a human being. Tests scores, reputation, and their pride are all that is important to them. We get written up for even stating our own opinion! ugghh and if you point out something that was not taught on the test, too bad, you're "supposed" to put in your extra time to know this stuff.

For clinicals, I agree that you'll probably still be wiping ass and doing more CNA work than LVN work. However if you have good teachers, they'll give you something more productive to do than wiping ass.

Unitek DO have good teachers. There were some teachers that taught us and helped us throughout clinicals in which we begged them to become our permanent instructor. Some of the newer ones were really knowledgable too and actually made us appreciate them. Unfortunately, Unitek made a new curriculum for the upcoming and new LVN program and our class gets the leftovers. Our good clinical site, our good teachers, etc all went to the next new batch of lvn students and RN students.

If it was not for one particular instructor that I have now, I don't even know what to say about this school. The instructor is KNOWLEDGEABLE and kind-hearted. PUts in EXTRA hours to prepare us for the NCLEX WITHOUT getting paid for it. So far, for the LVN program I think there are more "good" teachers than "bad" teachers right now. It's all in your luck with your teacher.

Oh and yoyoyo... I TOTALLY know WHICH teacher you were talking about!!! I've heard the horror stories that you had to go through... so uncool!

I don't think that anyone should be discouraged about entering a program that they think is fast-paced or anything. I mean, it may be difficult at first but if some classmates of mines can give birth during the program, other having to take care of 4 children, anything can be possible. In actuality, the people with the most responsibilities in their life actually have some of the highest mark in class

jf i think... lol

hi fear i think i know who this is..

I completely agree with yoyoyoyo and FEAR. I am telling you that Unitek is not worth the money. The fact that it is 11 months should be thrown into the garbage. I would have rathered spent 7 more months in a quality program for less money. This school is sooo unorganized you would think that they just opened yesterday. The clinical sites are a joke and not safe. Two of my fellow classmates got property and money stolen from one particular site. The CNA's expect you to do their work so if you enjoy wiping ass like FEAR said than you will have a great time! 90% of the time you are passing out trays and feeding. The staff at most of the sites treat you like a nuisance. Like FEAR said if you have a good clinical teacher than they will find things for you to do outside of CNA work... goodluck with that because I only had one teacher that cared. A BIG problem with Unitek is that the teacher who lectures is not the teacher who makes the test!!! So the person who makes the test can put whatever they want not caring if we were taught it or not. If you have an opionion about it be prepared to have your head ripped apart. If you are considering Unitek I definitely suggest you to research all other options!!!

wow jf, you're on the dot.

and who might I be?