ITT Tech's New Program???

scc1975 · Aug 1, 2011

Once all my GE classes transfer over,And use my two scholarships (one from SGNA-Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates $2,500 and $3,000 (Nurse Stipend) through my job. The cost drop, so my cost may be around $35,000 to $40,000 when its all said and done. So it varies if you have have some classes that can be transfered over from a CC or UV that cuts the cost alot...look into scholarships as well so you don't have to pay so much. I'm looking into a few more before March.

scc1975 · Aug 1, 2011

This Nursing program at ITT is very costly, however I choose to go this route to obtain my degree.

@dmrefined are you in the program? or Are you considering the Nursing Program at ITT?

pjcna27 · Aug 2, 2011

That cool, all my GE classes transfer as well so my tution is 19,000 employed florida grant me 6,500 and my job gave me 2,500 and a job placement afterwards (2years) so that leaves me 1000 grand I can paid for when income taxes come. That leave me to just worried about school and study real hard for my class and the nclex

JAGS · Aug 3, 2011

FYI: ITT Technical Institute is no longer attempting to get NLNAC accreditation for ANY of their campuses. A couple of campuses have graduated nurses and the graduates are having trouble finding jobs, just like everyone else....

To the person who wrote they graduated from ITT and have a job in Legacy - this is impossible as the Portland program started in June 2010 and will not graduate their first class of nurses until December 2012.

ITT has started their own RN to BSN online program and they want ALL of their ADN grads to continue on in this program to a tune of more than $500 a credit hour. If you do the math, the students will owe over 100K for both the ADN and the BSN from a for-profit, career college with a questionable reputation.

For those looking to start in a nursing program, do not be fooled: this is not the program you want. Many campuses throughout the US lack quality instructors and clinical sites. For instance, the clinical sites for the Portland campus are similar to those of an LPN program. Think, do you want a RN degree that only has LPN experience? I have looked into the school- several campuses, asking the Directors of nursing hard questions.

I spoke to a former student in one of their other degree programs at another campus. He told me that the financial aid people wrote on his financial aid forms "0% interest" for his loans at that was the only reason he went to that ITT. There is no such thing as a zero percent loan at a for-profit college. This is false and a misrepresentation of the facts. Upon leaving the school because of problems with bad instructors, he found out that his interest rate was much higher than 0%. Ask yourself this, if a college does this, what other corners are they cutting just to fill their seats? Are they really in education for the students or just for the money? Somehow, I think it is just for the later reason.

Go to the Portland campus and ask the students if the promises they were made when they signed up for the program have been kept. Ask the students how many instructors have been hired and fired in the past year. Ask the students about the quality of their instructors. Ask the students if they are getting the tutoring they were promised. Ask the students about their clinical sites. Call the NLNAC and find out when they are going out to the Indiana campus to complete the accreditation process (I called the IN campus and asked for Donna Austgen, the listed Nursing Program Chair for that campus and she's not there anymore). The campuses in FL are graduating students, how come they aren't on the candidate list for the NLNAC.....Ask these hard questions....What you will find may surprise and horrify you. If what you find horrifies you as it did me, then post what you found so others can make an informed decision, after all, isn't that the basis of nursing/healthcare: informed decisions.

pjcna27 · Aug 4, 2011

can u please let me know how you like itt tech because I still have question thank you

JAGS · Aug 4, 2011

I don't. I am watching how they treat students and it is so wrong.

christinamuniz · Aug 4, 2011

JAGS, are you a current student at Portland?

christinamuniz · Aug 4, 2011

can u please let me know how you like itt tech because I still have question thank you

pjcna27, feel free to PM me, I'm a current student at ITT Portland in my 3rd term.

pjcna27 · Aug 4, 2011

do you like it steener77 tell me the truth I know nursing school is hard but I want to fell like i'm learning something if Im going to spead that much money

christinamuniz · Aug 4, 2011

I like it, a lot. I feel like I am learning, and I love the fact that I only go to school a few days a week. I have children, and it's easy to deal with daycare and such when I only go to school 2-3 days a week. Anywhere you go, you will have issues. You will have a teacher you don't like, or an assignment you don't agree with, or a clinical site you aren't comfortable with. No program is perfect. I moved from Hawaii to go to this program, leaving my husband and 2 daughters behind. It was a big adjustment, but with the competitiveness in Hawaii, along with the amount of pre-req's I still had to complete, moving here temporarily made a lot of sense. This program is not for everyone, but for me, it's just right.

pjcna27 · Aug 4, 2011

That is so cool, I know its hard but it well be worth it. The ITT i mit go to is in florida they just started thier nursing program, so I'm going to start in March of 2012. Kept me posted it please. I mit need your help with some homework lol. I've been a cna for 9 years and I think its time for a change. The class time and days will work out for me m,w,f 8-1

ErinRN2B · Aug 5, 2011

Wow, I just read this thread for the first time and was struck by the immaturity of some of the posts. Just some of my thoughts...

I don't live in Oregon, I live in Indiana (where ITT happens to be based out of) and I can tell you, without a doubt, that ITT does not have a good reputation here. Most of the big hospitals in Indianapolis will not hire their grads.

The "nursing shortage" is a myth at this point. So many schools have capitalized on people wanting to be nurses that the job market is completely flooded with new grads. There just aren't enough jobs out there for nurses with no professional experience. In a job market like this, do you really want a new, often times unaccredited, tech school with a murky reputation on your resume?! I for one wouldn't risk it.

I don't think that any of the posters in this thread have attempted to "attack" ITT students, or bash them, or whatever. It's called critical thinking. It's so typical of the attitude in this country to want to get things done as quickly as possible, as easily as possible, without weighing the costs and benefits. I don't think that this kind of thinking should apply to nursing school!

And to those posters who said that traditional and community colleges didn't work for people with families... I had my son and got married when I was 20, I am now 22, and only have 1 year left in my CC ASN program. I didn't have to sit on a wait list, I just had to try had and kick *** in my pre-req classes and make the right grades. I had a lot of late-night study sessions and sleepless nights, but it was worth it. In May 2012 I'll be able to take the NCLEX, apply to my local RN-BSN program, and - hopefully - find a job that's right for me.