2 out 500 graduate on time from RPN in Seneca, ture?

xokw, BSN, RN · Aug 19, 2014

Yesterday, one of my friend told me that his wife went to Seneca to learn Practical nursing. There were 500 students registered in Practical Nursing, but only 2 of them graduated on time? Isn't shocking, is that true?

That is definitely an exaggeration.

meanmaryjean, DNP, RN · Aug 19, 2014

What school admits 500 students at a time? Somebody's making stuff up!

Fiona59 · Aug 19, 2014

Highly unlikely.

By that logic, there would only be a graduating class of two each semester. The media would be all over it.

meanmaryjean, DNP, RN · Aug 19, 2014

Highly unlikely.
By that logic, there would only be a graduating class of two each semester. The media would be all over it.

Think of how fast graduation would be over, though! :)

loriangel14, RN · Aug 19, 2014

No. That's just silly. Definitely not true.

Pepper The Cat, BSN, RN · Aug 20, 2014

Something wrong there.

1. It is highly doubtful that there would be a class of 500 students. That is just way to many!

2. Only 2 graduates a year? Who would chose to go to a school with such a poor graduation percentage

ElaineWang · Aug 20, 2014

I think it's unbelievable, too.

But 500 hundreds are not just in one class, it's the total number of students in this program.

2 graduated on time doesn't mean the others didn't graduated, they just delayed the time for graduating!

Anyway, I still think 2 is unbelievable!!

loriangel14, RN · Aug 20, 2014

They wouldn't have 500 in one year.

CanadianGirl79 · Aug 20, 2014

Not even the biggest nursing schools have classes of 500! That's a massive exaggeration. If you want to know more about the school's stats, call and ask, or dig around their site. Many schools have something on their site about the percentage of students working after graduation and such.

xokw, BSN, RN · Aug 20, 2014

I think it's unbelievable, too.
But 500 hundreds are not just in one class, it's the total number of students in this program.
2 graduated on time doesn't mean the others didn't graduated, they just delayed the time for graduating!
Anyway, I still think 2 is unbelievable!!

Yes it is very unrealistic. They would certainly be looked into and could even lose their accreditation with the CNO for stats like that.

Also, according to the CNO, Seneca only has 100-140 students writing the national exam yearly. No way they are admitting 500 students to the program at a time.

dommagao · Aug 20, 2014

That is impossible. I have to say that the gradation rate is low, but not that low.... I found this from Centennial's website and later found out that George Brown, Seneca, Humber got the Approval with Conditions Status from the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) Council. 9351 Practical Nursing (Flexible) | Centennial College Full-Time Programs Only Centennial posted it on their website. Basically because they have lower than average gradation rate. I don't know why the other colleges' reason for this conditional approval because they don't post this. But I guess the same reason. My friend graduated from Centennial 7 years ago told me only 30% made it to the graduation. It is a tough program.