I am currently enrolled in the Pace University RN4 program. I have to say this is not a good school. The professors often avoid answering questions, do not give you any room to learn, and overall feels like they don't care whether you pass or fail.
Let me give you some examples of what I am talking about.
1. This was the first semester so we are learning patient assessment skills and everything. This girl in my class passes all but one skill, something simple in the frequency hearing test where she said "tell me when you stop feeling this" rather than "tell me when you stop HEARING this". OK, no problem she gets another chance to retake the practical. She corrects the problem and fails again. The instructor said she did another part of the exam wrong when she did everything exactly as she did the first time with the once correction that was brought to her attention. This girl tried everything but none of the professors would do anything about it and she was not allowed to move on.
2. I often have have questions that I think of when I am home studying or something and if I can't figure it out I will email a professor. I have only had 1 professor who has actually answered my questions via email. Every other professor either did not respond or told me to speak with someone else. THis really annoyed me when an email was sent about applying for a nursing internship and I asked a simple question about the internship (Whether one year of Nursing school was required when applying or the year was needed to be completed before the start of the internship, as it starts in the summer it is a reasonable question). I wrote to the woman who sent the email and she told me to contact someone else.
3. I just got an email today, less than 2 weeks before the start of Spring semester saying "All friday clinicals have been canceled. Sorry for the inconvenience." WHat the hell is that? No explanation at all, no comments on saying they will accomodate us. Simply "Sorry for the inconvenience". I don't know about anyone else, but I schedule my school around my other priorities, in this case work. I was glad there was a Friday section because the other sections interfere with my work schedule. Now they expect me to change everything at the last minute with no explanation or anything.
I have found out so far that at least 20 people have failed out during this first semester, which is probably like 15% of those enrolled. Thankfully I grasp information easily so I was able to make it on my own, but anyone who needs some extra help or needs an instructor to learn well will most likely not fit into this environment. I suggest anyone looking at Pace University seriously reconsider.
Since this discussion occurred, have there been any changes to the Pace CDP program? I'm interested in applying this year, but not if this is the experience that I'm going to have. However, from more recent postings, it looks like perhaps things have changed for the better? Can anyone offer any insight as to whether or not this is the case? Thanks.
From what I've seen, there have been many changes in the CDP program since the original poster started this thread. The CDP program is very demanding, but most of my classmates made it through and seemed to be OK with the experience. (This is the Pleasantville campus I'm talking about.)
I had to drop out of the CDP two-year program because of a head injury. I am now in the RN4 program. Pace is not for everyone, but I know lots of people who are hanging in there and are on track for being successful.
I have mixed feelings about Pace. Maybe because I'm a lot older than my classmates, maybe because I am a scientist by training, maybe my personalty stinks. I don't know any nursing students who are deleriously happy at Pace, but I'm sure this is true of all nursing schools.
Just do a lot of research before you apply to any nursing school. Make sure you talk to students and graduates. Remember that people are more motivated to post negative stuff on the internet than neutral or positive stuff.
Like Aretha sings "Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear."
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Since this discussion occurred, have there been any changes to the Pace CDP program? I'm interested in applying this year, but not if this is the experience that I'm going to have. However, from more recent postings, it looks like perhaps things have changed for the better? Can anyone offer any insight as to whether or not this is the case? Thanks.