International College of Health Sciences (ICHS) 2024

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Hi, is there anyone here that will start or already going to ICHS? If so how's your experience so far. I am interested in going to this school. I am currently a LVN in California. 

Hello everyone. I'm thinking of going to ICHS. For those of you who started do you pay as you go?  Example- If you fail a semester and drop out you just pay for that failed semester, right? You wouldn't be in debt for the whole program? 

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Esmeralda Reyes said:

Hi @Alissa F where you mentioned "The exit exam my friend didn't pass the first time but she passed her second time after giving herself more time to study"  What did the exit exam consist of? And what helped her pass? Was there any month involved? That's what I'm scared of LOL 

They were using HESI at that time. They are using ATI with us in Capstone now.  With HESI you would use HESI study material.  ATI has its own practice questions. Plus the professors last semester decided to create the Exit themselves and it was a disaster. It was not a NCLEX predictor.  We don't know what they will pull this semester. Many of us are repeating.  A few of my classmates will take the Exit again next month with no clue what or how to study because they may pull that mess again by making their own. They will not tell them or give them any study material to prepare for the repeat Exit. They are going and blind. Anybody who was in capstone before last semester will not be able to guide anyone in preparing because they were in HESI.

 

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Esmeralda Reyes said:

Hello everyone. I'm thinking of going to ICHS. For those of you who started do you pay as you go?  Example- If you fail a semester and drop out you just pay for that failed semester, right? You wouldn't be in debt for the whole program? 

You will still pay for the whole semester and they will come after you if you do not pay. They are all about their money.

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RNLife2025 said:

You will still pay for the whole semester and they will come after you if you do not pay. They are all about their money.

I see, so you would just pay for that failed semester. But not the entire program? I guess what I'm trying to say you can drop out if you wanted and just pay for that semester that your took you would be fine and not in debt?

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Esmeralda Reyes said:

I see, so you would just pay for that failed semester. But not the entire program? I guess what I'm trying to say you can drop out if you wanted and just pay for that semester that your took you would be fine and not in debt?

If you drop a class and plan to take it the next semester then you will pay for that class unless you drop by the deadline for a refund but you will continue to make your $1000 monthly payment if you are continuing the program.  If you drop out of the school completely, you should only be paying for the semesters you took and depending on when you drop the one semester you either get a refund or you will lose half of what you paid. With this school they will find a way to have you in debt because they want the money. If you drop by 7th week they will tell you that you will get a Withdrawal Fail on your transcript. Thats how they keep people from dropping.

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Am an ICHS graduate of  March 2023, I also failed HESI exit with 770 in Jan 2023 and had to retake in March and passed with 1000 score, don't give up you can do it. Goodluck.

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Myra Myra said:

Am an ICHS graduate of  March 2023, I also failed HESI exit with 770 in Jan 2023 and had to retake in March and passed with 1000 score, don't give up you can do it. Goodluck.

We are not in HESI anymore. We are in ATI. Much harder. They switched it up this year. Nothing like 2023.

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From what has been said about the Capstone from that time. Most scored over 1000 and some fessed up to sharing the testbank. That came from the students in that class and Administration.  Thats why they are treating us like they are. Because of the mass group of Capstone students who took exit during that time. They remind us of it regularly. Telling us we will be investigated, metal detecting students prior to Exit and constantly beating us down with their idea of potential cheaters in each class. It is not a good school anymore.

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 @RNLife2025

I do not agree with you, I know the school is very strict when it comes to passing exams, and just because you didn't pass doesn't mean that the rest of the students who passed were using a test bank from the so-called administrator, that's a big fat lie, there were so many rumors circulating even in our cohort, and none of it was true, it came from those bitter students who never got their way and was trying to beg the school to get extra points so that they can pass, this is just like any other school, once you fail a class you either repeat or kicked out, I haven't seen any school what gives extra point to students just to pass then so that they can gain a good name. I failed the exit exam, and that meant I was not going to graduate on the expected date, I went back home and worked on my weaknesses and even attended the Saturday Zoom classes that were hosted by some professors. I also had some classmates who failed capstone with .01 and had to retake capstone, some of them even started a petition and got lawyers involved instead of focusing and trying to retake the class, I don't think that if ICHS  was a community college students would have dragged lawyers at all. So my 2 cents are, whoever is thinking of joining the school, go for it and don't listen to some negativity in this group or those students who failed and couldn't get what they wanted. I am not saying that the school is perfect; no, it has it's ups and downs just like any other school, but if your goal is to graduate and get that diploma, you will accomplish it. I will say this again: no administrator gives any student a so-called test bank, for the students, I can't defend anyone because I don't know what everyone uses to study for exams, but for me I studied hard and did lots of practice questions to pass and also dedicated a lot of time to my study and only worked 2 days a week just to study. Anyway, keep your head up, future RN, if I did it, so can you. Good luck. 

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 @RNLife2025

I do not agree with you, I know the school is very strict when it comes to passing exams, and just because you didn't pass doesn't mean that the rest of the students who passed were using a test bank from the so-called administrator, that's a big fat lie, there were so many rumors circulating even in our cohort, and none of it was true, it came from those bitter students who never got their way and was trying to beg the school to get extra points so that they can pass, this is just like any other school, once you fail a class you either repeat or kicked out, I haven't seen any school what gives extra point to students just to pass then so that they can gain a good name. I failed the exit exam, and that meant I was not going to graduate on the expected date, I went back home and worked on my weaknesses and even attended the Saturday Zoom classes that were hosted by some professors. I also had some classmates who failed capstone with .01 and had to retake capstone, some of them even started a petition and got lawyers involved instead of focusing and trying to retake the class, I don't think that if ICHS  was a community college students would have dragged lawyers at all. So my 2 cents are, whoever is thinking of joining the school, go for it and don't listen to some negativity in this group or those students who failed and couldn't get what they wanted. I am not saying that the school is perfect; no, it has it's ups and downs just like any other school, but if your goal is to graduate and get that diploma, you will accomplish it. I will say this again: no administrator gives any student a so-called test bank, for the students, I can't defend anyone because I don't know what everyone uses to study for exams, but for me I studied hard and did lots of practice questions to pass and also dedicated a lot of time to my study and only worked 2 days a week just to study. Anyway, keep your head up, future RN, if I did it, so can you. Good luck. 

THIS!

Thank you

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Myra Myra said:

 @RNLife2025

I do not agree with you, I know the school is very strict when it comes to passing exams, and just because you didn't pass doesn't mean that the rest of the students who passed were using a test bank from the so-called administrator, that's a big fat lie, there were so many rumors circulating even in our cohort, and none of it was true, it came from those bitter students who never got their way and was trying to beg the school to get extra points so that they can pass, this is just like any other school, once you fail a class you either repeat or kicked out, I haven't seen any school what gives extra point to students just to pass then so that they can gain a good name. I failed the exit exam, and that meant I was not going to graduate on the expected date, I went back home and worked on my weaknesses and even attended the Saturday Zoom classes that were hosted by some professors. I also had some classmates who failed capstone with .01 and had to retake capstone, some of them even started a petition and got lawyers involved instead of focusing and trying to retake the class, I don't think that if ICHS  was a community college students would have dragged lawyers at all. So my 2 cents are, whoever is thinking of joining the school, go for it and don't listen to some negativity in this group or those students who failed and couldn't get what they wanted. I am not saying that the school is perfect; no, it has it's ups and downs just like any other school, but if your goal is to graduate and get that diploma, you will accomplish it. I will say this again: no administrator gives any student a so-called test bank, for the students, I can't defend anyone because I don't know what everyone uses to study for exams, but for me I studied hard and did lots of practice questions to pass and also dedicated a lot of time to my study and only worked 2 days a week just to study. Anyway, keep your head up, future RN, if I did it, so can you. Good luck. 

It was the school who told us along with students from that time. And I never said Administrator is giving a testbank. I said the Administration was telling us in Clinicals of how students cheated on the Exit exams and were being investigated. They told us students fessed up and now every semester they treat all students as potential cheaters.

I am hoping that you were not referring to me about being a bitter student. I am still in the school in our last semester.

As I said, our time now is much different than yours from early 2023. I was in ICHS last year also, did my 1st 2 semesters of clinicals.

Many of us who are still at ICHS have seen the changes for the worse. From treatment of the students to the grading scale changes to ridiculous exam grading to switching Capstone to ATI still using HESI material and lying telling us we were not changing although we were.

 

Those who choose to go that route with ICHS just go in not expecting a great education. It's mostly self taught so be prepared to spend all your time trying to make sure you get the high amounts of assignments done by Sunday. Keep your head low and don't let clinicals instructors remember your name because if it was something they didn't like, you are now a target when they see you again. Be prepared to be searched with metal detectors your last semester before the Exit exam. Be prepared for the yelling of staff accusing all students of cheating when most of are working our behinds off to get through. We get the backlash of other students wrongdoing.

Go in with open eyes and keep your head low. Who knows. The whole program may be in ATI in the next couple of semesters. So far Fundamentals and Pharm are also in ATI.

Capstone class, we are in Full ATI Capstone and Virtual ATI following.

I am just trying to be done, get my license and switch to ER Nursing.

But, HESI is history.

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Current LVN in CA starting in June, taking re reqs now, prepping for APA. Anyone in LA county going there like to connect lets strategize and kill it!

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