Apollo College questions

Hi Taren Koren,

Welcome to the allnurses. Well, classes at Apollo will begin August 31st. Clinicals will be held at Renown in Reno. There are three classes starting, 1st, 2nd and 3rd sessions (i was told about 60 spots will be filled). The third session is for those who don't require any prerequisites, they go straight into Nursing classes. The first step is coming in for an information session held Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5. After that you will need to schcedule a time to take the Hesi test. Students are given two chances to pass (75%). Once you are done with that then you will be able to meet with the Admissions counselor for an interview and then with financial aid. Financial aid needs to know how you intend to pay for tuition. They wont give you much info untill you meet with them after your Hesi. The tests are scheduled Wednesdays and Fridays and are not too hard. You will be given a calculator to use for the Math portion. The study guide is quite helpful. I bought mine at TMCC's bookstore. There has been over 300 applicants who has applied for this upcoming semester but i think alot of people are deterred by the price. If you already have some pre-reqs then the price is reduced, not too significantly though. You should ask if they are still accepting applications for the August start. Their first deadline was the end of June but the last i heard was that they extended it to the end of July. When you do receive your acceptance letter, you will have about 1 week or less to call and confirm your seat. Good luck with in the process, if you need any more information, i'd be happy to share .

i'm not sure if things are the same in reno, but i looked into apollo here in las vegas. my two major concerns were the tranferability of the courses and the price. getting my associates at apollo would've put me in the work force faster, but if i wanted to get into a np program down the road, i would've had to retake most of those classes because a univeristy won't accept them. when i brought this up in the information(sales) session, the guy tried to brush this off as no big deal and said something about being able to go to the university of phoenix, "no problem". charging the same amount of money in two years on a dead end degree that i'll be spending on my entire undergrad within the university/college system is criminal! examine this institution closely!!!

Thank you both of you who responded to that message I left so quickly. I REALLY appreciate it!!! Do you think the actual nursing classes will not transfer over to an nurse practitioner program or is it the prerequisites that you are worried about? I have also read that some NP programs want their RN's to have graduated from schools with certain accreditation like NLNAC - sorry if the abbreviation is wrong! So I want to find out from Apollo if they plan on seeking this. Thanks again so MUCH for all your help. Thank you infinity!

Hello Taren...
You do have to attend the info session. However I can tell you that classes for this semester start August 31st. They do generally accept transfer credits. I want to warn you that their credits DO NOT transfer to other schools with the exception of other independent or nationally accrdited schools. The price tag is quite high. I am starting at semester 3 with a $50,000 cost!!
I am simply tired of waiting to get into another school in the area.
If you have other questions, let me know!

Hi, Miss Amber

Why is it 50K? Did they change the price or something?

I am paying $47,000, I have signed all my paperwork and all.
Did you pay or were you told a different price?

Curious....

I must correct myself.
I am starting at Semester 3, with all Nursing classes.
I am taking Fundamentals and Pharmacology. Communications is also a scheduled semester 3 class, but I already took it and transfered it in.
I am paying $36,000.
This price includes your uniform, books, and tutition.

Sorry for seeming misleading.

I was also thinking of going to Apollo myself, but the cost really irked me off! I mean it has a faster program to be a nurse BUT, with the job economy and all. . . "faster" is almost a joke now. Schools like Apollo should have a wake-up call! Charging that much for a nursing degree, that doesn't guarantee jobs anymore. I also want a master's someday, and not have my pre-req/nursing classes be questioned if they can be credited or not. Oh please, they CAN be "credited" for other online schools? It's a good school if one is desperate enough to be a nurse and not plan to advance their degree, but the school needs a reality check with w/ how much they charge $$$$.