I want to say thank you to the people in the Arizona forums. I hope to move there in March. I have been researching all the schools for hours, and the info on this forum has been so valuable, because you can actually talk to people who have had expierence with each school.
About my topic, I have been reading allot of negative things about Apollo College, which I am like 90% sure that is were I will be going.
All the horror stories about accreditation and little old sally who spent 40,000 dollars on an education, and now her credits wont transfer and she has to start over bla,bla,bla.
I just got off the phone with a real nice admin counselor at Apollo. She has been there three years. She told me that they already have Matriculation agreements in place for several schools in Arizona that will accept Apollo credits toward a B.S.N.
You can also tranfer allot of prerequisites in to Apollo, and save allot on tuition. I will have six prerequisites that will transfer by the time I start in July. So, I will be done with R.N. in hand while you community collegers are still waiting to get in. Nothing wrong with that if you are 19 years old living with your Mom and don't have to wory about it, but for the rest of us in the real world with car payments, and rent or you are on the street: We need to get to work Now
No I have no experience w/ any extern programs; they are excellent to get into, if you're 1 of the few lucky students to get in, so if that interests you then I suggest you go at that full throttle.... you'll hafta be very very persistent.
Passionate...what drew you to Apollo? What are they saying to you about the specifics about landing a job after graduation? Did you check out Everest? Do you have any pre-req's completed?
At 7 pages long, I'm still waiting to for carsonallen1 to come back with genuine first hand experience at how great Apollo is, instead of just information he received from someone who is paid to sell the school.
i was drawn to apollo because they are approved by the az state board of nursing, they are on track to get their nlnac accreditation, and the pre-requisite classes are included in the program. i have only heard good things about job placement and am positive i'll be able to find something after i graduate.
i have also been to the school a number of times and like what i’ve seen. the advisors are also very helpful and friendly. i think i have made the right choice with apollo...and can't wait to start next month :)
In GENERAL, there is enough "room" to be seated again in the next semester, if you fail out and have to repeat for whatever reason. What you WILL hear is that this "is at the discretion" of faculty/mgmt, so they are not obligated. This leaves enormous room to play with. Many of the business details such as this are not provided in the contract, but keep in mind with new owners coming along, now everything is once again up for revision.
Worry not though- if you can keep an overall B average every semester, and play nicely in clinicals and you appear as a serious student, that is all any school can expect, and you will do just fine and graduate in time. Schools are so competitive now that noone wants the student who will not pass Nclex, always keep that in mind as you progress- make good progress and learn your foundation work, and you will not have to worry about failing, ever.
I suggest you do NOT plan on failing, nor concentrate on it, because then you will fail. I've seen it myself.
i was doing some research online today and saw that once i graduate from apollo i will have an as (associate science) degree, but noticed that other community colleges offer an aas (associate in applied science) degree. does anyone know what the difference between these two degrees are, and is one better than the other? i wouldn't want anything to prevent me from getting a job in nursing once i graduate?
passionate23
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Do you have any familiarity or experience with the extern programs at Mayo Clinic or Phoenix Children's hospital?