St Charles Community College- reapply?

exactly jillybean! that is how i feel! If they can't take the time to help me out when i am completely lost on the process, then why even waste my time and money. Especially since the chances of you graduating are only like what? 60-75%? Plus if you fail out you have to go trough the process all over again to try and get in. at STLCC you can take the class over the next semester or year or something like that.

The problem I have is the fact that misinformation from the staff has caused WAY too many problems and the fact that they do change the program once you have applied and they dont bother to make sure anyone is informed, and then when you tell them hey, you guys messed up and screwed up my admissions, they tell you in no uncertain terms that you are "one of 500 students" and they just don't give a crap about your problem (and the fact that they caused it) because there's a hundred other kids that will take your spot if you don't like it. And to me, that isn't a system I really want to be a part of.

Nursing school is intense and you rely on your instructors to help you through it. No one can get through a program without help from knowledgeable and reliable instructors. If the nursing director herself tells me I am "one in 500" and there's more where I came from, why in the name of jebus would I want to sign up for a program where they tell you right off the bat they don't give a damn? That to me, just seems crazy.

Well, one of my first year instructors has been promoted to Nursing Director and she is awesome!! I never spoke to the old director (can't even tell you her name), but I think our new director is very fair and helpful. Many students go to her if they have problems or need help (and this was before she was promoted). I have never had any problems with admissions or the staff. The program is very difficult, and requires a lot of dedication and time committment. It is true that many people are weeded out due to the difficulty of the program, but this is true at many colleges. I will say that people who graduate from this program will know their stuff and be respected, as the program has high expectations from each of its students.

I just want to add that I was in a fellowship, and worked with, a fairly recent graduate of SCCC a year or so ago. She was a well-educated, great nurse. I never heard her complain about the program or the school at SCCC anymore than any of the rest of us.

I don't think there are too many programs that AREN'T a bit manic to try to get in to and figure out. I think it's partly due to the fact that the sheer numbers of applicants is overwhelming and the requirements are tough, both before and after admissions.

SCCC has a great reputation as do many of the other programs in the STL area. They all have their good and bad, and whoever it was that pointed out that the student should take a lot of the responsibility for knowledge of what it takes to get going, is pretty much on target. I found no matter what school I attended, if I talked to a dozen people on campus, I could pretty much plan on getting 8 - 10 different responses about a lot of things. This includes when I obtained my bachelor's in business at a well-respected university here locally.

oh yeah i agree that they have shaky ethics. I started the LPN program there and ended up being failed out over something really stupid. They do not teach you in labs, but expect you to teach yourself and pass the test on the first or second try. In my practical lab, i was asked a question about the lab before and because of that ended up using my one third try you get. This was because she gave me the answer the first week and then the next time told me it wasn't the right answer. After that when doing meds tests i didn't say miniscus for the line you read oral medication from. Because of this i was failed out of the program. When i was told this the nursing coordinator said if i had had a higher grade in lecture they would have let me stay. Obviously they fail you out over little things if they think you will hurt their passing rate.

The program coordinator changes "policy" to suit it's needs/ego. What the program coordinator failed to tell you and you failed to investigate yourself was that there is are guidelines to follow. School policy states that you should have received a verbal warning about your academics. Also, your instructor or advisor was supposed to place you w/ student services to help get you "caught up". If that didn't work, then you should have been notified my certified mail that the school was considering taking disciplinary action against you. After, you should have been given a meeting w/ the dean, instructor, and program coordinator, so they could explain their next course of action. At that time you should have been made aware that you had the right to argue the charges, given 30 days to file a grievance (in writing) w/ the dean of student affairs. You also had the right to build your case, interview all parties involved(both sides), given a copy of everything in your file, and help decide who would sit on the appellate panel to hear your case. You also had the right to bring counsel to the hearing. If not satisfied w/ the panels decision, you had the right to a civil suit. You also had the right, and still do, to file a grievance w/ the state. If you let this go, it will continue to happen to others.