Goal to start West Coast University LA January 2015

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Hey everyone,

Was checking to see if anyone has plans to attend WCU Jan 2015?

I went to the information session last week and loved it. The state of the art simulation center was awesome. The feeling of an actually hospital floor, and human like mannequins were being treating as real human patients. Very life like feeling that you were in a hospital not a school. It was pretty exciting!

I am hoping there will be more soon to be students here as well. I would like to get to know some potential classmates and also here from students already in the program. Anyone took the HESI to get started and have units to transfer, etc.

Lets talk!!!

Those who plan to Reply Negatively: PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU COMMENT!

I have read alot of old post about how the school was back then and people don't like the school because of the tuition and how they was not WASC Accredited while back. I know and heard it all and they have fixed alot of the issues.

With that being said, Negativity, Talking down to students who attend or plan to attend and talk about the cost of the school is not appreciated so please don't reply with that mess. I know the cost and so does everyone else who decides to attend so please, if you have nothing nice to say, Don't Say It at all!!!!!

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

I think that when you (not you, you, but the collective you) post in a public forum you need to understand that you (again not you, you, the collective you) will get responses from all sides of an issue.

Members are free to respond to all forums. I think it is up to the OP to ignore the comments that they do not find...useful.

There is much debate about these for profit schools and the curriculum. An increasing number of states are not accepting this education from another state for licensure. A nationally accredited school is your safest bet where nursing schools are involved.

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Thanks for the response.

You can delete this post completely. It just breeds alot of negativity and I don't want my post to cause issues for anyone. It is kind of discouraging.

If you could please delete the other one I would appreciate it as well.

Thanks for the response.

Have a good day!

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If one has already taken all nursing pre-req classes, anyone knows if the tuition be cut in half, and how long the program will be 2 years?

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Tuition is $16,550 per semester. So if you multiply that by the courses you need to take then you will get your amount. You need to have them do a transcript evaluation to determine what pre-req classes will they accept. They don't always accept some classes and there are classes they require you to take on campus. The program is 39 months with all classes. It won't drop down to half the time but it will reduce a couple months or so. Tuition will drop depending on which courses they allow you to transfer. It might drop to like 30 months or so but I can't really say because it depends on what you need and the pre-reqs that are accepted.

You will need to talk to an enrollment counselor and attend an information session to get more accurate information.

I have found that West Coast University is not well liked on this website. I stopped talking about it.

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If one has already taken all nursing pre-req classes, anyone knows if the tuition be cut in half, and how long the program will be 2 years?

I just started with WCU (start date was 8/24/2015). I had 33 credit hours (aka 10 classes) transfer, which dropped my tuition total down to $74,825.00. I will be down with my BSN in 2 years! :) I hope this helps!!

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i have a friend who just transferred 20 credits as well, and is starting funds, how was the school for you? any tips i can pass along? I hear its nationally accredited now.

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