Comparing schools

Passing rates can be found on state boards website and southeastern is very competitive to get into. I'm applying at Nicholls for Fall seems like people tend to forget about this school so it's not as competitive.

Ok Thank you..Are you applying for your clinicals in the fall?

I just applied to the bridge program so hopefully I can skip the fundamentals class/clinicals

Ok that good! Do you KNOW what Link it is to see the rates on the state board website?

Can be found in this document. (Appendix B I think towards the end) http://www.lsbn.state.la.us/Portals/1/Documents/AnnualReport/AnnualReport2012.pdf

The same document has data on every school regarding how many qualified apps they got, how many were accepted, etc.

Okay thank you!

Hi EbonyRNForeman. I'm actually graduating from Southeastern in a couple of weeks, and I might be able to help you with some of the questions you have about the program. To start with, looking at NCLEX pass rates by school may be an okay way to start, but please be weary...there are some schools that have recently switched to a system where they do not award their seniors their degree until they actually pass the NCLEX. It ends up boosting their numbers and makes the school look better.

Southeastern is a very competitive program to get into...but once you're in, it is very "family oriented." By this I mean you will start to feel like your classmates are your family. Recently Southeastern has changed the way they accept students though. In the past, like when I got accepted, they based your rank on your degree GPA, so they were only calculating GPAs based on classes that counted towards your degree, and they only looked at the last grade in those classes, so if you failed a class, you could retake it without worry. BUT...now, they look at your cumulative GPA, so every class and every single grade counts. SO, if anyone tells you cutoff GPAs from past semesters, take that with a grain of salt, because the new cutoff GPAs are all cumulative.

If you have good grades and a good overall GPA, and you're just looking to find a good program, this is it. I'm not saying any other programs are worse...I wouldn't know...but Southeastern grads are often picked over other schools for jobs because we have a very good program.

Our program is also evolving to hopefully educate students better and faster. 2 semesters ago, the program was revised to allow applicants to get into clinical courses sooner in their college education. Not to mention, they have revised some of the classes based on past students' needs and suggestions. The program is still very challenging...most nursing programs are...but it's definitely worth it. SELU is known for 2 things...it's education program and it's nursing program.

now im feel sad about changing curriculums to nicholls...

Don't feel sad! If you can get in somewhere, don't pass it up! Any nurse will tell you that school is just the beginning...nursing is a career of LIFELONG LEARNING, especially considering how quickly technology and the medical field changes. After you graduate nursing school, you still have a lot to learn no matter where you went to school. I'm learning that now from friends that have graduated the semester before me, and as I'm finishing up my last semester. School is only meant as preparation to enter the field...then you have about a 6 month transition from student to professional as you learn the ropes. So are you currently on trying to get in to Nicholls or SELU?

I was going for Southeastern until I heared its very hard to get in so someone informed me on nicholls and I changed curriculums since their classes to get in are less but if I dont get in there all i have is 3 classes to take for Southeastern and I could apply there

If you've already applied to Nicholls, the just wait to see what happens. If you don't get in, then you could take those last 3 over the summer, and apply to SELU along with some other schools also to try to get in Spring 2015 somewhere. Don't rush yourself. Take this time to work on learning about yourself and how to study...because once you get in anywhere, you'll be studying a LOT. I never learned HOW to study...I've always been able to just go sit in a class and get an A. But nursing school is a BEAST, and no matter how smart you think you are, it's hard and requires lots of studying. I've had a harder time than some through nursing school because I don't know how to study...and that's really tough when you come home with 30 or more pages of notes from one class and you don't know where to start.