apollo RN program

HikingNinja, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, APRN, NP · Jul 9, 2007

Yeah it was 38,000 I remember being like GOOD LAWD and they aren't accredited yet until they graduate that first class. First classes I think started in Jan!

Isn't that INSANE!!!! I'll only be paying 4500 total for my NSC nursing degree (accelerated program).

ohmeowzer RN, RN · Jul 9, 2007

found out from a girl at work who is in the apollo program she tells me they are accredited because she wouldn't be able to get her student loans if it wasn't. she also told me noone in her school fails because it is a private school. she was very defensive about her school and got angry when i compared hers w/ CCSN ( bad idea .. i still have my foot in my mouth) .. i just explained we all have different needs and thats why we have different schools. she thinks CCSN is a horrible school.. which is a shame because we arn't suppose to be agaisnt each other .. it was a strange conversation.... she will be in the first graduating class in april.

HikingNinja, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, APRN, NP · Jul 10, 2007

found out from a girl at work who is in the apollo program she tells me they are accredited because she wouldn't be able to get her student loans if it wasn't. she also told me noone in her school fails because it is a private school. she was very defensive about her school and got angry when i compared hers w/ CCSN ( bad idea .. i still have my foot in my mouth) .. i just explained we all have different needs and thats why we have different schools. she thinks CCSN is a horrible school.. which is a shame because we arn't suppose to be agaisnt each other .. it was a strange conversation.... she will be in the first graduating class in april.

I'm sorry she was so rude to you. I hate it when ill informed people get all defensive when you start asking them questions. There are several types of accredition a post secondary educational institution needs to have to be legit. First, the school as a whole needs to be accredited, or in the process of, by a regional accrediting agency. Like WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges). This makes sure that the school is performing to the standards of what a college should be. Students attending these colleges are eligible for federal student loans. That's the accreditation she's talking about. I looked, apollo has branches elsewhere so they were accredited regionally already. Now you need your national nursing agency accreditation (like CCNE), and then you need your approval from your state nursing board. Alot of people think, "hey, if i can get federal loans then this program is accredited and I can get a license anywhere". Not so. If apollo fails to prove to the national nursing accrediting agency or our BON that they have a decent program then there is a chance you will not be able to get licensed. Although I am sure apollo is a decent program, CCSN has the advantage of being established and with an excellent NCLEX pass rate. I am not going to CCSN but I respect anyone who graduates from there as I believe it is an excellent program. It just makes me so mad when I hear others bashing programs that are not there own. :angryfire Expressing concerns is one thing, but bashing is entirely different.

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ohmeowzer RN, RN · Jul 10, 2007

thank you dee for explaining that to me. i feel better just reading your post. i'll never open my big mouth again about apollo around that woman. she kept saying over and over apollo has 55,000 schools and they are the best... gees.. i thought what did i get myself into?? lol.. thank you again and good luck in all your schooling. your awesome

DesertRain · Aug 7, 2007

I know someone at Apollo who is just now starting clinicals after several months. I don't remember him starting that far behind me, and although he will finish before me, I don't foresee it being that soon before me, and I am at CSN. I guess my point being, if you are patient enough, and can't really afford that $40,000, 22 months doesn't really seem all that much "faster" to me.

Don't get me wrong, through my frustrations of pre-req's and such at the CSN, I thought about Apollo, and it wasn't the loans and finances that scared me, I've been to private colleges before and really enjoyed the small class sizes and all the perks about it. My problem was that I personally want to pursue further opportunities in nursing which will start with my Bachelor's and continue on to my Masters. Currently at UNLV, the RN to BSN program only accepts "state" accredited RN graduates. If someone can spare the tuition costs and would like to finish fast and knows that they will be done educationally as an RN, than these private colleges are probably a really good path to take. And from what I've heard, the students actually love this particular school.

chocolatebreath · Sep 11, 2009

I am currently a student at Apollo and am loving it so far. The only semester you don't do clinicals is the first semester when you are just doing general education classes. Once you start the actual nursing classes you are doing two 8 hour shifts a week of clinicals. It is pricey but they are well equipped to give you a good education because of it. They have several rn bridge programs so it depends on where you are. Here in oregon they just got approved by the board of nursing to add an rn program. I plan to attend that when I finish my lpn classes. I only have good things to say about apollo.