Chamberlain College of Nursing Houston

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Hello all,

I am considering the program here in Houston over the online program at UT arlington. I have an appointment next Friday with an admissions counselor and was wondering what to expect. For those of you already in the program or applying for the May 2 start date do you have any advice? I was going for nursing in Cali but moved here a year and a half ago and have since been taking classes at LSC for engineering. However, I have a family and my GI Bill isn't cutting it anymore. So I am looking to get into the workforce as soon as possible.

I have all of the Bio classes and most of the first year classes knocked out except for phil and a few others. The only thing I am worried about is the fact that I took these classes about 3 years ago. Do they have refresher courses for A&P? How hard is it starting out in the program? What options do they have for financing the degree? How hard is it to get accepted? My gpa overall is 3.4 but the Hesi is what im a lil hesitant about. Are any of you applying at the moment ?

I have a million questions but I am just looking for some experienced advice from anyone attending or in my position as well. Also I wanted to start a new thread for anyone interested in the Houston program that may have the same questions. Thanks

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Am currently in the program.. I think with a good HESI score and goo GPA you will be fine.. I think the science can't be 5 years old.. Don't hold me to that because I have to retake mind.. My sciences are 15 years old.. As for as the finance.. Am using the GI bill.. No out of pocket expenses

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I appreciate your response to the thread. How hard are the courses starting out? I wanted to continue taking courses at Lonestar for the summer English II Mini, Calculus I 6wk1, and then Calc II 6wk2. I am kinda excited to talk with the admissions dept. on Friday but I know that admissions reps are there to sell you the program. So that is why I created this thread so that I could get some possible feedback for things they may not make obvious. Thanks

Am currently in the program.. I think with a good HESI score and goo GPA you will be fine.. I think the science can't be 5 years old.. Don't hold me to that because I have to retake mind.. My sciences are 15 years old.. As for as the finance.. Am using the GI bill.. No out of pocket expenses
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Well since no one is really replying I guess I'll do a lil update.

So today I had an appointment with an advisor. I had several questions that weren't really answered by her and she didn't seem to know the answers. Rather she just flipped through the brochure and told me the history of chamberlain and asked what my goals in nursing were.However after reviewing my unofficial transcripts i would basically have one session from year one then I would start as a 1st semester 2nd year student. Which for me means I would have less borrowing for tuition which is great. I was able to do a tour of the campus and I was impressed to say the least. The mock hospital training area really caught my attention. We didn't step inside because it was in use but looking at it seemed really awesome. I actually got to see the student on a monitor that was in that setting.

Additionally, I spoke with student services and he did a great job of breaking things down for financing the program and even answered some of the questions that were unanswered from the advising portion of my visit. He actually helped make my decision easy to discontinue engineering and pursue nursing at chamberlain. Also I don't want to work in a field and area that is dependent on oil and gas being favorable in order to have a job.

So now I will be purchasing the Hesi study guide and preparing to take that exam. Hopefully more people will chime in on here and will be joining me in May as long as I get accepted.

Oh and the best part of my visit was catching one of the current students in the hallway on her break and asking her questions about her experience and recommendation on the program without the pressure of staff members. She was extremely positive and encouraging when explaining her opinion and experiences.

Im pretty excited and I hope more of you that have a answers or questions share like I plan to on this thread.

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So far.. I enjoy the school.. It will get tougher as I progress through the program but I will graduate and pass nclex.. Good luck

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So far.. I enjoy the school.. It will get tougher as I progress through the program but I will graduate and pass nclex.. Good luck

Quick question for ya. I'm planning on taking some of the general courses like stats at my local cc even after the program begins. Is there any issues with them accepting those credits after I have started the program? Thanks to anyone who can answer this.

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Yes once you start program they forbid other courses transferring .. I wish they would change that policy

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Wow maybe I should hold off a bit longer then. That would bring my tuition down considerably. The advisement lady knows I'm signed up for summer courses that are transferable. I'll have to give her a call.

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I spoke the my admissions lady and she did confirm that it is something they forbid when attending their program. However she did say there is a appeals process before starting those courses that could potentially allow me to continue taking those classes over the summer. But from the way she explained it to me it seems they would probably stall the the process or deny it simply because it would put money in the pockets of the school from what I am guessing. So she said I have to make a choice on starting in May or September. After calculating the cost through chaimberland/devry I figured I'd be saving myself from close to seven grand worth of tuition if I just went ahead and took it at the local CC. I'm a little torn because that is a substantial amount of money.

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I would take as many classes as possible prior to beginning here. I transferred all my science course except chemistry. Of you take or have taken a chemistry it must have a lab class included.

Transferring courses will certainly save you some money.

The classes have also been rearranged. In the future this will help balance your workload.

The school is expensive but I feel that it is worth the money. We are able to access books that would cost a fortune in other schools. There are any opportunities. Many of the student nurses that I know have already secured spots in graduate nurse programs at local hospitals.

Best of luck,

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