Drexel...what you should know before deciding to go here.

In response to the above questions: Yes this is the Drexel ACE program. And I have no idea how this compares to paramedic school, this is the nursing program.

As far as professors go, I will just say the following. Courses are 12 weeks. Drexel commonly teaches more content after the midterm. Maybe 70-80 percent of the course material is being presented after midterm week 6-11. You have a final and a HESI on the last day of class worth 50 percent of your grade. This week we had finals and I know of students who had high B's fail the course. You have individual HESI's for each class and then a final HESI. You need an 87 on the final HESI in order to graduate.

The HESI for our individual courses did cover material that was not on our syllabus or in the course presentations. It is also common practice to take a test and then if the Professor decides that one of the questions should be thrown out, your score will no longer be out of 50 questions, now it will be out of 49. You do the math.

There are students that are passing that are deciding that they may not come back for next quarter.

I posted this information for people comparing nursing schools. I would have chosen to go to another school had I known the above information. Not all schools base your grades on your last day of class. There are other schools that grade you on clinicals.

I noticed that during my clinicals that when I meet former ACE students, not one has said what a great program. I am not going to say what I have heard. My suggestion is if you are looking at schools, please talk to former students at your local hospitals. Do not go by what former or current students say that are talking at the orientations.

No I do not think the courses need to longer, I think that they need to be organized. No you can not transfer your courses at Drexel to another nursing school.