cheapest school (tuition)

N12518 · Nov 12, 2007

i've just recently enrolled in umak under the regis program, which is the bsn curriculum especially tailored for 2nd coursers like us, and here's the breakdown of the total fees that i paid last may 31 for this coming semester:
cost per unit = p700
total # of units = 21 (with 4 lab-units)
tuition fee = p14,700 (700/unit x 21 units)
registration fee = p100
rle fee = 0 (since no subjects with rle, yet)
affiliation fee = 0 (since no hospital duty yet)
library fee = p50
med & dental fee = p50
miscellaneous fee = p1,500
laboratory fee = p2,000 (p500/lab-unit x 4 lab-units)
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total = = = = = > p18,400
i paid = = = = = > p16,560 (less 10% for cash payments)
1st semester subjects, 2006, (with 21 total units):
foundations of nursing (2 lec-units + 1 lab-unit = 3 total units)
science, tech, and society (3 lec-units = 3 total units)
nutrition (3 lec-units = 3 total units)
human anatomy & physiology (3 lec-units + 2 lab-units = 5 total units)
microbiology & parasitology (3 lec-units + 1 lab-unit = 4 total units)
health economics (3 lec-units = 3 total units)
pros:
- 100% passing rate in the philippine nursing board examinations (nle) since the
first batch
- the only local university (lu) fully owned, managed, and funded by the local
government of makati city - the financial capital and the richest/cleanest/most
peaceful/most urbanized city of the philippines
- deregulated and full-autonomy status from ched, hence the regis program
- excellent facilities esp. the library & huge parking spaces for cars, motorcycles,
and bicycles
- base hospital is the ospital ng makati, the only hospital fully owned, operated, and
funded by the local government of makati city
- affiliated hospitals in pasay city, pasig, quezon city, pampanga, gen. santos, etc.
- saturday and sunday classes usually from 7 am to 9 pm, depending on the
subjects taken
- one or two weekday classes from 6-9 pm, depending on the subjects taken
- only "major nursing" subjects will be taken under the regis program, minor
subjects such as humanities, zoo, psych, asian civ, history, lit, etc are no longer
required since most 2nd courser students have already taken these subjects in their
first degree/course.
- the regis program can be finished in 2, 2.5, or 3 years with a degree in
b.s.nursing
cons:
- very competitive, a 2nd courser applicant must past the qualifying exams,
interviews, and medical check-up (urinalysis, fecalysis, blood analysis, x-ray, and
complete physical exam to check out for contagious diseases, use of illegal drugs,
physical deformities/disorders, etc.) before he can be accepted as a bona fide
student of the school and must always maintain his good health and academic
standing thereafter
- students will be usually required to go to gen. santos city or pampanga affiliated
hospitals for the completion of their cases within 3 weeks to 1 month (so, if you're
a working student, you might have to file for a leave of absence or to take a
vacation leave from your company/office/work for 1 month)
- strict discipline inside the campus, esp. w.r.t. uniforms & use of elevators - guards
are all around the campus
- medium of instruction is purely in english, both labs and lectures
- you might be required to speak "english only" while inside the campus

hi! this is very informative..im planning to take the entrance exam@umak nxt yr..do dey have a specific review book for their exam? i know sum gen entrance exam books available@ major bookstore nationwide but..uhm just wanted to know..cuz i wanna pass it. i wanna b prepared for it. as i second courser, im gettin rusty already, i need sumthin dat can refresh what i have learned n d past. i appreciate if u can recommend anything as well. so how's d schedule like? is it every weekend? em gona be a fulltime student. do dey hav a hands-on training? how's deyr facilities? are they highly equipped? im so excited to go back to sch..hope everythin wil fall into the right place. and thank you in advance for ur reply:d

coolarcher83 · Nov 26, 2007

thanks again...hope i can find a good school and they'd accept me... hehehe!!
it's not actually a second course.. sort of "continuing what i left behind" hahaha!!! thanks guys!!

HELP! I am graduating student but I hav eto stop and drop all of my subjects for 1st sem due to an unavoidable circumstances. Right now, I am decided to finish my 4th year but still confused with the school I will be enrolling at. Both of my parents passed away and right now, I am supporting myself by wokring in a call center so I can save something for my tutition fee. Though, I would really appreaciate if you guys could help mr answer some of my dilemmas:

1. Schools with relatively average tuition fee amounts here in manila that has (2.) saturday and sunday classes - (3.)also, schools that accept graduating students (or at least schools that credit my previous grades so I won;t be spending too much for re enrolling same subject I had already taken.

I already read the thread regarding other nursing schools. And so far, I have st jude and PnM in mind - that is if they have sat and sund classes.

GUYS, THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE FOR HELPING! my life has to go on, and I know that this really is a part of my struggle to succeed but I won't give up, not until I finish my studies which my mom really wanted.