Harcum College 2015 Part -Time Evening Nursing Program

U.S.A. Pennsylvania

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Hi is anyone waiting to hear back if they got into Harcum Colleges 2015 part-time evening program? I am, and I would love to meet other students who are as well! :-)

I would proceed with caution in attending Harcum. They are very close to losing their accreditation with the BoN, and within the next 6-12 months. I had a friend who went to Harcum for the first semester and then dropped out because of that. Also, many of the larger hospitals in the immediate area require you to have your BSN now. Another viable option that has an evening program is La Salle's Achieve program. You have classes during the week (evenings) and clinicals on the weekends. It worked very well for me and I had a full time job. If you do choose to go to Harcum, I wish you good luck. :-)

I completely agree with this post. I made the mistake of attending Harcum- luckily only for the first semester of the nursing program. The Dean of the program explained they will most likely lose accreditation by April (due to NCLEX scores continuously being low). I dropped the second semester immediately after I heard the news, and was lucky enough to be able to transfer into the second semester at another college. I suggest anyone who plans to attend Harcum to rethink their decision, or at least proceed with caution. It is almost impossible to find a job after graduating from an unaccredited program, and even more difficult to transfer into an RN-BSN program. Good luck everyone!

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Before you settle on a program look up it's NCLEX passing rates. There are 27 programs that train RNs in the state of PA. 13 schools are on provisional status with the BON because of low NCLEX scores. The NCLEX got much harder about a year ago and passing rates have been falling. You don't just want to survive school. You want to be able to pass the board exam.

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Before you settle on a program look up it's NCLEX passing rates. There are 27 programs that train RNs in the state of PA. 13 schools are on provisional status with the BON because of low NCLEX scores. The NCLEX got much harder about a year ago and passing rates have been falling. You don't just want to survive school. You want to be able to pass the board exam.

Where can you find the list of schools with provisional status?

Never mind...found it.

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Hi, im waiting to hear back from them as well. I called they said acceptance letters will be sent out in January , closer to the end tho..I'm so anxious yet excited.

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Stacy what does your profile pic look like?

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It's of my fiancé and I. And it should say bear, Delaware! :)

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Accreditation comes from ACEN, Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, not the state board. I know Harcum had a visit from ACEN in the fall of '14. This is most likely why they are losing accreditation. They have had low passing NCLEX rates off and on for that past 3-4 years. They've been off and on warning status frequently for that, even prior to the metric change for passing. In any event, good call on transferring. Terrible program.

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Definitely look into another program I was a recent student and they have a lot of mess going on . They will 99% lose accreditation in Apr '15. They change rules for some and not others last senior class on allowed 16 thru from 35 classmates due not getting 98% on predictor ati score but most of class passed with 94% and up and some people that graduated didn't meet 98% .. Go figure! So be very careful and it's a shame because it has potential to be a good school but unfortunately they too busy with messing with people. I am currently looking to transfer out

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hi .... IM also waiting... same here. i applied part time evening at harcum.... few days ago i emailed they said they havent started sending the decision letters yet. i would love to keep up with u all ..... plz

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are u still going for??/ or change ur mind??? im keeping a 2nd option on side by going for LPN ...

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hey, seemaAH. r u still waiting for the prog??

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