about the nursing program in Shenandoah University

[LisneyD]

Hi, I am a new member to this forum and I had been recently accepted to Shenandoah University. However, I have heard very poor reviews for the nursing program from previous students there. There were about 4 reviews for this university and they gave the program mediocre score ratings. Can anyone tell me more about this school? I am desperately seeking out the truth!!

This nursing student said:

The school does not provide detailed information concerning tuition and curriculum changes. They can change your program at any given moment and move your credits to the new program. They apparently reserve the right to do what they want with your credits while you still have to pay for them. They state that if it doesnt change your graduation date, you are not affected. all they are concerned with is the graduation date and not what it costs to attend new classes.....its extra for labs and clinicals. They do not follow their own greivance procedures. Appealing to the President of the school is useless and a waste of time.....he passes it on to the very person you're appealing. Student body is not small. They have way too many students and not enough classroom space to accomidate them. They also do not have enough faculty to accomidate the growing student body. Its all about the money for them and not whats legally right for their students.

[walkerj]

You are absolutely right, it is all about the money.:chuckle

This is the worse school I have attended. Where have ou decided to attend Nursing school?

As for me, I looking to either Drexel, Thomas Jefferson, Temple, or Univ of Pennsylvania.

Let me know

walkerj

[ola28]

Hello,

Thanks for that post.It was encouraging to have read that.I know you'r almost done with your program at leesburg by now,and am about to go in for the spring semester in 2010.I recently checked out the nclex pass rate for shanadoah it was between 70-75% which is quite low for a private school.Can u pls tell me how much the ABN actually cost per semester.They gave me the cost of the program to be about $50,000 overall.pls can you confirm if this is true? or it cost more as am actually planning to put every penny of it on student loan and I know they said we can't work but am actually planning to work on saturdays and sundays nights(private duty) so that I dont have to put my feeding money on student loans too. Is this possibly based on your experience? Also,do they have housing for 2nd degree nursing student at leesburg? I was on craigs list trying to search for rooms for rent in leesburg.There were just a few and the minimum cost was $750(that's expensive).Pls advise.

Thank you so much and God's favour on your nclex exam.

[mell260]

To those that have been accepted to SU? What were your cumulative GPA and pre-req GPAs??

Trying to gauge how competitive it is compared to Marymount....

[carlyrose]

Im starting Shenandoah's program in the fall. Id like to live with another person in the program. Anyone need a roommate???

[nurstudent12]

Hello, is anyone starting/doing the Transfer nursing track at Shenandoah? Any advice? How hard is it? Should I go part-time?

[SUstudent]

I only applied at Shenandoah (accelerated 2nd degree program) and it wasn't because I couldn't get accepted anywhere else. My overall GPA was a 3.7 and in my prereqs, it's 3.8. I have gone to graduate school at Georgetown in another field and taught at the college level.

I applied to SU b/c it was close to me (I live in Ashburn), it has a great, long tradition in nursing education in the Shenandoah Valley, and b/c the Nursing Dept Chair of the ED where I worked prior to attending SU raved about SU grads to me. Plus, I knew and worked with some graduates from this program and was impressed. I didn't feel like driving to DC and I am not a fan of GMU (it feels like a machine to me, I took a few prereqs there.) And that was that. Not sure where all the bitterness comes from about SU.

I've had a great experience, small clinicals at INOVA Fairfax, Fair Oaks and Reston Hospital and also will go to Loudoun in the fall. I have found the instructors to be 99% excellent and I can't imagine having a better situation. I got some scholarship money based on grades not financial need (called a transfer scholarship or something) and it pays for about 1/3 of the tuition. I did not receive a good vibe when inquiring about the GMU program.

Good luck with your decision! Collect a lot of data before making your decision.

[riagant]

Shenandoah University has a lot of problems. Suggest you try George Washington University's program in Leesburg The faculty & university staff can not be trusted. The cost is high & the instructors unreliable (if they show up). The university is NOT well know either. A total waste of time and money.