anyone currently enrolled in the ADN program at kaplan?

Calicutie · Jul 4, 2009

I'm a current student, about 1/2 way through the program and my word of advice is dont do it. It's a lot of money for a program that is still working out the bugs. They are extremely unorganized too. There are always changes to the schedule, classrooms etc. I transferred all of my GE's and prereq's so I started in the 2nd semester. The first two semesters where not bad, tough but do-able. The instructors were great too. This semester has been a mess so far. The problem is in fourth semester they attempt to cram two of your core nursing courses (med surg 2&3) into one semester. These are 5 unit courses usually taught in 16 weeks but you only get 8 weeks per class. That makes this a accelerated course and it is taught by a newer instructor. In all fairness, it is an insane amount of material for any instructor to cover but then she is sarcastic and mean on top of it. Several complaints have been made but nothing has changed. The other day, more than 50% of the class failed (failing is anything below a 75%) some of them were retaking and they are now out of the program. This is not the first time this has happened and unless something changes, it will probably not be the last. I was one of the failing students (I worked my butt off for that too) and now have the option to retake (pay another $4k) or walk away w/ a huge amount of debt. The choice is obvious, I'm going to retake. Besides, what's another $4k when you're already $30,000 in debt w/ student loans. My only option as I see it is to get through this program because if I don't I walk away w/ nothing. Maybe things will change by the time you get to this point but right now, they are messed up. Good luck in your decision and education. Let me know if you have any questions.