Puerto Rico school feedback - thread #2 - Page 4

Most people live in Las Cumbres because it is close to school. There are 4 of them. There is a more info about Las Cumbres in the other thread.

I prefer to talk on the board because this way everyone benefits from the responses. I have a lot of people that message me with general questions that either have been answered or that people can benefit from. Unless it is something that cannot be posted on the board as there are some rules like you cannot mention names (of professors, advisors, etc).

Bringing your car is a personal decision. I have a few friends that did that and most are bringing their car back. A couple people are selling their car here as the resale is a lot higher here. It does cost a lot to bring it here but it is less to bring it back. If you have a newer car it may be worth it.

I rented a car for about 2 weeks until I found a car. I ended up purchasing a 2008 Scion xB in 2010 so my car was only 2 years old. It is still under manufacturers warranty by the way but also it was not cheap.

I traveled with a ton of stuff but not any furniture. I bought a bed here and a couple other things. My first place a friend gave me a couch but you kind of end up living like a student when it comes to hodge podge furniture. Unfortunately most places are not furnished so you definitely will need a bed but you can find both used and cheaper new ones.

I did ship a lot of stuff and lately people have been asking for the company but I really have no recollection and I cannot find any old correspondence. But if I do I will post it here.

I believe there are about 1,000 students. About 300 or so in the Spanish program in the mornings. Then another 600 or 700 students in the English program in the evenings. Of that number ½ the students are accelerated (previous Bachelors) and the other ½ are non-accelerated.

The lecture classes have about 50 students. Our class grew this year to about 60 so a lot of our classes were 30 students because some of the teachers would not teach more then 50. The clinicals never have more than 10 people. Yes students are amazingly helpful. Almost all my friends are nursing students. You definitely form a bond with your fellow students and the past nursing assoc directive and the current directive is on top of it. The first year I started the president didn’t do anything but this last year one of my classmates was president and he really made a lot of positive changes and initiatives.

The new directive is awesome too and in fact last Sat they all got together to orientate new nursing students.

Anyway it is like a family and some of the friends I met here I will have forever.

So yes students are more then helpful and you will probably make great friends.

I didn’t work. I don’t know many English only speakers that did. One friend worked at Starbucks in Condado as in Condado you don’t need English. Other friends do work trade at school and work in the nursing dept but the pay is 7 USD an hour.

I don’t have her number. I only recently got the number for the nursing dept as I had such a hard time getting ahold of anyone before I arrived. Once I got here I started doing everything in person. I am surprised you have Spanish only people answering the phone. All the work study students that answer the phone are mainly students in the English program that also speak Spanish. They don’t hire anyone for up front unless they are bilingual.

So no one has direct lines there are only extensions. The main number to the school is 787-250-1912. Then follow the prompts for English and enter in extension 2159. That extension is reception area of the nursing dept. I know that each person like the director or assistant director have their own extensions but I have no idea what they are and you will always get someone to answer at 2159 if the building is open.

Your welcome. You can "like" my post so my reputation points go up. That is one thing I found here that people don't "like" posts as they do in other forums.

But yeah I lot of people want to message me and 90% of the time it is general info that I prefer to post publicly so everyone can benefit.

The only time we can't post publicly is if it refers to someone's name. So that is why we use code words like advisor "E" and Dr A, etc.

Let me know if you got through to the nursing dept with that extension?