Hondros College of Nursing - Input??????

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I am actively looking into Nursing Schools in the Cincinnati Area. I am starting the application process at Hondros and was wondering if anyone had any feedback about their program, good, bad or indifferent. I know its a relatively new program but they have recently receieved their final approval so Im assuming they have worked out the kinks that were reported in blogs posted early last year.

I would appreciate any feedback you may have.

Thank you!!

Hi Emtcorey!

I have *met* the financial advisor at Hondros, she is THE BOMB with helping you out on this one. She is also super sweet too! (lol just sayin!) Inside joke. Anyways, When you go to the fin aid meeting they can tell you almost exactly how much grants and loans you will qualify for based on your EFC. My EFC was zero, so I got a lot of grants, and then $9,000 a year in Federal Loans qualified for the whole year. Thats how much I was awarded, and it came out to be about $1000 more than was needed to pay for the school. If your EFC was more than this and you need more assistance I know they work closely with Sallie Mae. Some students in that meeting didn't get approved for Sallie Mae and I remember they were referred to try Wells Fargo. There were also a few students who were going through WIA instead. I hope this helps!

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If i am the Andrew from your class i am really tall. I dont remeber anyone with a head scarf but then again we have lost litereally 65 percent of our original class since we started.

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I am a middle aged adult who has attend another nursing school a little over a decade ago and here are my feeling about Hondros.

Extremely disorganized

You will be lucky to complete a course without an instructor change

The cost is not low. In fact delilas sounds like someone who works for Hondros, The cost is nearly 2 ½ - 3 times more than a state funded college of which there are lots all throughout Ohio. One more point on the cost. At least one other college not to far from one of Hondros’ campuses (3x less expensive) does not make a student repay for a nursing course if they do not pass it on the 1st try. Now I am not advocating someone not passing, but a state funded school is not a money mill such as nearly all private nursing schools in Ohio.

Not all, but there is to many nursing instructors who are unfit and or unqualified to teach, but with the shortage of nursing instructors every burnout and or incapable nurse can find a home

This is coming from a student who maintains a high GPA and has never failed before. I would just like to make prospective nurse know how poor Hondros really is. Your best bet is to wait out a waiting list at a state funded school rather than make this costly mistake

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Not to say what you are saying about Hondros is inaccurate(you may have started earlier than me) but in my entire LPN program we had the same teacher throughout all my classes with the exception of one where the teacher had a baby. As far as cost a lot of students between the LPN and RN schools looked at other options and I have seen all the numbers for most of the schools out there. With the 2 to three year waiting list out there and the 2.5 to 3 times less you would be playing wouldn't that come out to be about even? Then there is that online school that makes you pay cash or take out a loan and doing everything online. I wasn't a big fan of what they had to say either.

For my LPN portion of my program personally i was satisfied with the education i received. Some aren't but personally i was.

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Hi Emtcorey!

I have *met* the financial advisor at Hondros, she is THE BOMB with helping you out on this one. She is also super sweet too! (lol just sayin!) Inside joke. Anyways, When you go to the fin aid meeting they can tell you almost exactly how much grants and loans you will qualify for based on your EFC. My EFC was zero, so I got a lot of grants, and then $9,000 a year in Federal Loans qualified for the whole year. Thats how much I was awarded, and it came out to be about $1000 more than was needed to pay for the school. If your EFC was more than this and you need more assistance I know they work closely with Sallie Mae. Some students in that meeting didn't get approved for Sallie Mae and I remember they were referred to try Wells Fargo. There were also a few students who were going through WIA instead. I hope this helps!

Did you work while you went to school. Im planning on not working I think so I can concentrate on school, I know when I went to Cincinnati state I received a school check that was able to help with bills, so just wondering if you get a school check with hondros.If so do you know how often and do you think it would be enough to help out on bills?Thanks

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Totally new to the board and to researching Hondros! I have a B.A. in Bio/premed from Capital University and after being out in the workforce for a while doing jobs completely unrelated to Biology (couldn't find a single job in my field after schooling), I got a student job at the OSU Med Center and am back in school. Initially, I was looking into CSCC but their waitlist is ridiculous and I have had a bad experience with them several times. I came across Hondros and am meeting with one of their admissions advisors on Monday with a few questions to ask but I had one in particular that I thought the board may be able to answer! Can you do the ADN program without doing the LPN program? I uploaded the application and it says you have to be a licensed PN to do the ADN program otherwise you have to start out in the PN program which isn't something I want to do (it's more money and I already have a degree so all the extra stuff seems silly to me). I've noticed some people on the board saying they are just doing the LPN program and some saying they are doing the ADN program, can you choose just the ADN program if you aren't a licensed PN?

Thank you! :)

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Specializes in Wound Care.

I believe its only lpn or if you are already an lpn you can do the lpn to rn program. With your history you could get into an accelerated program at a community college or a university. Has it been over 5-7 years since you last took a science class? Kent State will accept classes that are under 5 years and Tri-C is 7 years.

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Specializes in Women's Health NP.

If you're looking to shell out the kind of money for Hondros, I'd apply to the MCCN second degree accelerated program. You get your BSN in 13 months, which is nice, and from a highly-regarded school in the community. Downside is you really cannot work full-time while going through that program.

Good luck in what you decide!

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Anyone who has signed up or made a commitment to attend any Hondoros Nursing program needs to do their best to try to get a refund especially if you are attending anywhere in the Columbus area. The school and the support you get are a joke. This school screwed my niece to the wall. She registered before they required the HESI; then they farmed it in and made it a requirement for graduating. Most reputable schools use this test to help students along the way so they can pass the NCLEX without any problem. This is not true with Hondoros. Even if you pass every class you will not graduate unless you receive a 850 on the HESI. They do not provide class preparation or instructor support for this test. And, my feelings are if you have passed every course offered in the school with a C or above and can't pass this test that there is a problem with the teaching in the classes. I have been an educator for over 30 years (elementary school through college level) and I can tell you if my students passed every assignment I gave them during the quarter but could not pass the final exam my teaching career would be in jeopardy. You will be wasting your money here; find another school or give your money to a charity/

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There are plenty of students who graduate high school but perform poorly on ACTs and SATs. Your comparison is laughable. Passing your classes is not a guarantee of passing NCLEX, why should it guarantee passing HESI?

For her to have joined before HESI was required means she had to have joined more tthan two years ago, near the very start of the program. I started at the columbus campus July 2009 and HESI was a known requirement then.

Anyone and everyone looking at nursing schools in columbus has at least four schools to choose from. Do your research and choose what is best for you.

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Almost all programs nowadays require the Hesi Exit it seems.

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True, there are some students who perform poorly on ACT's and SAT's but yet have high grades in high school class work. Our government has been saying that high school grades are often inflated with students graduating with over a 4.0. If grades in classes and test scores that are supposed to measure what students learn in these classes whether in a nursing program, high school program, or college class do not align, there is a problem. The problem is in what is being taught or what is being tested. My student started her program over 2 years ago while working almost full time to pay for her tuition. She was not the only student this happened to; any nursing school in Columbus offers more support than Hondros. I have had a number of students in nursing at Otterbein, Capital, and another niece is in the accelerated program at Mt. Carmel School of Nursing.

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