Re: UTMB Spring 2010
You are definitely not the only one who says a "special" little prayer at night!
They may be offering online classes, really? It sounds like PV may be trying to improve their program. I read somewhere that they are giving laptops to all new nursing students!
I went to an open house at Prairie View a few months ago.
But I decided not to apply. I spoke to a couple of people who went to school there and they all said the same thing "we started with 90+ people and only 32 graduated!" or some other low number. I asked the host at the open house what their attrition rate was and she said "she didn't know"
I also met a physician's assistant who went there and she said the teachers were so incredibly hard on the students. She said every semester the teachers picked someone to treat bad. She said she watched the teachers "take" grades away from students.
There was also a scandal there in 2008. about 11 students were caught cheating on a "comprehensive exam" (don't know which one) and they were not allowed to graduate with their class, but were allowed to come back the next semester and graduate. I mention this because it makes me wonder what employers think of PV students when I apply for a job, do they think you could be one of the cheaters? ( I probably think too much)
But one point they all agreed on was ...PV produces competent "NO" EXCELLENT nurses in the field.
It's good to know I can get into PV if UTMB and TWU turn me down, but the stories I've hear about PV concern me because I want to be successful in the nursing program and a competent nurse once I am out.
Re: UTMB Spring 2010
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