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nurse.bettyRN

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they recieved 100% passrate from the students who made it most of which repeated at least one course on the way to the end and most who sat for the nclex got tutored and paid out of pocket ($500) from a wonderful professor from Jefferson University, absolutely nothing taught was on the exams and when u voiced ur opinion the prof response were " not everything on the powerpoint is on the exam u need to read every pg in the txt book word for word" n im thinking WOW thats alot of reading which is darn near impossible to read everything and do clinical papers, in that case whats the point of the power point????? and the most confusing part is y give a study guide is nothing is on the test?i just dont want this to happen to others, i walked in there with the highest hope and lost close to 11,000! book fees, uniform fees, deposit and time ive read all of these post n c so many student choosing roxborough over other schools and im just asking for everyone to choose wisely for this is one of the most important decisions you will ever make because of all your investing

Question, where the items on the exams presented in the textbooks or was items on exams were not in either textbooks, powerpoints, and including not taught in lecture? Are you saying exams were given to students on infor that they knew absolutely nothing about?

alana22

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some info were in the textbooks, and some used in a previous edition we recently found out, and the info that was in the textbook they required is still to much to read unless u have an idea on what to look up, for ex if an exam is on respiratory and lung disease then y are there a few cardio topic??? which is a later topic, if u have previous medical experience u should by the grace of god b fine if not u will constantly b guessing what will b put on the examand with all the info u will need to b studying it will b hard to review other material assuming it will b on it, all that do take this chance i do wish u alll the very best!!! yayy to our future nurses!!:redpinkhe

JPK7908

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I don't know about anybody else, but Patti wanted me to take the teas test first before we wanted to see me....The something was the case when I had applied to Abington...I think they decide who they want to call in for an interview based on your teas scores and probably also weigh in transcript grades/GPA.....I think if they interviewed everyone that sent an app in would be a bit much, for any school for that matter....If you can get an earlier date for the teas, I would suggest to do it as early as possible, study hard and do your best to get the best possible grade....

Good luck!!

thank u for your response! the 23rd was the earliest date they had, i tried looking at other facilities to take it but it seems everywhere is giving the 5.0 version. im studying hard and hopefully all will be fine, how long after the exam did u get called for an interview?

thanks so much for your replies , its helped alot!

nurse.bettyRN

52 Posts

some info were in the textbooks, and some used in a previous edition we recently found out, and the info that was in the textbook they required is still to much to read unless u have an idea on what to look up, for ex if an exam is on respiratory and lung disease then y are there a few cardio topic??? which is a later topic, if u have previous medical experience u should by the grace of god b fine if not u will constantly b guessing what will b put on the examand with all the info u will need to b studying it will b hard to review other material assuming it will b on it, all that do take this chance i do wish u alll the very best!!! yayy to our future nurses!!:redpinkhe

Oh ok, I understand. You now i had a few professors like that in college, especially in my science courses, like anatomy & phys., that did the samething. In order to make sure the students were doing the assigned reading, they would pick out test questions based out of the text, not just the powerpoints ( which everyone in the class hated also!!) but we knew if we wanted to pass the class we had to do what the professor required...A while ago i read another post online from a nursing student who was in an accelerated BSN program at a reputable university in Philly who was required to read about 7 chapters per week!! She also mentioned that alot of students in her class were having trouble or dropping out because of that. She stated that most students don't yet understand the amount of work is really expected of them until they actually start the program....honestly, Roxborough is no exception...i think thats why they ask the students not to work so that they have the time to do the required reading assignments..Even Abington, they accept about 160 students, but only 120 or so end up taking the cert. exam...I went to Mountgomery Comm.College(MCCC) to take all my prereqs, and one of the nursing professors there(Mrs. D) told me that students in their nursing program really suffer/struggle during the Med/Surg semester because it was so detailed and so much infor that they were required to remember....I don't know if there are others out there that could also share their experiences with the nursing programs out there, it's always good to share...

I'm really sorry that you had such an awful experience, Alana, and it's that you had to wait an entire year...But let this stop you! Still go after your dream of becoming a nurse and let the lessons you learned from this experience push you forward towards your goal!

God bless...

nurse.bettyRN

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Sorry abt typos...his iPhone is a piece of crap...

Last paragraph corrected below...

I'm really sorry that you had such an awful experience, Alana, and it's that you had to wait an entire year...But dont let this stop you! Still go after your dream of becoming a nurse and let the lessons you learned from this experience push you forward towards your goal!

God bless...

nurse.bettyRN

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thank u for your response! the 23rd was the earliest date they had, i tried looking at other facilities to take it but it seems everywhere is giving the 5.0 version. im studying hard and hopefully all will be fine, how long after the exam did u get called for an interview?

thanks so much for your replies , its helped alot!

You're quite welcome!

JPK7908

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now theres a waiting list!!! o boy im so nervous, they wont even say how long the waiting list is!!! pray for me i really want to start school!

Jayden8139

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JPK, I really hope to see you there! I'm rooting for u!

Alana, did you finish nursing school yet or are you still waiting to get back in? Wow, I truly hope that ur experience isn't representative of every semester. Hopefully, if this was this was the case the professors have learned and made the coursework and study guides better for the students.

The only negative thing I've heard was that are a really hard school. Which isn't such a negative thing it might be a good thing because it prepares u for the nclex. Also, I have heard of many students who get tutored at the end or they take some sort or nclex review class. It makes sense, you will probably forget some things and you need to learn how to test "nclex style". A friend of mine told me that we all should purchase kaplans book now and practice testing and answering those questions now. She says that's what she did and it did wonders for her!

nurse.bettyRN

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I actually spoke to a few alumni from Roxb. via facebook and they all mentioned that the feedback they received from area hospitals is nurses that graduate from this program AT&T top-notched and that the program is well respected in the community...They also mentioned the instructors,(most of them) were helpful and supportive...I don't know, I guess we will find out for ourselves when we start in a month or two...

Jayden8139

114 Posts

I guess we will... Everytime I've ever been everyone was so nice. My experiences so far have been have been welcoming and pleasant. I haven't heard anything as bad as what Alana experienced so I'm really hoping that its not too bad.

Having to take an nclex review course I know is very common most of the nursing I know have done so and passed on the first try. So I don't take that as a negative.

NurseBetty, have you created our fb page? Would you like me to start it?

nurse.bettyRN

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I have not yet, Jayden so definitely go ahead and do so if you like....it would be nice to reach other Roxborough students, old and current, and see how their experiences were....also, you're right Jayden, other nursing programs advises their students to take an Nclex review course, Kaplan review is the most popular one, which I think is a good thing if it's gonna help me better my chances in passing the test...

JPK7908

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i went for my teas exam today and right after i sat down with pattie and i got ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i couldnt be happier, now i have to hurry and tr to get my paper work printed from online and send everything in. is that we all have to do for august besides uniform? has anyone ordered the uniform yet?

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