Any students from the Albany,NY area?

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Hi;

Any students from the Albany New York area? After weighing my options about EC and traditional college, I have decided to enroll in EC.

Any guidance would be appreciated :yeah:

I just checked the nursing catalog, and the CPNE pass rate in 2007 was 59%; that is down from 64% in 2006. I'm curious to see the 2008 numbers! And I'm not sure if that's overall passing (including people who make more than one attempt), or if that's the first-time pass rate. Probably cumulative, though. Heh ... and people think this is the "easy way" ... NOT!

Yeah those numbers threw me off.. I didn't know what to think at that point. Then, I started reading some failure posts that were on the extreme side.. many people walk in there without preparing. I even had 1 girl in my group that kept following me around the lab stations asking me how to do the stuff. We weren't allowed to talk so I would just walk away or shrug. I'm sorry but if you show up to a $1900 test and you don't know what needle to pick for IM, then I don't feel bad for you. Needless to say, she didn't make it. If I had to assume, I think the pass rate is closer to the upper 60's if you take out those who didn't prepare. One person that was in my study group had an emotional family event happen 2-3 days before the CPNE and she went anyway with that huge weight on her back and didn't pass. I'm sure she isn't alone in that situation. I don't know if you listened to Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" but I think of it often. There might be a brick wall in front of you. If you really want something bad enough, you have to find a way around it.

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"There might be a brick wall in front of you. If you really want something bad enough, you have to find a way around it".

This quote is going to go with me everyday...I love it!!! Thank you for this one.

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Everything about Excelsior sounds great. Except for the clinical trials with its less than good pass rate. Should I be concerned or forge ahead nonetheless? Many from this site have been successful, while some have not. What's causing so many to fail? Is it stress, bad habits, or a harsh grading system at Excelsior??

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