OCU Kramer nursing

Just a thought for everyone: If you do your research on any school with high NCLEX pass rates, then you will find that those schools do "weed out," as you call it, a significant portion of their students. Both lpn and rn schools I've attended lost somewhere in the neighborhood of 50-70% of students throughout the program for different reasons (failure, couldn't make the time commitment, changed major, etc.). My point is that it's not unusual, and I doubt you can escape it by simply going elsewhere.

After reading this post, I'm officially scared.

Don't be scared...the instructors and your fellow students will smell the fear. It just takes a true commitment to make it through. You can't have the mindset that your family will come first or that work comes first...or you won't make it. The mindset must be I will do what I have to in order to get through this. It should also be to spend all of your spare time preparing, studying, reading. Some like to "go out" on the weekends--they are not the people you want to spend your time with or become one of. Some of them may make it despite their higher commitment to "fun," but mostly they will be the ones with complaints and fear of not passing. Just stick to your purpose in being there and do all you can to learn all that you can. Don't be someone who puts forth the least time or effort to pass.

I will be graduating in May (2010) and have been very happy with Kramer School of Nursing. The reason they can accept everyone who qualifies is the cost--not everyone can afford it, but I figure it's worth it not to be on a waiting list and losing out on my nursing salary for another year. In my class we started with around 40 students and have lost about five or six. Some people just can't handle the amount of reading and the tough tests. I don't get the feeling they are trying to weed us out. The professors really do care. They want us to pass the NCLEX and be good nurses. Yes, the Dean is strict, but she has done amazing things for the school since she came here. I'm really proud to be an OCU alum (someday). The nursing school is the best in the state, and probably in this region of the country. I hope I can come back for my master's degree here.

Just wondering about the diversity of the school and Oklahoma in general? Im from Michigan and we have all kinds of people here, especially at my current school there are plenty of foreign/international students. I know the majority are white but are there any asians, hispanics, blacks, etc?

yes........ very multicultural around here dear.....