Everest College

I agree... I called to ask some questions about accreditation and they wouldn't answer them. All they told me was that the school was nationally accredited and not regionally accredited (regionally accredited schools transfer almost anywhere). The operator kept dodging all my other questions and suggested that I go directly to the school and speak to an advisor about their nursing program accreditation (I don't think they are CCNE or NLNAC). I ended up not going since the school is in Phoenix and I live in Queen Creek. It would have been a huge waste of time since I'm looking for a school that is CCNE or NLNAC and regionally accredited. Sometimes these schools ARE too good to be true!

Hope this helps!

Those "glowing" recommendations from the prior posts read like *employees* of that institution! $366/CR is obscene! I'd run, not walk, to the nearest exit and attend a *real* nursing school!

i assure you that I am not an employee of Everest. i am a student, half way through the program and one year away from running, not walking to a *REAL* degree. I would put my education up against any other in the area. Although the cost of my education is expensive, I have been on the waitlist at the CCs for over a year and will probably still be on it when I graduate. By that time I will be making REAL money as an RN. Cost analysis tells me that I made the right choice. Please, save your judgement for someone else and let others make their own decisions. If anyone has REAL questions about the program i am happy to respond and tell them the positive and negative aspects of the program.

Thanks for your response, however just to point out what I meant by a worthless piece of paper is this. When you receive a degree from a school that will not allow you to transfer these credit over to another public school then in essence what you have receive is worthless in the sense that you are not able to further your education outside of this particular school, and thus you must remain a student at said school or take the required courses all over again at a public school. I also looked into this school and I do not want to comment on the details I found during my investigation so I will leave you with thishttp://www.consumeraffairs.com/education/everest.html

I am confident that we are all adults and we are all able to make our own decisions. At no time did I or will I ever encourage someone to attend a certain school or not, I only am stating the facts.

I PM'd you for specifics since your response was to my previous PM.

I do want to post that I believe you can find students at any college or university that have complaints about their programs. Yes, some of these programs can be misleading. People need to do their homework and make sure they know what they are getting themselves into. No doubt that people have been burned when they sign up for things that they have not completely researched. However, Everest's nursing program is not one of these programs. I encourage anyone seriously looking into the program to talk to the director, the instructors, and students that are actually in the program and not get their information from consumer affair websites or from people that are making judgements from afar.

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but the red flag for me on these colleges is I think you get in on a first come first serve basis. I called around when I thought I would never get into nursing school and found out the credits dont transfer, so it seems like a waste of time. Also if your accepted on a first come first serve basis, seems that pretty much anyone who can pass their initial test can get in. So good for those who may have poor prereq grades, but for anyone who is competitive in the pool of nursing students, in my opinion, should steer clear of these programs.

Also, my previous experience as a dental assistant taught me that graduates of trade schools (such as Apollo and Everest) get considered for hire last, with those from Colleges getting considered first and usually getting the position.

You are incorrect, at least about Everest. There is no "first come first serve basis." A nursing school's accreditation is based on how well their students perform on the NCLEX exam at the end of the program. for that reason alone it would be stupid for them to admit anyone who applied without carefully reviewing their academic performace leading up to admission. You also go through an interview process. Again, as i have stated before, once you have your RN license you are able to attend other RN to BSN programs. The only tranfer issuses are with non-nursing classes, and you may have issues with those classes from any college or university. I was hired from the site that we had our clinical rotation at and have already been offered a job as an RN there once I graduate, so I also believe you are wrong in saying that we get hired last. Dental assisting and RN programs are completely different.

I get so frustrated at people putting these programs down. Again, if anyone has real questions about the Everest program I urge them to make an appointment to speak with the director of the program (she is also a member of the AZ board of nursing), or a current student, and not people on these boards that are just passing judgement without actual knowledge.

Ok, well you certainly put me in my place didn't you? Yes dental assisting and RN programs are different. That's a no brainer, I was speaking of these kinds of schools, or institutes, people don't view as highly as going to a college. You may believe you get great education, and you probably do but I dont know personally, from reading this thread alone you can understand what I mean.

andimp00 I really hate to say this but here it is, you seem to take comments about this school very personal. I know you claim that you are not an employee here but a student. If this is true why in the world would you care about others comments. If you are getting what you need and you don't have a vested interest in the school beside that you get an education then what's up?

I know now that I am working on my pre reqs I am proud of my school but first and foremost I am proud of my own accomplishments. I did notice that when you PM me, you mention everything about the rep of your school, however, you never mention anything about the fact these schools work on a 90/10 financial basis, and that they are overpricing their programs by 110% which means that students will always be forced to contribute at least that 10% into the cost of the program because the school has taken all the financial they was awarded.

Many private schools are expensive, and their rep speaks for itself, I do not see anyone as offended about these schools but you. Why

Since you want to personally attack me on the thread and not PM me, here it goes:
As for my accomplishments, I have a Bachelors degree from a top 25 university. I spent 10 years in the business world where I was in management of a large nationwide company. My passion has always been the medical field so I left my high paying job to pursue nursing. I decided on a private school becuase I could have my degree while the rest of you are still doing your prereq's. I already had my prereq's and just needed nursing classes. Everest, unlike other private schools, let me tranfer in all my prereqs and not choose only a few and retake the others with them to collect cash. This let me know they were not in it to squeeze every penny out of me. As for the 90/10 thing, you obviously have information I do not. All I know is that Everest is still cheaper per credit than ASU is. CCs are cheap, but taxpayers have contributed to pay for those programs. I will get my bachelors with 26 credits after I finish at Everest. I will do it at the same top 25 university that I have my other Bachelors. They will accept my credits, I have asked.

I defend my school because others do not. My vested interest is the reputation of my school's nursing program. If there isn't anyone on these threads defending it then all that other potential students read is the negative information that other, non informed people post. I want people to have the facts. If I was posting negative info about your school I would expect you to respond. I want people who are looking into programs to get all of the information they can to choose a program that is right for them. When I was looking into programs I found that there was a lack of concrete information and an excess of this type of random, incorrect information floating out there. I know my school doesn't give out info when you call on the phone. That frustrated me as well when I was applying. So I am trying to demystify it a bit and give good information. you can talk to other people on this board that have PMd me. Not everything I have to say is great, but I keep my personal issues off of the public forum, at least I did before you attacked me.

That is why I am defending my school even when I am getting what I want out of it. My question is why are you trying to tear down a school when you have no reason to. What are you getting out of it? Let other people find out information. Let people who actually attend these schools tell their stories. If I have questions about your school I will ask you. Let others ask me. I will not participate in any more of this banter. It is nonproductive. Again, I ask people to not speak on subjects that they are not informed about. If anyone wants real information from a student that goes to this school, please let me know. Several people have contacted me. They know my name. Some of them have even begun attending the school. They see me in the halls. They know I am not an employee. I hope they too are proud of their school. Good Luck to you.