J Sargeant Reynolds, a good program?

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Jan 2, 2015

Welcome to allnurses!

medic611 · Jan 5, 2015

I also just found out that I got into JSRCC...so exctied!! I took my Kaplan on Dec 1 and got my letter on Dec 20. Is your orientation date tomorrow? Wish there were more people on this thread to let us know what to expect!!

NEradtech · Jan 6, 2015

Congrats! Yes, I'll be at the orientation tomorrow. I didn't find out until the 22nd by phone so I had to scrambled to get everything in. So hectic! I wish there were more people too. I thought there would be more people on here??

MichaelDawkins · Jan 10, 2015

I recently decide to apply for the ADN program and took my Kaplan on the 8th of December. I wanted to see what scores are getting in to gauge whether I needed to retake mine. I scored a 93 Math, 77 Reading, 71 Writing, and 60 in Science. Could you'll share your scores? My overall is 76.1.

MichaelDawkins · Jan 10, 2015

I recently decide to apply for the ADN program and took my Kaplan on the 8th of December. I wanted to see what scores are getting in to gauge whether I needed to retake mine. I scored a 93 Math, 77 Reading, 71 Writing, and 60 in Science. Could you'll share your scores? My overall is 76.1.

NEradtech · Jan 11, 2015

You did a lot better than I did. My overall score was a 71. I took it on the very last day to submit applications for spring 2015 so I think I just got lucky and they still had spots available. If you have time, I highly suggest taking it again so you don't have to stress out about thinking if your score is high enough. The questions will be exactly the same! Hope you memorized the science questions

NEradtech · Feb 23, 2015

So I'm answering my own question of "Is Reynolds a good school?" For me, it's a fat NO! I was kicked out of the program after the first day of classes due to an admissions error and miscommunication, with no official notification that I had actually lost my spot. From my personal experience, Reynolds nursing admin and faculty showed no interest of helping students succeed. They will kick you to the curb if you hit a small speed bump. By "they", I am referring to the nursing admin person and the older of the two fundamentals of nursing professors. I know we can't name names here. The older fund. of nursing professor is just plain rude.

Here is my story:

I was supposed to be charged in state tuition since my husband is stationed at Langley and we actually just bought a house in Williamsburg. (Yes, I was willing to commute over an hour) Admissions charged me out of state tuition so I couldn't pay for the class right away. Getting that fixed before the first day of classes was a hassle since it's a busy time of the year for them. It wasn't fixed by then, so I went to the older fund of nursing professor's office before class to explain my situation. I read on the school's website that you could be dropped from the course if you don't pay, so I was making sure that didn't happen. I told her that I was going to get it taken cared of after class and that I will pay right away when the situation is fixed. She said that's fine and I have until the end of the add/drop period to do so (a fat lie). This was on a Tuesday and the end of the add/drop period was that Friday. Okay, so I went to class. They wrote down my name when taking attendance, and I had talked to her after the class again. This showed that I had every intent to continue with the program. Class ended around 3. So I immediately went to admissions after and made sure that they changed me to in state tuition. They said it was fixed and that I am able to pay for my nursing class. Later that night when I logged onto my account to pay, it says that I was un-enrolled in the nursing class and I couldn't re-enroll. I didn't think this was a big deal since I knew that this might happen and the professor told me I had until Friday to pay. I just thought I can go meet with the nursing admin tomorrow before class and get it fixed.

So the next business day at around 11:40 (we had a snow day the next day, so this is Thurs of that week) I went into the professor's office to see if i can re-enroll and pay. The moment I walked into her office, she immediately said I was out of the program!!!! I was so shocked. What had happened? She told me that she sent me an email and that I didn't follow instructions! I just lost it since it's been a stressful week dealing with all this school stuff. I just started crying, weaving, hyperventilating, in her office. She was so unsympathetic. This is when she got so confrontational to me. I was nothing but polite to her even when I was bawling my eyes out at the same time. I asked her what happened and she kept saying "I emailed me you!" She kept putting an emphasis on the YOU, in every sentence she said to me. I asked what changed since I last spoke to her the day before and how she told me I had until Friday. Well, she kept saying she emailed me. She never had an actual answer for that question, why I didn't have until Friday like she said. She made it seemed like she emailed me a dozen times and it was my fault. I didn't check my email since I didn't think i had any reason to check it. She was talking down to me, using her higher authoritative figure power. She made me believed it WAS my fault, to the point that I kept saying I'm sorry to her again and again. Lowest point of my life. I never felt so ashamed, thinking back now. She basically said it was my fault, that I couldn't get the paperwork in on time and didn't check my email. That since I was un-enrolled, it showed that I didn't want my spot. And once again, she referred to the email. I asked her why didn't they call me. She said they don't chase students. This isn't about chasing students. This is about someone's life-long career! That deserves a phone call. And I know for a fact they have my number. Well, at this point she seemed annoyed with me and wanted me to leave her office since it was lunch time. I asked her if they would hold a spot for me for the fall cohort since I was kicked out through no fault of my own, she said no, they don't hold spots. That I have to start the whole process again! ***! I was so upset.

I left her office and checked my email. Guess what? There was only one email and it says was I was un-enroll and that I should call in the am to get a code to enroll or risk loosing my seat. She sent that email at 4:45 pm on Tues. An hour and 45 minutes after I had just talked to her in class. There was no multiple emails or any emails saying I was out of the program. Why would I check my email when I just and talked to her in person earlier that day and she said I had until Friday??? Seeing the time frame of that email made me even more upset. She basically lied to me. You can't say one thing and change you mind an hour later and expect me to know. The email never gave a specific deadline. It says in the AM. Well guess what? I did talk to her in the AM of the next business day! It wasn't like I wasted days by not replying.

So the next day, on Friday, I called her and asked for more specific details. She was so rude she actually asked me "Is there a specific question you're asking? What is the reason for your call?" That's a direct quote. Our call was a total of 3 minutes, it wasn't like I was wasting much of her time. I was so polite too. After she said that, I replied "I just wanted to check on my status and situation, you don't have to raise your voice at me. Thank you." I just hung up after that. She is the type of person that always want the last words. She will raise her voice and will have tones when speaking. She actually have multiple reviews online that says she is unapproachable.

It turns out they gave my seat away at 11. I went in to talk to her at 11:40. She didn't even give me the whole morning like the email suggested. So basically, they only gave me 3 business hours to reply. For the same amount of effort, they could've called me instead of the person that they gave my seat to. A nursing program, let alone a professor should have been more caring and understanding. They should've contacted me. It was 3 business hours for god's sake! They should have wanted to help me. I made it known that I was committed to the program and they knew my situation with admissions. I was just in class the previous day! I can't believe a nursing program would do this to one of their students. Like I said before, they didn't even send me any notification saying that I was officially out. This is a community college, not a for profit school!!!

I actually lost over 500 dollars because of this. Money spent on a background check, drug test, their books, uniforms, and etc. It was so unprofessional, my father actually asked me if I wanted a lawyer. HAHAH. I don't want to waste anymore time talking to that cold hearted person. And no, I will never step foot into Reynolds ever again.

Good luck to all prospective and current students. I truly hope no one will have to experience what I experienced.

madsfabs · Apr 22, 2016

I looked at their NCLEX pass rates and they aren't that impressive. I've also heard nothing but terrible things about their program.