apollo RN program

Yeah it was 38,000 I remember being like GOOD LAWD and they aren't accredited yet until they graduate that first class. First classes I think started in Jan!

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I finished my first semester in May 2007 and i am from CCSN. I bought my uniforms and supplies after the orientation and it was all white uniform and no scrubs.

When i started in first semester, my son was just newborn baby, it was a difficult class (NURS 101) . The best thing is never get behind reading the chapters, we had a big book. .

We lost 45 students in the first semester.

as i know for NURS 101 there is no choice to choose the instructors for class except class timings. For NUR 101 class we had two instructors, one for monday class and one for tuesday class (same book and course for both). But for clinical and lab we had choices.

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Isn't that INSANE!!!! I'll only be paying 4500 total for my NSC nursing degree (accelerated program).

I'm sorry she was so rude to you. I hate it when ill informed people get all defensive when you start asking them questions. There are several types of accredition a post secondary educational institution needs to have to be legit. First, the school as a whole needs to be accredited, or in the process of, by a regional accrediting agency. Like WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges). This makes sure that the school is performing to the standards of what a college should be. Students attending these colleges are eligible for federal student loans. That's the accreditation she's talking about. I looked, apollo has branches elsewhere so they were accredited regionally already. Now you need your national nursing agency accreditation (like CCNE), and then you need your approval from your state nursing board. Alot of people think, "hey, if i can get federal loans then this program is accredited and I can get a license anywhere". Not so. If apollo fails to prove to the national nursing accrediting agency or our BON that they have a decent program then there is a chance you will not be able to get licensed. Although I am sure apollo is a decent program, CCSN has the advantage of being established and with an excellent NCLEX pass rate. I am not going to CCSN but I respect anyone who graduates from there as I believe it is an excellent program. It just makes me so mad when I hear others bashing programs that are not there own. Expressing concerns is one thing, but bashing is entirely different.

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I know someone at Apollo who is just now starting clinicals after several months. I don't remember him starting that far behind me, and although he will finish before me, I don't foresee it being that soon before me, and I am at CSN. I guess my point being, if you are patient enough, and can't really afford that $40,000, 22 months doesn't really seem all that much "faster" to me.
Don't get me wrong, through my frustrations of pre-req's and such at the CSN, I thought about Apollo, and it wasn't the loans and finances that scared me, I've been to private colleges before and really enjoyed the small class sizes and all the perks about it. My problem was that I personally want to pursue further opportunities in nursing which will start with my Bachelor's and continue on to my Masters. Currently at UNLV, the RN to BSN program only accepts "state" accredited RN graduates. If someone can spare the tuition costs and would like to finish fast and knows that they will be done educationally as an RN, than these private colleges are probably a really good path to take. And from what I've heard, the students actually love this particular school.

I am currently a student at Apollo and am loving it so far. The only semester you don't do clinicals is the first semester when you are just doing general education classes. Once you start the actual nursing classes you are doing two 8 hour shifts a week of clinicals. It is pricey but they are well equipped to give you a good education because of it. They have several rn bridge programs so it depends on where you are. Here in oregon they just got approved by the board of nursing to add an rn program. I plan to attend that when I finish my lpn classes. I only have good things to say about apollo.